It's snowing outside and that makes me happy and homesick for Utah. It will be my first Christmas away from lovely home. So I am busily searching amazon for some books of Christmases past to share with my own little family. Here are some of the stories that heralded the season when I was young, and you betcha I'll be eagerly awaiting the postman this week:
Who doesn't get teary when they read this?
Or this?
And this is just the dearest book to flip through while sipping hot chocolate stirred with a candy cane. cheerily illustrated by our own Steve Songer.
What are some of your favorite books and movies of the season that bring you holiday cheer?
7 comments:
Oh, I love those ones too. We still read the Polor Express every Christmas eve. I hear you on not being home for the holidays, I am sure it will be magical in its own little way. pop some popcorn for your tree:)
mr. kruger's christmas...
boob like a baby.
That book with the bears and the scratch and sniff Christmas things. Remember that one? I should find the real title. And The Snowy Day. And -not a book- but Julie Andrews Christmas music - Hooray! We'll sure miss you. wah, wah, waaaahhh.
What a great idea about the Santa Claus book. Can you believe that I don't even have a copy? I definitely need to get one and soon. But I hear there are some really cool children models in that book.
Katie, your Mom told me she picked up as many softcover copies of the Santa Claus Book as she could get her hands on. I think she's got 20-30.
It makes me sick that your Dad doesn't get royalties or even credit for that book. Still, it's one of the greatest Christmas books ever.
Manheim Steamroller, George Winston, Vince Guraldi (sp?) of Charlie Brown's Christmas. My boys LOVE "A Small Miracle" It's a wordless picture book about a poor woman in Europe at Christmas time. We "read" it all year round and cry every time. Speaking of Christmas waifs, I just picked up a Complete Hans Christian Anderson from the library so I could read my boys "The Matchstick Girl" Dad used to read that to us every December.
The absolute best thing I've ever done to bring that Hunstville family feeling into our Cresap Christmas was to make dad's jerky. Clint made it on the smoker outside and, I kid you not, you could smell it for blocks. I was on cloud nine because it made my Christmas feel so, just right.
We're so excited that we'll have you for Christmas!
For Christmas books, I agree with Sarah on the "A Small Miracle." My strongest Christmas associations, though, are the Boston Camarata music that my mom would always play, the wooden red cranberry beads strung on the tree, and all the great family traditions.
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