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CHRISTMAS CLASSICS TO KEEP YOU COZY FOR THE HOLIDAYS! by Nada Abdelkader Now that you’ve seen the reds and greens filling up the air, you must know that the holidays are upon us and, yes, tis the season to be jolly and rock around the Christmas tree with all your family, friends, and loved ones. Of course, this holiday season will be a bit special, considering the global circumstances, but if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to find the simple joys around us. There’s nothing that speaks to the small simple joys around us more than the joy of reading, but come Christmas and the holidays, the average reader might find that they don’t want to read up too much. Rather, you’ll want to drop all your romance novels and murder mysteries and such to experience the holiday fever. We’ll tell you now a little secret, though—you can still get the full holiday experience and fulfill that reading need of yours with classics that simply spell “jingle bell rock”!
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Toeing the line between the sentimental and the thrilling, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, written by Agatha Christie, is a holiday-flavored mystery novel that is just as good, if not better, than the mysteries we’ve all always loved reading. The story is about Simeon Lee, an elderly man, who invites his estranged family to his home for a Christmas celebration. A series of events, suspicious and infuriating happen, as Simeon and family fight over the family inheritance and Hercule Poirot is invited to solve a crime.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Another classic we all know and enjoy, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is the perfect book to read when you want a fun time littered with laughs and nostalgia.
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Similar to A Christmas Carol, the story itself is about the Grinch, the constantly grumpy, cave-dwelling creature, and his hatred of Christmas that eventually becomes anything but. Unlike Scrooge who simply didn’t like the holidays, the Grinch actively forms a plan to ‘steal Christmas’ from Whoville, hiding all Christmas-related food, presents, and trees. Once the Grinch sees how Whoville reacts, by still remaining hopeful, he becomes Christmas’s number one fan and brings the celebrations and joy back to the Whoville Christmas.
