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One of my favorite Christmas storie is The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. It is so sweetly sad and makes me appreciate family and my many blessings.
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A Christmas Carol (of course)
There is a book that a friend of mine reads at her Christmas party every year...it's a spoof on The Night Before Christmas called How Murray Saved Christmas (written by Mike Reiss, former head writer for The Simpsons). It's about a Jewish Deli owner named Murray Kleiner that inadvertently knocks Santa Claus unconscious and gamely takes over his duties...screamingly funny. There are always a lot of Jews at the party, and they especially love it!
A Christmas Story by Mary Chalmers
This little book was given to me when I was a child, and I still have it.
It's a simple story of a tree, mostly decorated, which lacks a star; I love the watercolor illustrations.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Dickens' rich, vivid descriptions bring the spirit of Christmas to life. A Dickensian Yuletide might seem over-the-top to some, it certainly has it all: despair, joy, greed, contentment, hunger, and a laden table, searing regret, and gracious good will.
When we were kids, my dad used to read it aloud over the course of a couple nights before Christmas.
His "Santaland Diaries" (http://odeo.com/episodes/568281 - broken link) is a treasure.
OMG - I saw this in a small theater and almost peed myself it was so funny!
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