A Child's Christmas in Wales in Never too Late to Read Classics

Dec 31, 2019 Antonomasia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: christmas, wales, 2019, biography-and-memoir, humour, short-stories, decade-1950s, audio-readalong

[4.5] Dylan Thomas' nostalgic prose poem based on his 1910s-1920s childhood in Swansea. Enchanting, funny - though perhaps once or twice jarring to late-2010s progressive sensibilities.

A very short 'book' to make 75 for 2019 in my Goodreads stats. Not sure if I'd read the whole thing before, or just the beginning: I recognised "from Hudson Bay, off Mumbles Road". I both read the text and listened to Thomas reciting it. You can find several recordings of him on YouTube.

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Dec 23, 2012 Laura rated it it was amazing

Shelves: short-stories, christmas-books, read-2012, audio-books, wales

Lovely story. Thanks to Petra and Bettie for sharing this marvelous Christmas book.

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Nov 26, 2020 midnightfaerie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: brain-candy, classics, literature

I was recommended this and picked up an illustrated copy on Amazon. A light and fun story about a boy's remembrance of Christmas in Wales as a young child. Although the snowball antics were fun, I felt a bit sorry for the cats and was glad they didn't show up. I'm currently reading Christmas stories by Charles Dickens, and even though this was Christmas-y and enjoyable, it just didn't have the same flavor that Dickens does for me. His genius in storytelling and detail just go way beyond the ordi ...more

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Dec 15, 2019 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-classics, golden-girls-book-club

What a beautifully written and illustrated little book! At this time of year, when Christmas has become a stress-filled, shopping marathon, Thomas' short story calms the spirit as it harks back to a time when people didn't have as much disposable income and therefore, small surprises were enough to bring joy and excitement. Thomas used beautiful imagery to describe a typical Christmas Day when he was growing up in Wales in the early 1900s. It is one of those stories that could be read every Chri ...more

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Jan 07, 2017 Nancy added it

I bought this book from audible.com. It's an interesting book about how Christmas was celebrated in Wales. I like to look for Christmas stories in December. ...more

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Dec 27, 2020 Amanda rated it liked it

Shelves: childrens, classics, format-audible, 3-stars

Winter 2020 (December);

Part of the round of this years's new seasonable classics. This one was alright, but I didn't find myself interested or invested deeply during any part of it sadly. ...more

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