Susie Berneis

A Merry Christmas: An Excerpt from Little Women is the famous Christmas scene (Chapter Two) from the immortal Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Women. The four...

When Cousin Myra comes to visit for Christmas at the Osbornes' she finds her young cousins Frankie and Ida are bored with Christmas. Deciding that they have...

It's Christmas Eve in Ingleside and a family reunion is underway. Old Nanny looks on at all the merriment and is angry that no one has spoken a word about...

In Christmas at Red Butte, Theodora, the jolliest, bravest girl of sixteen in all Saskatchewan pawns a precious locket so she can afford to buy toys for the...

In Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves, Anne Shirley's guardian Marilla keeps Anne dressed in plain, dark clothes unlike the other girls her age. Matthew...

Clorinda laments being poor around Christmastime to her Aunt Emmy. Emmy remarks that some of the best presents aren't bought and paid for and declines to...

In Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket, Lucy Rose tries to talk her folksy Aunt Cyrilla out of bringing her big, bulgy, funny-looking basket to the city to...

Out on the prairie, The Joseph Family is all astir with concealing their Christmas gifts for one another. But will Santa come this year? After all, the crops...

Ida Mitchell, a third-year student at the Clifton Academy, is spending the holidays at her boarding-house, unable to go home because her siblings have the...

Linda Grant, beset by medical bills and other pressing obligations, tells her children that they will not be celebrating Christmas this year. Older Keith...

In The End of the Young Family Feud, three sisters accept an invitation from their Aunt Jean to join them at their father's ancestral home for Christmas. But...

Bertie Ross has a few more deliveries to make for Sampson's store before the New Years' holiday. After a delivery at the Forbes' house, Dr. Forbes' daughters...

Siblings Alexina and Stephen are down on their luck this year and resign themselves to not having a Christmas dinner. But when their wealthy, gourmand uncle...

While out for a walk, two young men find themselves on Enderly Rd, known for its poor inhabitants and shabby dwellings. They meet a crying girl on her way...