Christmas books I have read...

[Janabanana]

I have read all these just in the last couple months... I will rate by the number of stars.. :) Hope you all enjoy them as much as I did

*** A Redbird Christmas

*****Christmas Jars

**Blue Christmas

*****Comfort and Joy

Im getting ready to read The Christmas Candle & Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas treasury

[WintersElf]

they sounds wonderful...thanks for shareing...

[tank1976]

I don't have many c-mas books. Just movies.

Which is funny because I read a lot of books. :oops:

[Merry]

I've got that Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas on my reading list.

[Janabanana]

Hubby just bought me a Christmas book called The Gift! Has 3 stories in one book... LOVE IT so far :)

[ElfinErv]

I'm currently reading The Autobiography of Santa Claus

[Merry]

In the library today I found what I hope will be an interesting read. Its a slim volume by Anne Perry called "A Christmas Guest". Is a whodunit. A Christmas mystery! Its set in Victorian times, which is a bonus.

[Janabanana]

Im hoping to find some more good Christmas books to read to bring in the season.... I think I should do a search on Amazon

[Merry]

I found another Anne Perry book called "The Christmas Visitor". Both this and "The Christmas Guest" were good whodunits. Not too much on the Christmas part of it other than mentions here and there about food and decorations. Still, both good reads and I can recommend them. ::cheers::

[Janabanana]

I like them more when they have more to do with the whole christmas season then only a mention here or there..
Im still on the search for another good one :)

[sdkluger]

I'm currently reading The Autobiography of Santa Claus
I listened to this on my commute from work. I enjoyed it. It contained interesting twists to the beginnings of some of our Christmas traditions.

I've also read Unplug The Christmas Machine subtitled How to Have the Christmas You've Always Wanted by Jo Robinson and Jean Coppock Staeheli. They gave tips to taking the stress out of the Christmas season and making it more enjoyable. The book came out of workshops of the same name the authors did for many organizations in the Pacific Northwest. I've had people tell me I should give this workshop around the midwest where I live.

Tim

[Merry]

I wonder if you can get that on Podcast. The autobio of Santa Claus that is. I'll check on iTunes. Might be able to.

[ElfinErv]

I wonder if you can get that on Podcast. The autobio of Santa Claus that is. I'll check on iTunes. Might be able to.

I don't see it listed :rolleyes:

[santaclauses#1fan]

I am going to but the Chicken Soup Christmas treasury sometime in October.Cant wait!!!!

[santaclauses#1fan]

I like them more when they have more to do with the whole christmas season then only a mention here or there..
Im still on the search for another good one :)
I reccomend all 3 The Christmas Chronicles by Jeff Guin.They are fun reads about the life and times of Santa and pals.You can buy 1 BIG book of all 3 and they are great for kids

[Christy Carol]

Earlier this year I went by a yard sale where a lady was selling nothing but books. And most hadn't even been read so I felt like I hit a great bargain. I bought a huge bag full, shoved them in my closet and forgot about them until just now so I decided to go thru them and put them up. I found two Christmas books in the stack so I think I'll start some Christmas reading soon.

One is called Forever Christmas, set in fictional town Jingle Bells, Arkansas. Its about a girl from Jingle Bells who grows up to inherit her grandmother's Christmas store, named Forever Christmas.

But a corporate bigwig wants to come in and rename the town Summer Valley to entice a big corporation to relocate there. So she decides to take him on and save her town.

The other is called a Big Apple Christmas and its actually 4 novellas about 4 separate couples that meet and fall in love in New York over the holiday season.

[ElfinErv]

This morning I ordered A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe, its abut a tree who doesn't get chosen for Christmas and how his animal friends help restore his Christmas spirit. I plan to give it to a neice for Christmas

[Jinglebelle]

This morning I ordered A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe, its abut a tree who doesn't get chosen for Christmas and how his animal friends help restore his Christmas spirit. I plan to give it to a neice for Christmas

That sounds like a sweet book, Erv. :1smiley008:

I downloaded A Christmas Carol to my iPhone and have been reading it while I'm in bed sick...

[ElfinErv]

swine flu? :ninja

[Jinglebelle]

::sick:: Uh, No... just funk.

Congestion, sneezziingg, and just generally feeling yicky. Been sleeping most of the day away.. blah... :zzz:

[ElfinErv]

icky.....bed rest lots of bed rest

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[Jinglebelle]

Shoot, it's all I can do. I'm having a hard time dragging my butt out of bed for anything... WAHHH!!! :(

[ChasNole]

The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank...I Liked it.

[fermat]

One of my favourite books is The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by Natasha Wing. It's a great story about the hecticness of the holidays using the same rhyming scheme as the Clement Moore poem. Here's an exerpt:

'Twas the night before the night before Christmas,
with too much to do.
Our tree wasn't up yet,
and Mom had the flu.

Our cookies were burned.
There were presents to wrap.
Mom sniffled, "What I need is a long winter's nap."

[Janabanana]

I just ordered The Paper Bag Christmas - Kevin Alan Milne
and Forever Christmas -CHRISTINE LYNXWILER.....wont start reading them probably until Sept or so...

[Meceka]

I read the Christmas Train last month - it's a keeper!

[Hollandmerry]

I love Anne Perry and her Victorian mysteries. Better than Agatha Christie.

[sdkluger]

Today I finished listening to the book The Fat Man: a Tale of North Pole Noir by Ken Harmon. You will love this book. It's funny and has so many allusions to well-known Christmas stories, songs, movies, etc. Disgraced elf, Gumdrop Coal, works to clear his name and save Christmas.

[mallen129]

I like 'Olive the Reindeer' it is very clever and funny for kids.