Favorite Christmas Books

We LOVE Christmas books!

Over the past few years we’ve managed to collect quite a number of Christmas books. Mostly, these have been gifted to them at Christmas by us. I love to pick up a new book and give each child a new Christmas book in their stocking. It’s become somewhat of a tradition. Others have been given as gifts by grandparents or other family members. Some we pick up at the library during the Christmas season. And some we’ve gotten on sale after Christmas to add to our collection. Note to self: I need to be more diligent at doing this!

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Some of the books are based on the birth of Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas. Others are fun stories of other popular Christmas characters.

I’m adding THIS one to our December 1st box this year to give to the boys to enjoy through December. I always like to add a newly released Christmas book at the beginning of December.

Then I will shop Barnes & Noble’s half off sale right after Christmas to add a few more I have my eye on for our collection.

Here’s what we have in the box so far:

Some of the paperback ones make excellent stocking stuffier:)

1. Here Comes Santa Cat
2. Gingerbread Mouse
3. The Biggest Snowman Ever
4. Little Santa
5. A Charlie Brown Christmas
6. A Christmas Wish for Corduroy
7. Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
8. The Polar Express
9. A Christmas Prayer
10. Fisher Price Little People, The Story of Christmas
11. The Story of Christmas
12. Christmas in the Manger
13. The ABCs of Christmas
14. The Berenstain Bears, The Very First Christmas
15. Disney Christmas Storybook Collection
16. Who is Coming to our House?
17. An Otis Christmas
18. The Berenstain Bears, Get Ready for Christmas
19. God Gave us Christmas
20. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
21. Song of the Stars, A Christmas Story
22. Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
23. The Berenstain Bears, An old-fashioned Christmas
24. Dream Snow
25. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Goldenbook
26. I Spy Christmas
27. Home Alone
28. Home Alone 2
29. Elf
30. The Twelve Days of Christmas
31. Merry Christmas, Little Pookie
32. My Little Christmas Story
33. The Snowy Day
34. The Night Before Christmas
35. Merry Christmas Anne
36. Humphrey’s First Christmas
37. A Simple Christmas on The Farm
38. Sounding Joy
39. Red & Lulu
40. Carla & The Christmas Cornbread
41. It’s Christmas Everywhere

These books used to be relegated to a section on the top shelf on the bookshelf in the older boys’ room, largely forgotten for most of the year. However, it’s wasn’t entirely uncommon for them to sneak up and grab a book from the stack to read in July! As our collection has grown, they’ve been given their own green storage box and come down from the attic with all the other Christmas decorations.

Once we start decorating and getting in the Christmas spirit, these books make an appearance for most every reading time. They’re all put in a basket in the living room for them to look through as they please. Most nights they’re scattered about and eventually put back in the basket for the next days’ reading. One book, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, is saved until Christmas Eve when we also read the account of Christ’s birth from the Bible before it’s time for bed.

And, occasionally, this is what the floor looks like when a toddler rummages through the stack.  Reading books with our kids that celebrate the season is something we enjoy immensely and hope to continue for years to come.

Pictures by Allison Muirhead

Originally posted November 26, 2017