ChristmasMichael Dirda Deep in my cortex, the year is divided into reading seasons. The period from mid-October to Christmas, for instance, is ‘ghost story’ time, while Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse pretty much own April and May. – Michael Dirda April Quotes Austen Quotes Christmas Quotes Cortex Quotes Deep Quotes Divided Quotes Ghost Quotes Instance Quotes Jane Quotes Midoctober Quotes Period Quotes Pretty Quotes Reading Quotes Seasons Quotes Story Quotes Time Quotes Wodehouse Quotes For me, the two weeks between Christmas and Twelfth Night have come to be reserved for desultory reading. The pressure of the holiday is over, the weather outside is frightful, there are lots of leftovers to munch on, vacation hours are being used up. Halloween isn’t the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter’s tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee.
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