Skipping Christmas vs The lost word: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: American Christmas stories, Christmas stories, Christmas, Christian Fiction, Fiction
Skipping Christmas
Luther and Nora Krank decide that, just this once, they'll skip Christmas altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve…
1 film adaptation
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The lost word
A nice short story by Henry Van Dyke. Hermas wanders until he meets a priest in a glade who promises to allow him to enjoy life, and the story goes from there. There is an appearance of John Chrysostom, a well-known…
The verdict
- Readers rate The lost word highest: The lost word 3.8 · Skipping Christmas 3.6.
- The lost word is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 3 for Skipping Christmas.
- Skipping Christmas has the widest readership — 92361 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Skipping Christmas | The lost word | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (92361) | 3.8 (20) |
| Hardcover | 3.4 (100) | — |
| Google Books | 3.5 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (287) | — |
Reception
| Skipping Christmas | The lost word | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 92361 | 20 |
| Editions | 47 | 13 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 31602 | — |
| Reading it now | 2732 | — |
| Written reviews | 8428 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1516 | — |
| Pages | 208 | 71 |