25 Days of Christmas Books

Does your family have Christmas traditions?  Maybe you have an advent calendar or the Elf on the Shelf.  For the last several years, we've done the 25 Days of Christmas Books.  This is a simple and fun way to share stories during the holiday season.  Children of all ages enjoy being read to, and this is a great way to bring your family together without spending money.  We have a box with 25 books from the library: one for each day in December.  I have heard of some families who wrap the books and they are surprised when they open it, but we leave ours unwrapped.  Every evening, we pull one out of the box and read it as a family.  We repeat some stories every year, but mostly they are new to us. 

Here is a list (is no particular order) of the books we are reading this December.  Why not start the 25 Days of Christmas Books with your family?

1. Our Very Own Christmas by Annette Langen 
2. Tom the Christmas Elf by Pirkko Vainio.   
3. Christmas Wishes by Tony Mitton 
4. The Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger
5. That's Good! That's Bad! On Santa's Journey by Margery Cuyler 
6. Santa and the Three Bears by Dominic Catalano.    
7. The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming : a Christmas story by Lemony Snicket 
8. Christmas in the Big Woods, adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
9. The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup   
10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss.    
11. Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera.    
12. Yes, Virginia : there is a Santa Claus by Chris Plehal 
13. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Schulz      
14. The Nutcracker by Michael Hague 
15. It's Christmas, David! by David Shannon 
16. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
17. Christmas in the Big Woods, adapted from the Little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
18. Minera Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
19. Peppa Pig and the Lost Christmas List by Neville Astley and Mark Baker
20. A Bad Kitty Christmas by Nick Bruel.    
21. The Christmas Cat by Maryann MacDonald
22. Merry Christmas, Little Witch by Lieve Baeten
23. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
24. The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Anderson
25.  Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore

 --Angie RH, HQ