WFMW-Our Favorite Christmas Books

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We started another "tradition" this year, since Brax is so into his books. We read stories before nap time and bed time every day, so thru the month of December we read ALL Christmas books! Here are a few of our very favorites...

The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia M. Scarry and J.P. Miller

This is a fun one--it's scratch and sniff! Brax doesn't even care about the story, he just wants to flip thru the pages and sniff them over and over. The smells are yummy (apple pie, pine tree, candy cane, hot chocolate, gingerbread, an orange) and actually pretty accurate!

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry

I have an ANCIENT "vintage" copy of this book-it was my dad's when he was young! It appears that the newer editions have color pictures while ours is black and white, but it's a cute rhyming story nevertheless.

Angel! Angel! by Cheri Pless Dittmer

Grammy Sue got us this one--it is precious. You're probably familiar with the book, "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?" Well this book follows the same pattern, only with Christmas figures such as an angel, Mary, Joseph, a shepard, some animals, an innkeeper, and Baby Jesus. It is simple yet so stinking cute, and I love it because it's about the real reason behind Christmas. Brax has this one memorized!

My Merry Christmas and the Real Reason for Christmas Joy
by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Another great poem about what Christmas is truly about, with fun sparkly pictures!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Suess

Brax LOVES all the Dr. Suess books-I think he loves the rhymy-ness (did I make that up?) and sillyness of them. We read them so much that if I pause mid-sentence, he fills in the blank for me! Every time we read about The Grinch, he says, "He should not be mean!"

One of the things I love most about Christmas now that we have kids is creating these memories that will last a lifetime. They'll forget the presents, but I hope that when Brax (and Harper) look back on the holidays they get a warm fuzzy feeling remembering the things we did together as a family.