YEAR 6, EPISODE 264

TITLE: Christmas-Flash Fiction Special 15 (Church, Cope, Coppée, Dickens, Lee)
DATE: Monday, 15 December 2025

Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.

On Monday, 15 December 2025, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing the potpourri Christmas Flash Fiction Special 15

This is a mixture of stuff. The first can be considered Creative Non-Fiction, the last one is a poem (on the webpage you can also see a YouTube video of it, and the three texts in the middle are short stories. Hopefully enjoy!

i- Francis B. Church: Yes, Virginia, There Is Santa [1 Page] (Christmas)
[https://www.villageschoolma.org/pdf/YesVirginiathereisaSantaClaus.pdf](https://www.villageschoolma.org/pdf/YesVirginiathereisaSantaClaus.pdf)
ii- Charles Dickens: Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse
[http://www.free-short-stories.org.uk/charles-dickens-christmas-at-fezziwig's-warehouse.htm](http://www.free-short-stories.org.uk/charles-dickens-christmas-at-fezziwig's-warehouse.htm)
iii- Harper Lee: Christmas to Me
[https://www.industrialmusicals.com/documents/Harper_Lee_Christmas_To_Me.pdf](https://www.industrialmusicals.com/documents/Harper_Lee_Christmas_To_Me.pdf)
and
[http://web.archive.org/web/20070701015651/www.chebucto.ns.ca/culture/HarperLee/christmas.html](http://web.archive.org/web/20070701015651/www.chebucto.ns.ca/culture/HarperLee/christmas.html)
iv- François Coppée (France): The Sabot of Little Wolff
[http://www.free-short-stories.org.uk/short-christmas-story-the-sabot-of-little-wolff.htm](http://www.free-short-stories.org.uk/short-christmas-story-the-sabot-of-little-wolff.htm)
v- Wendy Cope: A Christmas Poem
[http://arkadina.com/acting/a-christmas-poem-by-wendy-cope/](http://arkadina.com/acting/a-christmas-poem-by-wendy-cope/)

Those who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Google Meet these days, and thank Chet for that, as he’s providing the link!

If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXT OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.

If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.

I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!

Kind regards,
Rosaura

Rosaura

The Shorter the Better: The Short Story Reading Club

Hobbies & Passions

Fiction

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Nonprofit

Book Club

Conversation

Literature

Reading

Cultural Activities

English

Short Stories

LGBT Friendly

Literary Events

Classic Books

Africans

International Friends

serena

Chet

Janani D

Anna Cristina Caputi

Anita

Shari

Jeff Wilkinson

Christmas-Flash Fiction Special 15 (Church, Cope, Coppée, Dickens, Lee)

Discussion & Debate

Non-Fiction Writing

Celebration

Christmas Caroling & Music

Online event

Share

The Shorter the Better: The Short Story Reading Club

Christmas-Flash Fiction Special 15 (Church, Cope, Coppée, Dickens, Lee)

The Shorter the Better: The Short Story Reading Club

Details

Members are also interested in