Christmas Day

"Christmas Day" by Washington Irving immerses readers in a richly detailed English country Christmas, as the narrator wakes to children singing carols outside his door and joins the Bracebridge household for morning prayers, a lively church service, and open-hearted village festivities. Through the squire's warmhearted hospitality, a bumbling but earnest church choir, a pedantic parson lost in Puritan history, and ribbon-shirted country dancers, Irving captures the tension between cherished old traditions and a changing England — and the simple power of generosity to dissolve the frost between classes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.