Hello and welcome to another edition of Top Ten Tuesday! It’s hosted every week by That Artsy Reader Girl! It’s December, which means it’s time to think about Christmas and all those wonderful holiday books! I probably won’t be reading any Christmas books this year, but I do sometimes! Here are some holiday books that I liked.
My True Love Gave to me is a gorgeous holiday book full of short stories. I also recommend the summer edition, Summer Days and Summer Nights. This has some lovely stories, including “Midnights” by Rainbow Rowell. I absolutely love “Midnights”. Such an adorable story.
I’ve read The Immortal Nicholas twice and it put me into tears, especially the first time. This is a Santa origin story that includes Jesus and Crampus.
The Long Winter isn’t actually a Christmas book, but it’s one of those books that you want to cuddle up under a blanket while reading. Now I want to read this book again!
When I was little, my mom would read me a story called Christmas Every Day. It’s a cute little story, and you can google it and read it online for free. It’s about a girl who wished that it was Christmas every day… but be careful what you wish for!
One of my teachers in middle school read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to us. I loved the book. Evidently, so did a lot of people because I was in this play twice: once as an angel, another time as Beth.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a classic story by Dr. Seuss. I’m not a big fan of the more recent movies, but I love the book and the original cartoon that went along with it. Fun fact: if you try to buy the original cartoon movie from Walmart, the cashier has to verify that you’re 17 because it’s not rated. Or at least that was the policy last year. Although if I was still working there, I’d approve the purchase for anyone old enough to scan the video. I’d be willing to get fired over selling that movie to a five-year-old.
Perhaps there’s something about Christmas that makes me want to read short stories and children’s books. The Gift of the Magi is another short story, but it’s really sweet. You’ve probably heard this story before, because it’s a classic. It’s the one where the girl sells her hair and the guy sells his watch to get each other Christmas presents.
I don’t read many poems, but The Night Before Christmas is a classic poem about Santa Claus.
At this point in my list, I have to say I’m getting desperate for holiday stories. All I can come up with is eight books! I need your help to find more! I have never read Christmas with Anne and other Holiday Stories by L.M. Montgomery, but I think I’d like to. Thank the birthday boy (Jesus) for Goodreads and their Listopia! That’s where I found this one.
I haven’t read Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce either, but it sounds like it would be amazing to read. If you’re unfamiliar with what happened, during the early days of World War I, the soldiers were fighting, and it was Christmas Eve, and they defied orders to declare an unofficial Christmas truce and celebrate the holiday together. It’s amazing that two groups of people, who were supposed to be enemies, were able to get together like this.
So that’s my list of holiday books! As you can tell, I really need help finding some new ones! Hopefully some of your wonderful lists will help me. What are some of your favorite Christmas books?
Next week is a freebie and I don’t know what I’m doing yet. See you then!
YOU AND I HAVE SEVERAL OF THE SAME BOOKS ON OUR LISTS. I always mean to read Holiday books during the holidays and then don’t do it. This year will be different. My Holiday book list
Most of the time I might manage to read one… don’t know about this year. Although some of the books today look really good!
The Long Winter is a great choice. I first read it around Christmas time, and it made me very grateful to have a warm house and plenty of food to eat. It’s not technically a Christmas book, but I sort of think of it like that because of my first experience with it.
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It’s amazing what they went through in that book.
I loved My True Love Gave to Me! And also The Grinch. How could anyone not love The Grinch? Great list!
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Thank you. Now I have to see what your list says :-).
Such a great, nostalgic list! I loved The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as a child and getting to share it with my kids as a parent. And now I want to reread The Long Winter too! 😉
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Maybe I should make my kids at least watch The Best Christmas Pageant Ever movie this year.
I am going to have to pick up The Grinch book to share with my niece this Christmas. She actually adores those movies.
I bet she’ll love it. Dr. Seuss books aren’t too long either.
I first read The Long Winter when I was in elementary school. I’m now in my 40’s and the thing that sticks with me after all these years was how Pa went out into the storm to thaw the ice off the cattle’s noses so they didn’t suffocate. Crazy how I remember that even now.
Great list!
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I forgot that detail. I read it last when my kids were little and I remember how they almost starved.
I love that cover of The Long Winter. and ditto on My True Love Gave. Midnights was a great story. 🙂
Now I want to go reread that story. My True Love Gave to Me isn’t available at my library right now, but Almost Midnight (which has that story) is available.
I like this list — particularly the Immortal Nicholas — it sounds like quite the Christmas story!
I loved it. I probably won’t get around to reading it again this year, but it’s definitely one I will read again someday!
I really need to read My True Love Gave to Me!
It looks super cute!
Since it’s short stories, even if you don’t have time to read them all, you can read one or a few of them!
There’s a Santa origin book? I think I need that one. I love Christmas and Santa.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas is such a classic. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it when I made my list. #fail
I had so much trouble finding books I found it on a Goodreads list of Christmas books.
My True Love Gave to Me had so many cute gems in it! Ultimate warm and fuzzies. Also, The Grinch is an absolute classic. Great picks altogether!
Thanks! Evidently, other people agree with us about My True Love Gave to Me… it’s all checked out at my library! That’s okay, because the Rainbow Rowell book with “Midnights” in it is available, so I guess I’ll read that one this year. And Audible has a Christmas story as one of their Audible Originals this month, so I’ve got two things to read for Christsmas! That’s probably enough for one year.