The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

I\’ve read this story a few times over many years to the point that I knew much of it before I opened the book. Still enjoyable. Christie led the way in quality writing and very subtle, clever mysteries. This is a wonderful example of her talent. For those who complain about a short work, yep. That\’s what happens in a short story. It is harder to write a good short story than a full length one because a short story still requires the same basic parts to occur but must be accomplished in far fewer words. It\’s called craftmanship. Watch the master.

When I was younger, I was not a fan of Agatha Christie\’s style of writing, then I started watching the excellent performances of David Suchet as the Belgian sleuth and found myself completely enchanted. As I was reading \”The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding,\” I found that the pictures in my head (you do have pictures in your head when you read, right?) were a re-run of the Poirot episode on PBS. For me, there was no mystery because I knew the story and was pleased to realize that I found some of the dialog in the story seemed to be the same as in the teleplay. If you haven\’t read any of Agatha Christie\’s Poirot novels and stories, this would make an excellent starter. As much as I avoided her books in the past, I find myself now wanting to read more.

I discovered the Agatha Christie novels back in my mid 20\’s, and I was hooked after finishing the first one, which was one of her Miss Marple mystery novels. Later I discovered the Hercule Poirot stories and read any number of those too. Not sure if I read them all, it\’a been some decades since then, but if I saw one, I read it. So when I just recently saw this little tale on Amazon, knowing I had never seen it before, I just had to read it. When it comes to an Agatha Christie story, I never bother with reading reviews. Either you love her or you don\’t. I love her stories, every one I ever came across. I knew I would enjoy this story too. And I did. This was a really quick read, but a delightful little tale. I am so glad to have found it.

I read a lot of Agatha Christie\’s books growing up. I wasn\’t aware of all the short stories with Poirot. I enjoyed this story so much. The best part is that they each stand alone. You don\’t have to get them in order!

Written by Agatha Christie, the story is perfect of course. Poirot finds himself at a manor house for a traditional English Christmas at the request of the Home Office. The atmosphere of the time and place is wonderful. Poirot with the help of some delightful teenagers is able to discover and return a precious jewel, thereby avoiding an international incident. I would love it to have been a novel rather than a short story.

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