STORYSTAR
Read Short Seasonal / Holidays Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
The Declaration of Independence
By
Washington Irving
Classic short retelling of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
THE MAGIC VASE
By
Darlington Chukwunyere
On my 16th birthday, the eve of Christmas, I stretched my bounds with my best friend Uche. We decided to try something new; something crazy, something strange.
SNOW-FLAKES
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A few feathery flakes are scattered widely through the air, and hover downward with uncertain flight, now almost alighting on the earth, now whirled again aloft ...
The Year that Santa's Bag was Stuck in the Chimney
By
Arlene hartzell
This is a story many of us can identify with; the anticipation of Santa's secret arrival late at night, school bullying, and a lie sadly told and later regretted.
That Missing Something
By
Christine James
An unhappy grumpy old man grapples with lack of fulfillment and meaning in the last days of his life. Then by chance he discovers what he'd been seeking all along.