Old Christmas
Washington Irving
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A tale of the quaint and old English traditions of celebrating Christmas. Irving travels to the English countryside and meets an old schoolmate, who invites him home to spend Christmas at the family estate. (Summary written by Gesine) (1 hr 52 min)
Chapters
| Christmas | 11:45 | Read by Alex Foster |
| The Stage Coach | 18:27 | Read by Kara Shallenberg |
| Christmas Eve | 21:05 | Read by Kristen McQuillin |
| Christmas Day | 28:49 | Read by Mark Bradford |
| The Christmas Dinner | 32:00 | Read by Kara Shallenberg |
Reviews
Well read, mildly amusing.
June
5 star for the readers - Well read by all. Irving’s observations on tradition and on people are of value and as a source of amusement it’s relatively successful. It’s good to be reminded especially that music was played, sung, and danced to by all as part of celebration, rather than living only in orchestra halls, choirs, and recordings made by professionals.
TRADITION HAS ITS PLACE
Avid Listener
An interesting description of a tradiitional Christmas in England. It, of course, is gone, even as our own Christmas ttaditions are falling by the wayside. Bad for England, bad for us.
good book and readers
good book and readers but the sound quality is pretty bad on a couple of chapters.