Christmas Books for Family Reading Time

A great idea for the holidays is to set aside a special box or basket containing your family's special Christmas or other holiday books. The Holiday Book Box only comes out during the Advent season, and is put away again with the decorations after the first of the year.

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THE ADVENT BOOK BOX This list of Favorite Christmas Books was compiled following a discussion between a group of home schooling mothers looking for twaddle-free holiday reading for their families. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Becky's Christmas by Tasha Tudor (The) Best Christmas Pageant Ever! by Barbara Robinson Christmas at Long Pond by William T. George (The) Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans (The) Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski (The) Christmas Stories of George MacDonald by George MacDonald (out of print) (The) Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon (The) Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado (The) Donkey's Dream by Barbara Helen Berger (The) First Christmas by Marcia Williams (out of print) (The) Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'Engle Martin Luther's Christmas Book by Martin Luther (The) Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore, illustrated by Jan Brett A Northern Nativity: Christmas Dreams of a Pairie Boy by William Kurelek One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham Rembrandt: The Christmas Story Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Leo F. Buscaglia (The) Story of Christmas: Words from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke illustrated by Jane Ray Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt This is the Star by Joyce Dunbar OTHER HOLIDAY-RELATED BOOKS Unplug the Christmas Machine, by Jo Robinson Don't wait until Christmas to read this book! The earlier you start thinking about the holidays, the easier it will be to make any necessary changes in your celebrations. Debt Proof Your Holidays, by Mary Hunt Whether you're just looking for further frugal ideas for the upcoming holiday season, or you're truly dreading another after-holidays debt hang-over, this book will be beneficial. Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month, by Deborah Taylor-Hough Less time in the kitchen means more time for activities you really enjoy. This book will show you a step-by-step plan to simplify and revolutionize the way you cook. Save time; save money; save your sanity! Contains a special Ten Day Holiday Meal Plan---perfect for simplifying your holiday meal preparation. Simplify Your Christmas, by Elaine St James Simple ideas for taking the complexity out of the holidays. Hundred Dollar Holiday, by Bill McKibben What we need and long for now are the gifts of time, meaningful family connections, periods of silence, a relationship with the divine, McKibben writes. Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? (booklet to order) This is a special Christmas booklet published by Alternatives for Simple Living. For further holiday-related information on-line, be sure to visit: A Simple Holiday to You

These simple living web-pages are maintained by Deborah Taylor-Hough (Debi), author of Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month and A Simple Choice: A Practical Guide to Saving Your Time, Money and Sanity.