[COMPLETE] Christmas Short Works Collection 2021

[annise]

Just yell if you need help.

Anne

[commonsparrow3]

Here's my second contribution -
Link to Upload - https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_mychristmasdinner_anonymous_mk_128kb.mp3
Title - My Christmas Dinner
Author - Anonymous
Source - from A Budget of Christmas Tales (1895) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28198
Length - 19:24

[annise]

Thanks Maria

Anne

[Iunta4Ios]

I would like to read : "li ventscinque novembre " di Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, in Roman dialect ( but understandable enough for people reading Italian):
https://archive.org/details/sonettiromaneschiigiuseppegioachinobelli/page/n59/mode/2up?q=natale
( English traslation here: https://archive.org/details/romansonnetsofgg00bellrich/page/52/mode/2up?q=christmas)
Pier

I uploaded:
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_liventiscinque_belli_p_128kb.mp3
(1:08)
Pier
I am going to ask Claudia (claudiagrger), considering the short time we have to Pl the section, to do the PL, Thanks, Pier

[Claudiagrger]

I check it and I think it's fine.

[Iunta4Ios]

Thanks Claudia,
Pier

[gailtv]

Hi -

I have just uploaded Christmas Day in New Zealand by Lady Mary Anne Barker. Section 15 of this compilation.

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_christmasinnewzealand_barker_ma_128kb.mp3

It is 1:02:27.3, and 88.6 dB approximately.

Please let me know if any edits are needed.

Many thanks

Gail Timmerman-Vaughan

[annise]

Thanks Gail - I PLed it as our PLer is a bit rushed off his feet (ears?) and I had some time - and it is PL OK

Anne

[lomond]

Greetings -

Chapter 16 needs just one bit of editing before it will achieve the lofty status of PL OK.

TIME: 18:01 TEXT: "Who Put the X in Xmas?" This phrase is read twice, one with "Christmas" and one with "Xmas".

Otherwise, a nice offering.

Let's hear more from you, MaryinArkansas.

Lomond

[lomond]

Hi everyone,

here's my participation:

Christmas by George Wither (1588–1667)

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_christmas_wither_r_128kb.mp3

duration 4:16

text: https://www.bartleby.com/360/1/218.html

Thank you!

Merry Christmas!

Greetings -

A fine reading of this descriptive poem.

The audio level was okay with Checker but the volume of the recording was a bit low, especially at the beginning. Nothing to keep this from being PL OK but something you might watch in the future. Then, again, it could just be my chronologically progressed ears.

Merry Christmas,

Lomond

[lomond]

The Night After Christmas, from the Project Gutenberg EBook of the Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories for Children, by Various.
Length 2:41

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csws2021_thenightafterchristmas_various_ms_128kb.mp3

Greetings -

MaryAnne, welcome to LibriVox. It would be remiss of me to not warn you that LV can become addictive and time-demanding.

"The Night After Christmas" was well done and would easily be PL OK if it did not need one little correction. The silent period at the beginning of the recording is about twice as long as it should be. Just a quick edit and all will be ready to go.

Let's hear more from you.

Merry Christmas,

Lomond

[lomond]

Greetings -

Here are some opportunities to hone your editing skills in Chapter 19:

TIME: 10:20 TEXT: "right what was wrong among them. 'Twas so" This phrase has a repeat in it.

TIME: 13:52 TEXT: " And light ye up your candles," This phrase is repeated.

TIME: 14:04 TEXT: "was listening eagerly." There is a long pause after "eagerly" that could be shortened.

The actual reading was well done. I noticed how the timbre of your voice was well suited for this story, a match that made it easy to listen to.

Looking forward to hearing more from you,

Lomond

[Rapunzelina]

Thank you so much for the feedback, Lomond!
Happy holidays!

[lomond]

Here's mine -
Link to Upload - https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_christmasaccident_trumbull_mk_128kb.mp3
Title - A Christmas Accident
Author - Annie Eliot Trumbull (1857-1949)
Source - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28307
Length - 33:17

Greetings -

This is a nice take on the "Grinch reformed" Christmas story.

commonsparrow3, thanks for sharing this with us. Just one thing keeps it from being fully PL OK.

TIME: 20:17 TEXT: "The truth was that Susan had been coming to the age that is sceptical" This phrase has a repeat.

Merry Christmas,

Lomond

[Iunta4Ios]

I would like to read : "li ventscinque novembre " di Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, in Roman dialect ( but understandable enough for people reading Italian):
https://archive.org/details/sonettiromaneschiigiuseppegioachinobelli/page/n59/mode/2up?q=natale
( English traslation here: https://archive.org/details/romansonnetsofgg00bellrich/page/52/mode/2up?q=christmas)
Pier

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_liventiscinque_belli_p_128kb.mp3
(1:08)
Pier
I am going to ask Claudia (claudiagrger), considering the short time we have to Pl the section, to do the PL, Thanks, Pier

Anne, I uploaded yesterday this short poem in the dialect of Rome.
Considering the short time left I asked my daughter Claudia to PL it.
Did I miss some formality?
Thanks, Pier