The 25 Books of Christmas - Prepare Early!

Have you heard of the 25 Books of Christmas? My friend Leanne, introduced this idea to me and we have been doing this for the last three years! The idea is simple, collect all of the Christmas or winter books, that you have and then wrap them up to open one each night, prior to bed time. I wanted to review the titles that we have in our collection, as we head into our fourth year of doing this fun family tradition! I wanted to see if we had any duplicates or books that were not suited for my kids ages, as a few were baby books when I bought them. I will head back to our local Goodwill, and replace four of our books, as my boys have out grown the titles. I love that I can find great holiday books at our local book swaps, book sales, or local thrift stores often for less than a dollar.


Our current titles and ever growing list of Christmas books:
  1. Anna Bell's Wish
  2. Clifford's Christmas
  3. Corduroy's Christmas Surprise
  4. Doug's Secret Christmas
  5. Frosty the Snowman
  6. The Get Along Gang & the Christmas Thief
  7. The Gift from Saint Nicholas
  8. A Grouch's Christmas
  9. The Grinch Meets His Match
  10. A Letter to Santa
  11. The Littlest Christmas Star
  12. The Little Engine that Could & the Snowy Blowy Christmas
  13. The Berenstain Bears & the Joy of Giving
  14. Merry Christmas Curious George
  15. The Night Before, the Night Before Christmas
  16. The Night Before Christmas
  17. The Nutcracker
  18. O' Little Town of Bethlehem
  19. The Polar Express
  20. Randy the Reckless Reindeer
  21. Santa Duck
  22. The Santa Clauses Santa My Life and Times
  23. Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight
  24. The Story of Christmas
  25. Santa's Workshop
What is your favorite Christmas book? Have you heard of or take part in the 25 Books of Christmas? How does your family countdown to Santa's arrival? Do you read every night to your kids? How do you prepare for the holidays? Is August too soon; to catalog,organize, and give thought to Christmas fun?
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  1. KyetraAugust 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    I so want to do this! Thanks for reminding me. I am reposting on my facebook and twitter. ;0

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    1. Jenny FortnerAugust 19, 2012 at 12:47 PM

      Thank you so much for sharing, with your readers! I am happy to hear that your family takes part in the reading fun! Thank you for stopping by, have a great week!

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  2. Liz MaysAugust 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM

    I absolutely love that idea! Obviously, I can't put my kids on my lap for storytime anymore, but I'm going to remember this for whenever they have kids some day!

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    1. Jenny FortnerAugust 19, 2012 at 4:50 PM

      Liz, thanks for stopping by! I had never heard of it either, but the kids love it! They think unwrapping a book each night is so much fun, and it encourages reading! When I can pick up books at the thrift store for 50 cents, and wrapping paper for $1, it is a win win, and has been a huge hit at our house!

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