If you had to reccomend one Christmas book to someone what would it be

[santaclauses#1fan]

I would reccomend a book called The Christmas Chronicles by Jeff Guin.Its actually get 3 books but you can get it all in 1 book.The titles are:

1.The Autobiography of Santa Claus
2.How Mrs.Claus Saved Christmas
3.The Great Santa Search

I LOVE these books::fire::

[sdkluger]

A Christmas Carol by Dickens. Then I'd go with Christmas books/magazines by Ideals.

[ChasNole]

I was six when this came out and it is still my favorite book of all time...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1978-Montgomery-WARD-Christmas-WISHBOOK-CATALOG_W0QQitemZ230352939309QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH _DefaultDomain_0?hash=item35a21ae92d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|293%3A1| 294%3A50

and this one is a close second...
http://www.elmoandfriends.com/catalogs/sears/searswish1978.html

[ElfinErv]

I vote The Autobiography of Santa Claus

[ChasNole]

I vote The Autobiography of Santa Claus


That's a good one, too!

[Jinglebelle]

I've been dying to read it... off to eBay I go...

[Santaames]

One of the books I like to read to the children that come to see me, especially the younger ones is the Christmas Mouse, there is also a second Christmas Mouse story, but it is not as good as the original. Don't have the book with me, so I can't remember the author.

[ElfinErv]

did you find it?



I've been dying to read it... off to eBay I go...

[Jinglebelle]

did you find it?

Yup... I got the 1994 first edition for A DOLLAR!! :cone: YAY!! :jumpin:

[whitney37354]

The House Without a Christmas Tree. Evidently there was an Addie Mills (main character) series of books. I got the book second hand and love it. It was my favorite book for many years.

[ElfinErv]

sweet

:1smiley007:

Yup... I got the 1994 first edition for A DOLLAR!! :cone: YAY!! :jumpin:

[ElfinErv]

oh I really liked the made for tv movie, didn't know there were books as well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Javern/misc/candle.gif


The House Without a Christmas Tree. Evidently there was an Addie Mills (main character) series of books. I got the book second hand and love it. It was my favorite book for many years.

[Christy Carol]

I bought Chicken Soup for the Soul, Christmas a few months ago at Tractor Supply. Why they had it there was beyond me but it was marked 80% off so I snatched it up. I was waiting a little closer to Christmas before I start reading it.

[Jinglebelle]

Yup... I got the 1994 first edition for A DOLLAR!! :cone: YAY!! :jumpin:

It came yesterday!! :1smiley005: Have not started reading it yet, tho

[ElfinErv]

::coolz::

[santaclauses#1fan]

It came yesterday!! :1smiley005: Have not started reading it yet, tho
You will LOVE it!!!

[whitney37354]

oh I really liked the made for tv movie, didn't know there were books as well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Javern/misc/candle.gif


I hope to buy the DVD movie version of the book on Amazon sometime.

[hollybow]

I love *the christmas clock* written by Sylvie Abend....only 50 pages..but a heartwarming story...:1smiley008:

[sdkluger]

I would reccomend a book called The Christmas Chronicles by Jeff Guin.

I just got this off ebay for about $7, shipping included. I can hardly wait for it to come.

[jimmyolsen]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[Jinglebelle]

I love *the christmas clock* written by Sylvie Abend....only 50 pages..but a heartwarming story...:1smiley008:

I can't find it online anywhere... where can I find it HollyBow? :1smiley004:

[ElfinErv]

yes i'd like to read this, Google turns up nothing on this

[Merry]

I just finished "Eat, Drink & Be Merry; A Christmas Miscellany" by Susan Kelleher & Rene Rodgers. I thought I knew a lot about Christmas but this book pulled some new ones out of the hat for me. :wink:

[caninemom3]

I would say I would recommend The Annotated Christmas Carol. It has lots and lots of notes and tidbits of information in it that explains more in depth the times Dickens wrote the book in. It is surprisingly interesting on top of being an amazing tail.

[HollyKing]

Perhaps it's trite, but Dicken's A Christmas Carol tops my list, with The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) a close second.

[Jinglebelle]

First, welcome! Glad you joined us :grinn:

I had no idea L. Frank Baum had written the Santa book! As a child I read his Oz series of books. I'll have to find this, soon!

[HollyKing]

Once upon a time I found the entire Baum book online. Don't know if it still is, though....

[ChasNole]

Perhaps it's trite, but Dicken's A Christmas Carol tops my list, with The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) a close second.

Good call on both. Welcome to TC as well.

Baum's LandA of Santa Claus is also a long forgotten stop motion animated special adapted by Rankin Bass.

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[HollyKing]

It's also available as a regular cartoon, but so far only on VHS.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267675/

[mallen129]

So many to choose from, but since I have it memorized, I have to say "the night before Christmas".

It's really a poem, so does that count?

If not I think that 'olive the reindeer' is very good too.