Category: Christmas Stories

Every Writer proudly presents our collection of beloved Christmas stories—both enduring classics and newly-penned gems that capture the holiday’s

The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Posted on December 18, 2023December 18, 2023 by Every Writer

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859), more commonly known as the Brothers Grimm, were 19th century German authors, linguists

The Dead by James Joyce

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Every Writer

James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet considered to be one of the most influential writers of the early 20th century. Joyce was born and raised in Dublin

To the Man on the Trail by Jack London

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Every Writer

To the Man on the Trail

by Jack London

‘Dump it in!.’ ‘But I say, Kid, isn’t that going it a little too strong? Whisky and alcohol’s bad enough

What Christmas is as We Grow Older by Charles Dickens

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments

A Christmas Accident by Annie Eliot Trumbull

Posted on December 1, 2023December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

A Christmas Accident by Annie Eliot Trumbull AT first the two yards were as much alike as the two

The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Posted on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 by Every Writer

“Phil, I’m getting fearfully hungry. When are we going to strike civilization?”

Christmas Every Day by W. D. Howells

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Every Writer

Christmas Every Day by W. D. Howells The little girl came into her papa’s study, as she always did Saturday

The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Every Writer

The Heavenly Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky I am a novelist, and I suppose I have made up this

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Posted on November 30, 2017December 28, 2017 by Every Writer

The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony

The Steadfast Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen

Posted on November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 by Every Writer

The Steadfast Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen There were once five and twenty tin soldiers. They were brothers, for they had all been made out of the same old tin spoon. They all shouldered their bayonets, held themselves upright