christmas book tradition

Nov 28

Posted by: Scott in: blog, book reviews, caleb isaiah, christmas, family, holidays, memories, parenting

Last holiday season I was reading another mom’s blog and she was discussing Christmas traditions.  She mentioned that she wrapped up Christmas books and put them in a basket each year.  Books like the Polar Express, captivating stories that can be enjoyed by a wide age range.  Every day beginning on the 1st of December, and through until Christmas Eve, one of her (seven) children would pick a book out of the basket and unwrap it and they all sat around the fireplace reading.  I thought that was such a wonderful idea and tucked it away in the back of my head for this year.  You’re probably thinking the same thing I was though…”But I don’t have 24 Christmas books!”  Yeah me neither.  The library is your friend. I did purchase several to add to our collection, but I figured I’d drop by the library and try to find a few to fill the remaining days.

I’ve found that Amazon in general seems to have the best prices on books (gotta love that free super saver shipping!).  I didn’t focus so much on finding the stories for a wide age range because I just have Caleb, and he enjoys children’s picture books most.  We still need to be flipping pages every 60-90 seconds.  Which, I think, ain’t half bad for his age.  When I was looking for books to order this year, I mostly stuck to the four and five star amazon reviews.  Ones where the review title had words like “endearing” or heartwarming” or “the true meaning of the season.”

A Wish to be a Christmas Tree

How Murray Saved Christmas: According to the reviews, this one is hilarious, so I’m anxious to read it!

We have the Bad Dog Marley book and just love it.  So I knew a A Very Marley Christmas book should be on the list.

Bear’s First Christmas

This is one of the books I purchased last year.  We have every book in the Bear series (they are all adorable, but especially Bear Snores On).  Bear’s friends wake him up for Christmas and all gather in his warm winter den to celebrate the season.

The Polar Express: You knew that would be on the list

Russell’s Christmas Magic: The reviews may end up being right, the story doesn’t have that classic ring, but we have a different Russell book and the illustrations are precious.  I flipped through this book on the Amazon Reader, and again the pictures are adorable, so I bought it since Russell is a recognized book character already, even if the story isn’t a perfect 10.

Santa Claustrophobia

The Snow Angel: Classic Story combined with beautiful illustrations

Merry Christmas Stinky Face: We have the board book I love you Stinky Face, this Christmas version is on a Christmas book display at our Walmart.

Winter’s Gift: I teared up reading through this one at Lookybook.  This one is a story of a man who lost his wife beginning to heal during his first Christmas without her.

Comments

One Response to “christmas book tradition”

    Val
    November 28th, 2008 5:06 pm

    I totally have to get the Stinky face one! And Marley….I love his books!

    What a great tradition….although my kids would rather watch the movie!

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