title: Once Upon a Christmastime: Short Stories for the Season
author: Deseret
description: 45 holiday stories from some of the most beloved storytellers: Jack Weyland, Susan Evans McCloud, Janene Wolsey, Brad Wilcox, Benson Y. Parkinson, Dick Beeson, LaRene Gaunt, Richard Peterson, Gary L. Davis, Laurel Mouritsen and many many more. A great addition for family gatherings, speech planning, or just some quiet time for your own.
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  Dear Reader
  
  
  Merry Christmas and welcome to the Regency-era holiday celebrations.
  
  
  My friend Sharon Sobel and I have intertwined our linked holiday stories, the
  ONCE UPON A REGENCY CHRISTMAS series, in complementary tales of finding love
  in unexpected places and circumstances. We both have a great appreciation of
  England and all things Regency, and what better way to celebrate holidays than
  with romance? Especially when we have all of our characters snowed in
  together?
  
  
  After the eruption of an Indonesian volcano in 1815, the planet went into a
  volcanic winter that lasted for a few years. The English summer of 1816 was
  still cold and wet, and it affected harvests and politics. Record amounts of
  snow blanketed England that winter, and the area of Rye in Sussex was hit
  particularly hard. Sharon chose this location for the lovely country home of
  Seabury, the perfect place