Book Roundup IX: Christmas Books
Are any of these books part of your Christmas traditions? Care to share any others?
posted by marc at 12/19/2005 12:30:00 AM
Monday, December 19, 2005
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I'm reading Charles Dickens' original A Christmas Carol right now, although I kind of prefer the Disney version with Scrooge McDuck. ;-)
The version with Captain Jean-Luc Picard as Scrooge is way the best.
Spot's First Christmas! *sighs* I love Spot. Spot Bakes A Cake is probably the most profound.
Ah Libbie you beat me to it on Spot: definitely wins hands-down from that group. I'll have to disagree though: "Where's Spot?" lift-the-flap book is my personal favourite and most insightful. But no, not part of Christmas tradition. Book-related Christmas tradition in my family is everyone devouring their and everyone else's Christmas present books almost as soon as the wrapping's off them :D After all, we've got to finish the others' books before we part and are left with only our own!
I enjoy beautifully written children's stories. I enjoy watching the really old movie about Scrooge. I am flying off to New Hampshire today to celebrate Christmas.
I love Once Upon a Christmas Time by Thyre Ferre Bjorn. It's a charming little memoir about her childhood in Sweden, with 7 brothers and sisters and their parents. Every child bought things for every other member of the family, even if it was just a spool of thread (they were a little poor-the father was a minister). I'm Swedish and the book was my mother's. Too bad it's out of print!
Since I'm from the South, one of the traditions in our house was to read the Cajun Night Before Christmas.
Candy,
Have a great trip!
Rachel,
My mom read that one as well as Papa's Wife.
Lee,
Cajun Christmas? We need to talk...
We read The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry every Christmas Eve.
Sure, Marc! I mean, what's Christmas without gumbo and jambalaya?
I'm reading Jotham's Journey out loud to our kids (age 5, 13, & 15) this year. There's a chapter or section for each night of advent. All of us, from the youngest to the oldest (me), have thoroughly enjoyed it.
The story itself is great. Unfortunately, the short devotional meditation at the end of each chapter is rather weak. Not a problem, though. Improvise on the devotional and enjoy the story!
Hey Marc! I love finding people who read the same books! Papa's Wife is adorable. What a good son you are to remember what your mom read.
We're doing Jotham's Journey too. I agree about the devotionals, but our family (except for the two little ones) agree that it is a weak story too - predictable in places and unbelievable in others (the torch in the catacombs). This will be the first and last year for that story.
Terry
I'd also Recomend a little book called "Bright Valley of Love" by Edna Hong. Its a bit long for a family read, but its a wonderful true story about a young boy in an orphan home in Germany.
The Huron Carol is one of my favorites. Jean de Brebeuf was a missionary to the Huron nation and he translated the Christmas story in terms relevant to the native people 350 years ago.
The illustrated book by Frances Tyrell is gorgeous.
Dickens who? I'm standing by the Berenstein Bears rendition.
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