Three Thanksgiving Kisses – A Classic Holiday Short Story by William Dean Howells
Small affections served with great warmth
Season’s Readings is your fireside refuge from life’s troubles — a curated collection of timeless holiday tales read by Don McDonald.
In this episode, we feature Three Thanksgiving Kisses by William Dean Howells, a tender 19th-century story about love, humility, and gratitude in a small New England home.
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Three Thanksgiving Kisses was written by William Dean Howells (1837–1920), the “Dean of American Letters.” As editor of The Atlantic Monthly and a lifelong friend of Mark Twain, Howells championed realism in American fiction — finding truth and beauty in everyday lives.
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