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santaclauses#1fan
08-03-2009, 12:46 PM
If I had to pick one it would be The Autobiography of Santa Claus although it does get boring in some points it is a fun read.:thumbsup:
sdkluger
08-03-2009, 09:58 PM
The next one.::yay::
Merry
08-04-2009, 08:02 AM
I don't have a favourite yet, but I'm hoping this year Santa will bring me a copy of J.R. Tolkien's "Letters to Father Christmas". That may become my favourite.
sdkluger
08-17-2009, 10:49 PM
I just got The Christmas Chronicles from ebay. It arrived today. Already my oldest daughter wants to read it. I may make her wait. I also picked up Christmas Decorations For You To Make by Susan Purdy from our local library's book sale.
Merry
08-18-2009, 06:04 AM
I have a copy of "Christmas with Norman Rockwell" coming. Its a collection of his seasonal artwork. Can't wait to see it. :confetti:
ElfinErv
08-29-2009, 04:48 PM
from Ebay?


I have a copy of "Christmas with Norman Rockwell" coming. Its a collection of his seasonal artwork. Can't wait to see it. :confetti:
caninemom3
03-17-2010, 06:16 PM
My very, very favorite Christmas book is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. To me, there is nothing like settling down when all is quiet at night and when it is chilly outside and reading this book.
IluvChristmas
05-16-2010, 07:31 PM
I got Christmas Chronicles last summer. The The Autobiography of Santa does get boring in parts. Now I've started on How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas and it's starting to get more interesting.
ChasNole
05-16-2010, 08:22 PM
THe CHristmas Candle is pretty darn good.
SusieSnowflake
05-17-2010, 06:27 AM
I second A Christmas Carol, I like the oldies and I like the short story The Gift of the Magi by O Henry
RadioJonD
05-18-2010, 10:45 PM
The one in my stocking every year:
ElfinErv
05-18-2010, 10:51 PM
The last few of those I've gotten they didn't have butter rum .... must have quit putting that flavor in the books :mad:


The one in my stocking every year:
IluvChristmas
05-19-2010, 06:56 PM
Are Debbie Macomber's Christmas books any good? Are they the kind you just read once and that's it? I saw some at Goodwill and just wonder if it's better just to go to the library and check them out instead buying.

BTW I love "A Christmas Carol" and do have a copy kept out a Christmas time.
caninemom3
05-20-2010, 09:24 PM
Are Debbie Macomber's Christmas books any good? Are they the kind you just read once and that's it? I saw some at Goodwill and just wonder if it's better just to go to the library and check them out instead buying.

BTW I love "A Christmas Carol" and do have a copy kept out a Christmas time.


I have several copies of A Christmas Carol but my very favorite is the Annotated Christmas Carol....where it is explained by way of footnotes and side notes some of the trivia surrounding the era and some of the things said.....I also LOVE Christmas Ideals, as I posted earlier somehwere on the site......I have several copies but I would like to find older ones like from the 1960s when I was a kid......
ElfinErv
05-21-2010, 05:16 PM
I really like Searching for David's Heart -A Christmas Story

check it out if you get the chance


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Christy Carol
05-21-2010, 07:26 PM
I saw a small hardcover Christmas book today by Andy Griffith. I cant recall the name but I think I'm gonna go back and get one. Anything that Andy does has to be good.

** just found it online, its called the Christmas Guest.
ElfinErv
05-21-2010, 07:28 PM
another good one

The Christmas cookie Killer- A fresh-baked mystery by Livia J. Washburn
IluvChristmas
05-23-2010, 09:51 PM
I saw a small hardcover Christmas book today by Andy Griffith. I cant recall the name but I think I'm gonna go back and get one. Anything that Andy does has to be good.

** just found it online, its called the Christmas Guest.


There's a song called "The Christmas Guest" I think Andy and Reba Mcintyre recorded it I guess that book is base off of that song??
MarthaK
08-02-2010, 11:26 AM
One that I love and re-read every couple of years is "The Official Guide to Christmas in the South: Or, If You Can't Fry It, Spraypaint It Gold."

It's just so dad-gum funny.
MarthaK
08-02-2010, 11:32 AM
Are Debbie Macomber's Christmas books any good? Are they the kind you just read once and that's it? I saw some at Goodwill and just wonder if it's better just to go to the library and check them out instead buying.

BTW I love "A Christmas Carol" and do have a copy kept out a Christmas time.


I read "A Perfect Christmas" by Macomber and was disappointed. The story was cute, but the publisher plays the author up as an expert on Christmas, yet there were two HUGE knowledge gaps in her book: 1) volunteer Salvation Army bell ringers don't have a "quota" they must meet. and 2) She has the bell ringer set up outside Target and Target stopped allowing bell ringers in front of their stores in 2004. I just don't see how she could be a Christmas nut and not know that. It kinda ruined the story for me.

I'll stick with Jan Caron's Mitford series Christmas books.