This was originally published around 1911 and is two stories in one book. One is the story of a man who has some guests round for a Christmas dinner who help to change his view on the world; the second is about an artist who falls in love with a married woman and how his memory of her affects him years later.
The ebook totalled 214 pages which meant that it was a really quick read. I basically read one story one day and the second the next. At that time of year I was all about the nice quick reads what with the impending Christmas season and also having assignments to get written. I think that the best sorts of Christmas stories are the ones that you can read in a couple of days, get them out the way and move onto another one to buoy up your Christmas spirit.
Of the two stories, only the first was actually a Christmas story. I’ve noticed that seems to be the case with Christmas books on the Kindle; they tend to be packaged together with other stories. I guess because they were intended to be gifts originally, but needed to have something for when the season ended as well. Regardless of the reason, I enjoyed ‘Colonel Carter’s Christmas’, it was a nice traditional sort of Christmas story with an old man getting a new view of the holiday.
The second story was a little bit predictable. I could guess what was going to happen with the artist and the woman as soon as they were introduced, then later when a young man made his acquaintance it was fairly obvious who he would turn out to be. All the same it was a nice quick little read. On the whole I preferred the first story but that was mainly because I was expecting them both to be Christmassy and that was what I was in the mood for.
It’s an ebook that I’m keeping on my Kindle for the time being because I really enjoyed it and it was a nice way to gently ease me into the mood for more Christmas reading.
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