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:
- Anna Bell's Wish
- Clifford's Christmas
- Corduroy's Christmas Surprise
- Doug's Secret Christmas
- Frosty the Snowman
- The Get Along Gang & the Christmas Thief
- The Gift from Saint Nicholas
- A Grouch's Christmas
- The Grinch Meets His Match
- A Letter to Santa
- The Littlest Christmas Star
- The Little Engine that Could & the Snowy Blowy Christmas
- The Berenstain Bears & the Joy of Giving
- Merry Christmas Curious George
- The Night Before, the Night Before Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas
- The Nutcracker
- O' Little Town of Bethlehem
- The Polar Express
- Randy the Reckless Reindeer
- Santa Duck
- The Santa Clauses Santa My Life and Times
- Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight
- The Story of Christmas
- 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?