Hands down the most enjoyable and heartfelt book of short stories I have ever read. I cannot recommend more highly.

I loved these sweet old stories, especially so after reading that Alcott's childhood was one of poverty. She never forgot the generosity of Ralph Waldo Emerson who helped her family when they were in great need. The stories in this book reflect the goodness of others and the way charity leads to transformed lives. I would have loved them as a girl who also loved Little Women.

Virtuous and charming and delightful. Uplifting and inspiring and wholesome. We read this aloud as a family over Advent and made some really sweet memories.

This is probably my third or fourth time through this book. I am always surprised by how many of the stories I forget, even though I've read them so many times. This time it has been almost 5 years since my last read, so I understand my forgetfulness this time. The stories I do remember are like bumping into old friends I forgot. It made me happy to read them again. And the ones I had forgotten about are like finding new friends you are already confident you are going to love. Some of them maybe are a little too sweet, but by the end of the book, those last few stories always have me in tears. I highly highly recommend this as a sweet light read that will make you laugh and cry and love your fellow humans even more.

This was the perfect gentle, warm, holiday read full of goodness, truth, and beauty! (I skipped over the editor's writings)

I just wish the editor hadn’t inserted his sappy didactic notes after several of the stories - they speak for themselves.

I received this book as a gift. It was a great read during the Christmas holidays. Even though I had already read some of the stories,it was nice reading them again and read some new Christmas stories. Most of the stories have a moral theme, a bit like the Christmas carol.
Still, you will be transformed in a classic old-fashioned Christmas atmosphere.

I reread the almost every Christmas, and I love it. Even though all the stories have basically the same plot, they are all still sweet and dear and really put me in the mood.

Alcotts Christmas stories are beautiful and always full of inspiration to do good and think of others.

What a charming book! Each December, I re-read Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but this year I decided to read more short Christmas stories. To my surprise, I discovered a number of Christmas stories not only by Dickens but by Anthony Trollope and Louisa May Alcott as well.

I loved the stylized writing in these stories, a long bygone era, and the tidy ending with a moral bow. This would make a sweet read for a middle elementary age child but this adult quite appreciated the stories too.

I know it's a little early for Christmas books, but our book club chose this for our November selection so here we are. And besides I'm accumulating such a collection of "read this every Christmas" books that there isn't time in December for all of them anymore. I'm going to have to start earlier or give some of them up.

If you loved "Little Women" then you will probably love this collection of Christmas stories too. They are each centered around a young girl, and are sweet, wholesome and altogether lovely. Each one delivers a moral lesson, but it's done gently and isn't preachy. It's everything we know and love about Louisa May Alcott.

Unfortunately I don't think this was a good time for me to read this one. I simply haven't been in the right frame of mind and so didn't enjoy the stories as much as I should have.

I will make a point of reading them again, closer to Christmas, and I know I'll find them as touching and satisfying as I ought to then. I'll let them convince me that right always wins, that good always comes to those who do good, and that hard work is always rewarded. I want to believe those things and it's easier at Christmastime. The beautiful music, the sentimental movies and stories all tend to soften our hearts and for a few weeks we believe in a world that sparkles and shines. We know that come January we will go back to the real world, where good things do happen, but not all the time and people are good, but not all the time. It's fun to take a break from those realities in December and let down the walls we build to protect ourselves. At Christmastime we open up and let life be what we want it to be all year round. The stories in this book will be perfect then.

"Christmas Treasury" would be a lovely gift for any reader. It has a very nice red hard cover and a beautiful glossy dust jacket. From little girls to grandmothers, I think any girl would enjoy reading this collection.

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