Christmas, A Story

Zona Gale (1874 - 1938)

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it. (Summary by Christine Dufour)

Genre(s): Religious Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - Chapters 1 and 2 Jacquerie
00:19:31
Play 02 02 - Chapter 3 Jacquerie
00:20:13
Play 03 03 - Chapter 4 Jacquerie
00:16:03
Play 04 04 - Chapter 5 Jacquerie
00:14:20
Play 05 05 - Chapter 6 Jacquerie
00:16:46
Play 06 06 - Chapter 7 Jacquerie
00:23:17
Play 07 07 - Chapter 8 Jacquerie
00:23:11
Play 08 08 - Chapter 9 Jacquerie
00:13:15
Play 09 09 - Chapter 10 Jacquerie
00:16:05
Play 10 10 - Chapter 11 Jacquerie
00:26:25
Play 11 11 - Chapter 12 Jacquerie
00:20:35
Play 12 12 - Chapter 13 Jacquerie
00:16:56
Play 13 13 - Chapter 14 Jacquerie
00:12:22