When I was a little girl I was snuggle up every night in the weeks preceding
Christmas in my beloved canopy bed with my itty bitty sister. I would read from from a huge book filled with Christmas stories. I can’t begin to tell you what the name of that
book was. It was probably older, considering the fondness my mother has for the
classics. And for thrift stores. I bet my "bippy" (don't ask) that my itty bitty sister still has the book in her possession. Since she was the last one to leave home she seemed to "inherit" all of our favorites. I'm not bitter.
One of my favorite traditions to continue with my son is to
read through several Christmas books a year. We often incorporate them into our
homeschool as well as our traditions. There is nothing better than snuggling
together with a cup of hot chocolate (complete with a marshmallow and a candy
cane for stirring) and a good Christmas book.
Below are a few of our favorites. I say “a few.” When I say
“a few” I am actually telling you a whopper. It was soo hard for me to narrow
it down to a few. I do tend to like the
classics. I also like books that are ‘purty.’ I didn’t include the Bible. Which
is obviously The Authority on all things true (and our go-to resource on the actual
Christmas story). That resource is The
resource in our house.
4. The
Night Before Christmas Pop-up by Robert Sabuda.
5. Winter’s
Tale by Robert Sabuda..
10. A
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
12. How
the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Suess
14. Christmas
Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
16. Jotham’s
Journey.
I'm linking my list up to the Schoolhouse Review Crew's Christmas Books Round Up!
Love!! I have to tell you. I tried (twice) to force my Josiah to read Hank the Cowdog books because of your high praise of the book series. He would. not. read. it. :( I may have to get the book from the library and read it myself.
ReplyDeleteHe finds things to read that have no bearing on anything I understand. He is currently reading the Darth Paper series by Tom Angleberger. He seems to like it.
I have read the Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I was able to encourage my middle daughter to read that one, and she loved it. (So I do have some influence on somebody.) (jk).