List of Christmas-themed literature

The following is a navigational list of notable literary works which are set at Christmas time, or contain Christmas amongst the central themes.

Novels and novellas

• Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot's Christmas
• Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• Charles Dickens, The Chimes
• Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth
• Charles Dickens, The Battle of Life
• Charles Dickens, The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain
• Janet Evanovich, Visions of Sugar Plums
• Frederick Forsyth, The Shepherd
• Jostein Gaarder, The Christmas Mystery
• John Grisham, Skipping Christmas
• Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle, Let It Snow
• C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Stephen V. Masse, Christmas Ransom formerly A Jolly Good Fellow
• Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
• Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Birds' Christmas Carol

Short stories

• Hans Christian Andersen, "The Fir-Tree"
• Truman Capote, "A Christmas Memory" (published in Mademoiselle)
• John Cheever, "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor"
• Agatha Christie, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
• Agatha Christie, A Christmas Tragedy
• Fyodor Dostoevsky, "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding"
• Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree" (Mal'chik u Khrista na yolke) (from A Writer's Diary)
• Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
• Nikolai Gogol, "Christmas Eve" (from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka)^[1]
• O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
• E. T. A. Hoffmann, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (Nussknacker und Mausekönig)
• Leo Tolstoy, "Papa Panov's Special Christmas" (translation of Saillens)
• Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales
• Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift
• Kurt Vonnegut, While Mortals Sleep (book of short stories)

Children's

• Tony Abbott, Kringle
• Janet and Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Christmas Postman^[2]
• Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace^[2][3]
• L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
• Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Stick Man^[2]
• Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box, The Light of Christmas^[2][4]
• Cornelia Funke, When Santa Fell to Earth
• Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas
• Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• Astrid Lindgren, Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother (Kajsa Kavat hjälper mormor)
• Astrid Lindgren, A Calf for Christmas (När Bäckhultarn for till stan)
• Astrid Lindgren, Christmas in the Stable (Jul i stallet)
• Astrid Lindgren, The Runaway Sleigh Ride (Titta Madicken, det snöar!)
• Astrid Lindgren, The Tomten (Tomte är vaken)
• Astrid Lindgren, The Tomten and the Fox (Räven och Tomten)
• John Masefield, The Box of Delights
• Stephen V. Masse, The Taste of Snow
• Mary Pope Osborne and Ned Bittinger, Rocking Horse Christmas
• Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express
• Martin Waddell, Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale^[2][5]

Poetry

• "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight"
• Clement Clarke Moore, "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas")
• George Robert Sims, Christmas Day in the Workhouse
• T. S. Eliot, "Journey of the Magi"
• Viktor Rydberg, Tomten

Collections

• Bettye Collier-Thomas, A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories^[1][6]
• David Sedaris, Holidays on Ice^[1]
• J. R. R. Tolkien, Letters from Father Christmas^[1]
• Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days^[1][7]

Nonfiction

• Francis Pharcellus Church, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" (1897 newspaper editorial)

References

1. Adrienne Westenfeld (14 December 2021). "The 10 Best Christmas Books to Read During the Holidays". Esquire. Hearst Communications. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
2. Megan Christensen (15 December 2021). "10 cozy Christmas books to introduce to your kids this month". ksl.com. Deseret Digital Media. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem. King County Library System. 2008. ISBN 9780375841507. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "The Light of Christmas". kcls.bibliocommons.com. King County Library System. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
5. Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale. King County Library System. October 2004. ISBN 9780689868412. Retrieved 1 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
6. A Treasury of African-American Christmas Stories. Washington County Cooperative Library Services. 1997. ISBN 9780805051223. Retrieved 1 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
7. "Christmas Days". kcls.bibliocommons.com. King County Library System. Retrieved 1 January 2022.