Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A BOOKTUBE CHRISTMAS DAY COMMUNITY BOOK HAUL!
Merry Christmas!
I'm Mike - this is Riiff Raff's Reading Renaissance.
It’s Christmas Day, and today’s video is inspired by a wonderful idea from Paul at @TheAccidentalBookseller — sharing the opening of bookish gifts with the BookTube community for anyone who might be spending Christmas alone or in need of a little company. I thought that was a great community idea and wanted to contribute. I hope you enjoy it.
In this video, I unwrap and share a small, carefully chosen stack of books, including:
📖 Ben Elton’s autobiography What Have I Done?
📚 Classic plays, novels, short stories, and essays
🇮🇪 Irish fiction, South African literature, and English classics
🎄 A festive take on A Christmas Carol from Jacob Marley’s perspective
This is less about the haul and more about connection, reflection, and the joy of unwrapping books together. Christmas remains a time to slow down, appreciate community, and share moments — even across screens.
Thank you to everyone who has watched, commented, and supported the channel this year. I hope this video brings a small moment of joy and bookish companionship to your Christmas Day. For those who celebrate in other ways, I hope you have a wonderful festive season, full of books.
Timestamps
00:00 Christmas Day introduction & reflection
02:10 BookTube community idea explained
04:05 Ben Elton – What Have I Done?
06:40 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Edward Albee
08:45 Frank O’Connor – Short stories
10:30 Nadine Gordimer – South African fiction
12:15 The Riverside Chaucer
14:30 Anthony Burgess – A Dead Man in Deptford
16:10 The Finest Type of English Womanhood
17:40 Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol
19:00 Racists – Kunel Basu
20:35 Great English Essays – Anthology
22:30 Closing Christmas message
And as a Christmas present to the almighty algorithm:
#ChristmasBookHaul
#BookTube
#BookishChristmas
#HolidayReading
#BookCommunity
#ChristmasDay
A BOOKTUBE CHRISTMAS DAY COMMUNITY BOOK HAUL!
Merry Christmas!
I'm Mike - this is Riiff Raff's Reading Renaissance.
It’s Christmas Day, and today’s video is inspired by a wonderful idea from Paul at @TheAccidentalBookseller — sharing the opening of bookish gifts with the BookTube community for anyone who might be spending Christmas alone or in need of a little company. I thought that was a great community idea and wanted to contribute. I hope you enjoy it.
In this video, I unwrap and share a small, carefully chosen stack of books, including:
📖 Ben Elton’s autobiography What Have I Done?
📚 Classic plays, novels, short stories, and essays
🇮🇪 Irish fiction, South African literature, and English classics
🎄 A festive take on A Christmas Carol from Jacob Marley’s perspective
This is less about the haul and more about connection, reflection, and the joy of unwrapping books together. Christmas remains a time to slow down, appreciate community, and share moments — even across screens.
Thank you to everyone who has watched, commented, and supported the channel this year. I hope this video brings a small moment of joy and bookish companionship to your Christmas Day. For those who celebrate in other ways, I hope you have a wonderful festive season, full of books.
Timestamps
00:00 Christmas Day introduction & reflection
02:10 BookTube community idea explained
04:05 Ben Elton – What Have I Done?
06:40 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Edward Albee
08:45 Frank O’Connor – Short stories
10:30 Nadine Gordimer – South African fiction
12:15 The Riverside Chaucer
14:30 Anthony Burgess – A Dead Man in Deptford
16:10 The Finest Type of English Womanhood
17:40 Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol
19:00 Racists – Kunel Basu
20:35 Great English Essays – Anthology
22:30 Closing Christmas message
And as a Christmas present to the almighty algorithm:
#ChristmasBookHaul
#BookTube
#BookishChristmas
#HolidayReading
#BookCommunity
#ChristmasDay
