COMPLETE Multilingual Christmas Short Works Collection 2017

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Multilingual Christmas Short Works Collection 2017 by Various ( - 0).

This project is complete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2017-by-various/
Starting later this year, but you all still have plenty of time to contribute! This collection is for poems and short stories in any language with a Christmas theme. Bible readings and non-fiction pieces are also extremely welcome..
  • Feel free to choose any work which is in the public domain. Contributions may be as short as you like, but should not be longer than about 60 minutes. There is a list of ideas in the next post. Any other ideas are most welcome.
  • Each reader may submit up to 3 recordings in the same language.
  • If you intend to upload a song, please post here with full details before you record, so that we can be sure that words, music and arrangement are all in the Public Domain. Any accompaniment must be performed by yourself.
THIS COLLECTION IS NOW CLOSED. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO PASSED THIS WAY. WARM WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY 2018!

If you want to check what has been included in previous Christmas collections, look at these:

http://librivox.org/christmas_poetry_and_hymn_collection/
http://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2008/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2009-by-various/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2010/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2010-by-various/
http://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2011-by-various/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2011-by-various/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2012/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2013/
https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2014/
http://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2015/
https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2016-by-various/

But remember, it doesn't matter if it has been recorded before. A choice of voice is always welcome at Librivox! :D (DrPGould & many more)
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process (unless you are the BC or PL). Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

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ImageTo all who visit here, warm wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season, a Happy and Prosperous 2018, and Merry Christmas!

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annise wrote:Here are some suggestions:
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DEUTSCH

Unter dem Christbaum (1893) five Christmas stories selected from the writings of Helene Stökl (1845-1929)
http://www.archive.org/details/unterdemchristb01berngoog

Weihnachtserzählungen by Adolf Schwayer (1858-1922)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21527

Weihnacht-spiele und lieder aus Süddeutschland und Schlesien (1875) ed. Dr. Karl Weinhold (1823-1901)
http://www.archive.org/details/weihnachtspiele00weingoog

FRANCAIS

Contes de Noël par Josette by Josephine Marchand Dandurand (1862-1925)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13024

L'arbre de Noël (1873) by Xavier Marmier (1808-1892)
http://www.archive.org/details/larbredenol00marmgoog

Légendes du Noël, contes historiques (1916) by G. Lenotre (1855-1935)
http://www.archive.org/details/lgendesdunol00lenouoft

ENGLISH:

A Holiday book for Christmas and the New Year: embracing legends, tales, poetry, music, sketches of manners and customs, games and sports, etc.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuc.26285_001
This is an utter delight, chock full of items from the Illustrated London News previously published over the Christmas period between 1842 and 1852.

Santa Claus in the Bush (poem) by A. B. "Banjo" Paterson
http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/paterson-a-b-banjo/santa-claus-in-the-bush-0026024

Port in a Storm (1866) short story by George MacDonald
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9191/9191-h/9191-h.htm

Papa's Story by George MacDonald
https://archive.org/stream/illustratedlondov47lond#page/626/mode/1up

The Gifts of the Child Christ (1882) novelette (7 chapters) by George MacDonald. This is over 12000 words and would probably need to be split into two sections.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9191/9191-h/9191-h.htm Recorded as a solo by icequeen, 2015

A Christmas Holiday Lesson by Mark Lemon
https://archive.org/stream/illustratedlondov47lond#page/614/mode/1up

Uncle John with the Young Folk at a Christmas Party unknown
https://archive.org/stream/illustratedlondov47lond#page/618/mode/1up

Mr. Grisselthwaite's Christmas Dinner by Mary Howitt
https://archive.org/stream/illustratedlondov47lond#page/622/mode/1up

Under the Mistletoe (poem) by George MacDonald
https://archive.org/stream/illustratedlondov47lond#page/623/mode/1up

Adventures of a Christmas Hamper by Fred Whishaw (1854–1934) (in Today, December 15, 1894).
https://archive.org/stream/today5618jero#page/n199/mode/1up

Christmas Day Dialogues by Violet Hunt (1862–1942) (in Today, December 22, 1894)
https://archive.org/stream/today5618jero#page/n207/mode/1up

Christmas Stories from French and Spanish writers
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47333

An Amazing Christmas Eve by Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955)
http://archive.org/stream/somehappenings00vachrich#page/38/mode/2up

At Christmas Time by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904); Trans. Marian Fell (1886-1935)
http://archive.org/stream/russiansilhouett00chek#page/186/mode/2up

Trifles for the Christmas Holidays (1869) by H.S Armstrong (?-?)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17562/17562-h/17562-h.htm

Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses Relating to the Festival of Christmas from the Anglo-Norman Period to the Present Time (1852) Henry Vizetelly. Some very interesting items in this.
http://www.archive.org/details/christmaswithpo01chrigoog

An Australian Christmas collection: stories, sketches, essays by James Francis Hogan (1855 - 1924)
http://www.archive.org/details/anaustralianchr00hogagoog

A Defective Santa Claus by James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
In Hoosier dialect verse. (about 5000 words)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20181

Christmas Every Day and Other Stories by William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22519 LisaRubio recorded The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? (1884) by Susan Coolidge (1835-1905)
http://www.archive.org/details/whoatepinksweetm00cool
(commonsparrow3 recorded Asaph Sheafe's Christmas in 2014)

Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse (1912) by Eugene Field (1850-1895)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17630

Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg (1862-1911)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12974

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: ten Christmas stories (1886) by Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmaseveandc00haleiala
(commonsparrow3 recorded Alice's Christmas Tree in 2014)

Christmas Stories And Legends by various authors (1916)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17770

In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I (1900) by Harrison S. Morris* (1856-1948)
Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18720

In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II (1900) by Harrison S. Morris* (1856-1948)
Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19084

In The Yule-Log Glow, Book III (1900) by Harrison S. Morris* (1856-1948)
Christmas Poems from 'round the World
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20586

In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV (1900) by Harrison S. Morris* (1856-1948)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20956
Christmas Weather in Scotland recorded by aradlaw in 2012.

Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1467

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes (1852) by Charles Elmé Francatelli (1805-1876)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22114
Includes recipes for Plum Pudding and sauce (Nos. 95 and 96)

Christmas Stories from French and Spanish Writers (1892) by Antoinette Ogden* (death date not known)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmasstories00ogdeiala

Christmas (1907) ed. Robert Haven Schauffler * (1879-1964)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmasitsori00unkngoog
A compilation of many songs, poems, stories and extracts from longer Christmas works.

Our Christmas Party edited by Edwin Hodder (1837-1904)
http://www.archive.org/details/ourchristmaspart00hoddiala
A compilation of Christmas themed stories by authors including R. M. Ballantyne and W. H. Kingston.

Lots more ideas on the Christmas Bookshelf at Project Gutenberg.

* American authors, so these will also be in the Public Domain for those in countries which observe the Rule of the Shorter Term.

A Christmas faggot (1884) by Alfred Gurney (1845-1898) - poems
http://archive.org/details/christmasfaggot00gurn

[Note: "PREFACE. Most of the following poems have appeared in the ' S. Barnabas' Parish Magazine.' For my godchildren and my people I have made them up into a little bundle of sticks — a Christmas faggot to feed the fires in the winter palace of our King. "]

By the Christmas fire (1910) by Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927)
http://archive.org/details/bychristmasfire00crotrich

Christmas builders (1909) by Charles Edward Jefferson (1860-1937)
http://archive.org/details/christmasbuilder00jeff (~4800 words)

Christmas Day by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) - poem
http://archive.org/details/christmasday00king (~950 words)

Christmas greens (1905) by Annie Bell Redd
http://archive.org/details/christmasgreens00redd (~1600 words)

What the little bird told the Christmas tree by Faith Wynne (Children's Christmas stories)
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009926444

Sandman Christmas Stories by Abbie Phillips Walker (b. 1867)
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009776487
Ruth's Christmas recorded by RuthieG 2012. aradlaw will record Why Santa Claus was Late and Eddie's Faith 2015

The best poems on Christmas compiled by Edward A. Bryant (1869 - )
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008654061

The St. Nicholas Christmas book.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39076002226491

The Surprise Book by Patten Beard
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56170

MORE MAY BE ADDED!


All suggestions most welcome and will be added to this list. :)

this list compliled by Ruth in 2015
Thanks to Annise and all who came before--for leaving a trail of gingerbread crumbs to follow.....
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https://archive.org/details/b21505883_0008

This is entitled The Book of the Home by H.C. Davidson.
Front title page says 1901. Under Notes it says there is a copyright on the title and also says the copyright has not been evaluated.

Would like to read a selection from this text for the Xmas Collection. Is that possible?

Thank you.
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Betty:

This looks like it should be ok. We're still waiting on an MC here...but it was published before 1923 which is the PD line in the US.

As soon as we have a MW, I'll put you in it (Just let me know which selection you are reading.).

Many thanks,

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I will set it up! It's so exciting! I'm very happy you decided to take it on!
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Oh dear. That "A Christmas Faggot" title did not age well.
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Colleen:

Here is the usage in the text:

"PREFACE.

Most of the following poems have appeared in
the ' S. Barnabas' Parish Magazine.' For my
godchildren and my people I have made them
up into a little bundle of sticks — a Christmas
faggot
to feed the fires in the winter palace of
our King. " (Emphasis mine).

In 1884 the term had not achieved its 21st century derisive status.
Sorry if you were offended.

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Rapunzelina:

Thanks so much for MC-ing this. I think we're on a roll.....

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Phillip-

Another for the collection-

Link to your recording, as shown on the Uploader: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/csw17_christmasontheofftrail_rice_ps_128kb.mp3
Link to the text source: https://archive.org/stream/songsstalwart00ricerich#page/97/mode/1up
Language in which the story/poem is written: English
Author's/translator's (and composer's) name, birth and death dates: Grantland Rice 1880-1954
Title of the story/poem: Christmas on the Off-trail
Duration (runtime) of the file in mm:ss: 2:19
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Thank you so much, Fritz!

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Yes, great start!
Will you be PLing any of the recordings, Philip? I can help with the English ones for sure!
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Yes, I will Rapunzelina. But I'm grateful for all your help. Between the two of us....we should get it done.

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Fritz:

Your reading (Section 3) is PL-OK!

Many thanks,

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Hi Philip!

Here is my contribution:

* Link to your recording, as shown on the Uploader: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/csw17_superstitionschristmasday_vizetelly_nr_128kb.mp3
* Link to the text source: https://archive.org/stream/christmaswithpo01chrigoog#page/n52/mode/2up
* Language in which the story/poem is written: English
* Author's/translator's (and composer's) name, birth and death dates: Henry Vizetelly (1820-1894)
* Title of the story/poem: Superstitions Regarding Christmas Day
* Duration (runtime) of the file in mm:ss: 08:12

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Nemo:

Thanks so much! I'll get it Pl'd soon.

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