Need to read this Christmas Eve?

Your stockings have been hung by the chimney with care, so kick back and relax with some Christmas Eve themed reading.

Quick hits

• Seasonal quotes for Christmas Eve

• Christmas quotes — silly and snarky

• The best way to spread Christmas cheer? Book quotes!

Full-length material

• Read and listen to George Saunders's Christmas stories

• You tell us: The best holiday books

• Christmas decorating mishap yields children's book

The Dickens section

• Museum finds letter from Charles Dickens about his lost Christmas turkey

• The pirates who stole A Christmas Carol

• How Charles Dickens took A Christmas Carol on tour

• Charles Dickens and Christmas: It's actually complicated

Fun and games

• The cat who hopefully didn't come for Christmas

• What should be under these writers' Christmas trees?

• The reason for a season of Pride and Prejudice reboots

• Friday favorites: Beyond A Christmas Carol