We have books for the youngest children...
books on the true meaning of Christmas...
and classic Christmas books.
There are paperbacks and hardbacks, Advent books and readers. Some of our Advent books are not in the picture, because we aren't using them this year. We have the other two books in the Jotham series that I mentioned in my last post. We also have the Handel's Messiah Family Advent Reader which we used one year for a fabulous study.
I also noticed that one of my favorites, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, is missing from the pile and must be in someone's room! We usually get a new book every year, and I notice we need some more for my oldest kids.
My friend DeEtta wraps all her Christmas books every year so they can unwrap one each day in Advent. I HATE to wrap, and it's all I can do to wrap the gifts (which seems to fall totally to me every year). So, I'm not wrapping our books! It's a neat idea, though.
Well, I'm off to Dorothy's blog to get some ideas for books for the older kids.
4 comments:
I love bringing out basket of Christmas books out each year too. I love watching the kids as they read and flip through them.
Ah - well - your friend De'Etta did NOT wrap all the books last year and discovered that they were read more if I put them in a basket and so that's what I did this year....and I also hate to wrap gifts....but honestly....we weren't getting all the books unwrapped and so some weren't even looked at...this way all can enjoy as the mood strikes them. I should blog about this. LOL
Yes, DeEtta. You definitely should blog about this. It makes me feel so much better!
I'm the one who used to be up every Christmas Eve until 2 a.m. wrapping presents. Now my dh knows to start bugging me about it a week or more ahead of time. And it's okay that HE's not wrapping--he's had to deal with the decorations and lights not working, lol.
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