What is Christmas without traditions? I plan to share a few old and new ones from our home.
Last year I wrapped 25 (give or take) Christmas-related books and cds, one to be opened each day. This year I modified the process to eliminate the wrapping and to regulate the choice of books (some like The Little Engine That Could and the Snowy Blowy Christmas and Franklin's Christmas Gift will be retired from circulation); nevertheless, we have some new choices each week. Here are some of our favorites:
Traditional Nativity Stories
The Stable Where Jesus Was Born by Rhonda Gowler Greene - this one is great for the youngest child
A Shepherd's Gift by Mary Calhoun
The Shepherd's Christmas Story by Dandi Daley Mackall
The Nativity illustrated by Julie Vivas - this is one of my favorites as the angel Gabriel comes to Mary wearing combat boots and later the blessed mother really does look great with child
Sentimental Christmas Tales
A Cowboy Christmas by Audrey Wood
The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke
Papa Panov's Special Day adapted by Mig Holder from original story by Leo Tolstoy - my copy from childhood
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill - tear jerker
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski - another tear jerker
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston - another tear jerker
Santa
Best Christmas Book Ever by Richard Scarry - another from my childhood and a favorite of the boys
Babar and Father Christmas by Jean de Brunhoff
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I love this idea and I'm going to remember it for next year. I'll have to be on the lookout for some good Christmas books on clearance.
ReplyDeleteThe first year I got several at McKays and another used book store ($1 or $2 a piece).
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