Caroline’s Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant

Rhonda-watson-all-is-calm-all-is-bright-christmas-homestead One of my favorite humorists is the early 20th century Canadian economics professor Stephen Leacock. No, really! A professor of "the dismal science" who had a really great sense of humor!

One of my favorite Leacock books is Nonsense Novels, which came out in 1911. In it, each chapter is a parody of a popular genre of fiction (chapter 1 is a parody of Sherlock Holmes, there's a rags-to-riches story, a ghost story, a science fiction story, a Russian tragedy, a seafaring/pirate tale, etc.).

There's also a Christmas story melodrama. 

Here's . . .

An oldfashioned text version if you like, you know, want to read with your eyes or something.

And a homemade audiobook.

And a Librivox volunteer recording.

BTW, I can't help but imagining this story unfolding in my family's ranch house in Deep East Texas, where my grandmother lives (talked to her for most of an hour today!), though it virtually never snows there.

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

3 thoughts on “Caroline’s Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant”

  1. He who can laugh at himself is humble.
    He who cannot at laugh at himself is proud.
    He who cannot tell the difference is too humble.

  2. Too humble? Can one be too humble? One can be improperly humble, but that is not the same thing. No space to write, but laughing at oneself is not always a sign of humility. It can also be a sign of pride. It depends on how one views the future in relationship to God.
    The Chicken

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