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Holiday Reading ListHoliday Reading List: Classic Books That Make the Perfect Christmas Present
There’s something quietly magical about gifting a book at Christmas. Long after the wrapping paper is discarded and the festive lights are taken down, a good story lingers—dog-eared, underlined, and remembered. Classic books, in particular, make timeless Christmas presents. They carry nostalgia, warmth, wisdom, and the promise of escape during long winter evenings. Also read: Satire Under the Mistletoe: When Classic Authors Roast Christmas If you’re looking to gift something thoughtful this holiday season, here’s a curated reading list of classic books that feel especially at home under a Christmas tree.
Humbug to Heartfelt: Scrooge and the Grinch—Classic Characters Who Really Hate Christmas
Every December, as fairy lights bloom and Christmas playlists fill with sleigh bells, a counter-carol hums beneath the cheer. It’s the anthem of the sceptics—the ones who roll their eyes at tinsel and bristle at forced jollity. Two characters lead this resistance with legendary flair: Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch. Born more than a century apart, one from Victorian London and the other from a rhyming, technicolour whimsy, they’ve become pop culture shorthand for anyone who would rather skip the cocoa and keep the lights off. Also read: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and You: Mark Twain’s Playbook for an Unforgettable Childhood They don’t just dislike Christmas; they interrogate it. And in doing so, they’ve endured—adapted, quoted, memed, rebooted—long after their creators could have imagined.
The Wit, Wisdom, and World of Jane Austen: A 250-Year Retrospective
As we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, it feels only right to pause, pour a cup of tea, and ask a deceptively simple question: why does she still matter so much? When her classics are viewed in retrospect, they reveal far more than period romance—they uncover the very source of their timelessness.
