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  • The Jan Stauber Grant
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  • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Novels
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- His Last Bow
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
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Holmes for the Holidays

From 1989 to 1994, Michael McClure and the Chester Baskerville Society created a series of imaginative newsletters for the young-at-heart Sherlockians around the world.

These newsletters were distributed internationally and included puzzles, short stories, cartoons, and other tidbits to entertain the reader.

Mr. McClure has graciously permitted us to place these newsletters on our website, so that Beacon Society members and all other Sherlockians may again enjoy these wonderful gifts.


For more information on the Chester Baskerville Society, and so much more on Sherlock Holmes, you can go to:   www.baskervilleproductions.com/sherlock

Thanks also out to George Vanderburgh and Les Moskowitz, who scanned and cleaned up the original hard copies so that we could provide them here.

If you are interesting in obtaining a hard-copy bound compilation of the entire series, contact  
george.vanderburgh@gmail.com   for details.

Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 1, No. 1 -- October, 1989
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 1, No. 2 -- December, 1989
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 1, No. 3 -- February, 1990
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 1, No. 4 -- April, 1990
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 1, No. 5 -- July, 1990
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 2, No. 1 -- October, 1990
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 2, No. 2 -- December, 1990
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 2, No. 3 -- February, 1991
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 2, No. 4 -- April, 1991
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 2, No. 5 -- July, 1991
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 3, No. 1 -- October, 1991
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 3, No. 2 -- January, 1992
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 3, No. 3 -- February/March, 1992
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 3, No. 4 -- April/May, 1992
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 3, No. 5 -- July/August/September, 1992
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 4, No. 1 -- October/November, 1992
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 4, No. 2 -- December, 1992/January/February, 1993
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 4, No. 3 -- March/April, 1993
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 4, No. 4 -- May/June/July, 1993
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 4, No. 5 -- August/September, 1993
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 5, No. 1 -- October/November, 1993
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 5, No. 2 -- December, 1993 - February, 1994 
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 5, No. 3 -- March/April, 1994 
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 5, No. 4 -- May/June, 1994 
Holmes for the Holidays -- Volume 5, No. 5 -- July-September, 1994 

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  • First Time Visitor
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  • About the Beacon Society (Newsletters, Bylaws, Meeting Minutes)
  • Sherlock's Spotlight Gazette
  • How to Support the Society
  • The Jan Stauber Grant
    • Apply for a Grant
    • Past Grant Awards
  • The Beacon Award
    • Apply for an Award
    • Past Award Winners
  • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Novels
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- His Last Bow
    • A Comprehensive Look at the Stories of the Canon -- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
  • Junior Sherlockian Society
    • JSS Explore
    • JSS Experience
    • JSS Extend
    • JSS ‘B’ Recognized
  • Joel Senter Essay Contest
    • Essay Contest -- Introduction & Copyright
    • Essay Contest -- Age Levels
      • Essay Contest -- 4th-6th Grade Form
      • Essay Contest -- 7th-9th Grade Form
      • Essay Contest -- 10th-12th Grade Form
    • Essay Contest -- Rules & Prizes
    • Essay Contest -- Resources
    • Essay Contest -- Submit
    • More about R. Joel Senter
    • Past Senter Essay Contest Winners
    • Who Was Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes
  • Library Display Project
  • Additional Resources for Educators/ Students by Age Group
    • Holmes for the Holidays
    • Beacon Booklist
    • Elementary School
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    • High School
    • College / University
    • Library Programs
    • Any Age Group
  • Fortescue Scholarship Exams
  • Important Links for Sherlockians
  • Contact Our Officers / Committees
  • The Life & Times in Victorian London
  • The Puzzles of Sherlock Holmes
  • The 60 Stories of the Canon
  • Sherlockian E-Times Archives
  • Sherlockian Societies
    • Learn About Sherlockian Societies
    • Locating a Sherlockian Society Map
    • Spotlight on Societies
    • Scuttlebutt from the Spermacetti Press