Christmas Short Works 2012

by Various
Language: Multilingual

The worldwide LibriVox community brings you 26 Dutch, English, French, German and Japanese recordings of short stories, poems, non-fiction articles and even a short play - all with a Christmas theme.

Cast of What Makes Christmas Christmas:
Narrator: Pamela Krantz
Christmas Gifts: Charlotte Duckett
Money: Ruth Golding
Christmas Tree: Amanda Friday
Christmas Stocking: Snapdragon
Plum Pudding: Rapunzelina
An Old Man: David Olson
A Child: Evie Maria
The King's Son: David Lawrence
A Spirit Lyn Silva
Audio edited by David Lawrence
Play co-ordinated by Annise

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Total running time: 4:23:22


In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Ruth Golding
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Ruth Golding

mp3 and ogg files

• Advent by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) – 00:00:45
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by Elli
• Berliner Weihnacht 1918 by Klabund (1890-1928) – 00:03:03
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.6MB]
  Read by Herman Roskams
• Christmas by Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942) – 00:00:59
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by ekzemplaro
• The Christmas Bride by Charles Nicholas Trivess (1845-?) – 00:15:18
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.2MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• A Christmas Pudding by Charles Knight (1791-1893) – 00:26:28
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 14.5MB]
  Read by Ruth Golding
• Eddi's Service by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) – 00:02:37
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by NoelBadrian
• Getting up a Pantomime by George Augustus Sala (1828–1895) – 00:52:29
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 25.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 50.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 29.0MB]
  Read by Ruth Golding
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (1862-1910) – 00:15:01
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 7.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 14.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.2MB]
  Read by Daniel Vimont
• How to Celebrate Christmas by Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927) – 00:07:37
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 7.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.1MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• Een Kerstboom by H.J. Overbeek (19th century) – 00:03:38
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.1MB]
  Read by Bart de Leeuw
• Knecht Ruprecht by Theodor Storm (1817–1888) – 00:02:57
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.5MB]
  Read by Elli
• Kurisumasu no Okurimono by Takeshita Yumeji (1884-1934) – 00:06:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.6MB]
  Read by ekzemplaro
• Little Snowflake by Hannah More Kahaus (1745-1833) – 00:00:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 0.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.6MB]
  Read by Charlotte Duckett
• Merry Christmas by Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) – 00:18:01
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.3MB]
  Read by ekzemplaro
• The Night After Christmas by Unknown – 00:02:32
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.4MB]
  Read by TriciaG
• The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) – 00:03:10
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.5MB]
  Read by Verity Kendall
• Ruth's Christmas by Abbie Phillips Walker (1867 – before 1951) – 00:10:54
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 5.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 10.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.8MB]
  Read by Ruth Golding
• Saint Joseph by Alfred Gurney (1845-1898) – 00:01:27
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.8MB]
  Read by David Lawrence
• Salut de Noël by Rodenbach Georges (1855-1898) – 00:02:18
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.2MB]
  Read by Herman Roskams
• Selections from Christmas Carollin' by Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) – 00:05:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 2.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 5.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 2.7MB]
  Read by Chessie Joy
• Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes (Hamlet, Act I, Scene I ) by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) – 00:01:05
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 0.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 1.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 0.7MB]
  Read by Winston Tharp
• Tombe du Ciel by G. Lenotre (1855-1935) – 00:27:04
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12.8MB]
  Read by Fannie
• What Makes Christmas Christmas by Grace Latimer Jones – 00:28:49
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 27.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 15.2MB]
  Read by a full cast
• Wiegengesänglein by Johann Klaj (1616-1656) – 00:03:23
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 3.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.8MB]
  Read by Herman Roskams
• Within and Without by James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) – 00:02:15
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 1.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 2.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 1.1MB]
  Read by rookieblue
• The Worker In Sandalwood by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall (1883-1922) – 00:17:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 17.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.5MB]
  Read by NoelBadrian

Cataloged on December 08, 2012