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The Holiday Swap (2021)
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Twin bakers pretend to be one another during a busy Christmas season, putting home and professional obligations on the wrong person’s plate. Discuss which expectations can only be seen clearly when somebody else tries to meet them.
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Christmas Jigsaw Murders (2023)
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A former crossword setter receives pieces of a puzzle that look disturbingly specific, then counts down to Christmas by trying to understand the sender. Ask whether a clue works the same way in a game and in a case someone has staged for an investigator.
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Christmas at the Island Hotel (2020)
4.0/10on Open Library
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An island hotel is getting ready to open at Christmas. Ask which person keeps the place running when others are thinking about how it ought to look, and how a visitor can tell the difference between real and rehearsed hospitality.
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Christmas at Thompson Hall (1894)
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A Christmas traveler tries to treat her husband’s throat in the middle of the night, and a hotel corridor gives her plenty of room to get things wrong. This short farce works aloud. Ask which of the conventions about manners turns the mistake into a disaster.
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The gift of the Magi (1906)
7.6/10on Open Library
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Two people each give something up to buy a Christmas gift for the other. Read the short story aloud and ask whether the gifts have already done what they needed to do by the time either person opens a package.
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The spy who came for Christmas (2008)
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An injured man looking for refuge on Christmas Eve finds himself inside a household with problems of its own. Ask what the sanctuary idea gives the suspense story, and how that changes the prospect of a stranger arriving at the door.
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Murder Most Festive (2020)
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Guests gather for a Christmas house party in 1938 and find that the refuge of a country house suits a murderer as well as a host. Have readers name the point when a familiar cozy mystery convention becomes a useful clue.
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