Saturday, December 25, 2021

Saturday Good Reads - Christmas 2021


This edition of Saturday Good Reads is all about Christmas – in fiction, faith, literature, poetry, history, culture, and music. 

Short Stories

 

Father in Every Way but One – Chris Thomas at The Ploughman’s Rest.

 

A Leprechaun for Christmas – at Dancing Priest.

 

Faith

 

Key of David – Rebecca Martin at The Rabbit Room.

 

Theopolis Podcast: The Conception of John the Baptist—Luke 1 (Types of the Nativity) – Alastair Roberts at Adversaria.

 

O Little Town of Bethlehem – Warren Peel at Gentle Reformation.

 

When Christmas Uncovers Difficult Memories – Lara d’Entremont at Gospel-Centered Discipleship.

 

O Come Let Us Adore Him – Sandra Jantzi at Word for Word.

 

Literature

 

'A Christmas Carol’s' lesser-known successor gets its moment in the spotlight - Alison Flood at The Guardian

 

Christmas Dinner with G.K. Chesterton – Chuck Chalberg at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Poetry

 

Somewhere Near Christmas – Jerry Barrett at Gerald the Writer.

 

The Light of Bethlehem – John Banister Tabb at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

The Robin’s Christmas Eve – Spitalfields Life.

 

History

 

Christmas Scenes from Dennis Severs’ House – Spitalfields Life.

 

The Christmas Truce of 1914 – Stephen Masty at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Henry’s Last Christmas – Sarah Kay Bierle at Emerging Civil War.

 

Culture

 

Why Christmas Ghost Stories? – Rhys Laverty at Mere Orthodoxy.

 

Keeping Christmas – Maclin Horton at The Lamp Magazine.

 

Christmas in the South – Micah Mattix at The Spectator.

 

Holiday Ride – Chevrolet.

 

All I Really Need to Know I Learned from ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ – B.J. Hollars at The Millions.

 

Music

 

O Holy Night – The Canadian Tenors.

 

Music for a While, #56: Welcome Christmas – Jay Nordlinger at New Criterion.

 

O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) Flute – Jennifer and Matthew Mazzoni, Flute/Piano (The Mazzoni Duo). 

 

Passion: O Come All Ye Faithful (His Name Shall Be) – Melodie Malone

 


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1 comment:

Jerry said...

Merry Christmas Glynn!