Category Archives: Christmas

A COMMONPLACE CHRISTMAS GIFT A commonplace book is a compilation of thoughts, quotations, poems, song lyrics, and other things that speak to you. E.M. Forster kept one, and so did Mark Twain and Isaac Newton and W. H. Auden and … Continue reading →

AMERICAN CHRISTMAS STORIES I have a new book out I want to tell you about. Two years ago, I was honored to be asked to help put together a collection of American Christmas stories for the Library of America. The … Continue reading →

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WEBSITE UPDATE CHRISTMAS 2018 and CHRISTMAS IN WORLD WAR II Yesterday I was reading the latest political comments, and somebody was wailing, “How can we possibly celebrate Christmas in a terrible world like this?” The answer is, of course, “It’s … Continue reading →

CHRISTMAS, DICKENS, AND THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS Over Thanksgiving, we went to see the movie, THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS. It’s a charming movie, in the vein of SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, though not as good, but then again, SHAKESPEARE … Continue reading →

A few years ago I discovered a book called A CHRISTMAS CRACKER, which its author described as a collection of entries from his commonplace book. I didn’t know what that was, but when I looked up the definition, I realized … Continue reading →

A few years back I wrote a novella called “All Seated on the Ground,” about an alien invasion in which the aliens didn’t attack or try to take over the planet or even demand, “Take me to your leader”–they just … Continue reading →