How long does it take to read On Christmas Eve?
On Christmas Eve by Margaret Wise Brown takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1938. 40 pages, about 11,000 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, four children creep downstairs to see the tree, their stockings, their wrapped gifts, and to hear the singing of the carolers.
Subjects: Christmas, Fiction, Christmas stories, Christmas, fiction, Children's fiction
