PagineEverything for a bookish Christmas — free Christmas stories and classics to read now, our own original early-reader tales, printable carols, jokes and writing prompts, a by-age reading list, and New Year reading ideas.
Written by us for the youngest readers: short, rhyming and warm. Read online or print.
A gentle counting story — count the snowflakes from one to ten!
Read the story →🎄The smallest reindeer worries she’s too little to help — until Christmas Eve.
Read the story →Prefer to listen? Play A Christmas Carol (audiobook) or The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus — free, read aloud. Browse all free audiobooks →
Warm, cosy stories made for reading aloud on Christmas Eve or at bedtime. See all Christmas read-alouds →
Jingle Bells and more — a printable sing-along pack.
Print carols → 📜Incl. the classic Night Before Christmas — for recitals & Christmas Eve.
Print poems → 💬Peace, giving and joy — for cards and classroom walls.
Print sayings → 🦊Short stories about giving and kindness, each with a moral.
Print fables → 📖The nativity & peace verses (KJV) — for cards and carol services.
Print verses → 🏺Where Santa, the tree & candy cane came from.
Print tales → 😄Clean, funny jokes for crackers and class parties.
Print jokes → ✍️16 festive story starters for creative writing.
Print prompts → ✅A by-age reading challenge for the winter break.
Print list →Santa, snow and holiday magic — free to read in the library.
The great festive stories, free to read in Pagine.
Beloved Christmas tales we don’t host yet — each links to a free, legal public-domain edition.
Carry the reading habit into the new year. See our New Year reading page for kids’ reading resolutions, goal ideas and free New Year stories.
The long winter break is perfect for reading together: a chapter of A Christmas Carol by the tree, a picture book before bed, a cosy classic on a snowy afternoon. Mix our original early readers for little ones with a classic or two for older readers. Track every book your child finishes in the free Pagine app, and browse thousands more free titles in the library.
Yes. Our original early readers, picture books and children’s classics are free to read right in Pagine, and the reading-list titles link to free, legal public-domain editions.
Start with our original early readers and friendly picture books — A Kidnapped Santa Claus, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, and The Night Before Christmas.
Yes — free printable Christmas carols, jokes, writing prompts and a by-age reading list, all ready to print for home or the classroom.
Yes — see our New Year reading page for kids’ reading resolutions, goal ideas and free New Year stories.
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