Advent Books for Christmas Countdown

Now that the boys are older, I’m starting a new Christmas tradition (other than having  a Christmas tree) that will have a meaningful effect in our little family.  Aside from the festivity and receiving presents, I want the boys to feel the love of the family, drawing us closer to each other, to other people and to God.  I want them to remember that Christmas is all about giving, not receiving things for themselves.

We’ll open and read one advent book each day (but for sure we’ll be reading them all throughout the month!).  It’s similar to the Advent calendar but instead of having toys, we’ll read a really good book about Christmas.  I wrapped the books already, and randomly select a few to display under the tree for Vito open.  (Mavi said Vito can open all of these everyday)

 

Since I have 3 and 8 years old, my book selection varies, but most of these are classic Christmas books that will grow with the child and a will end up as heirloom too! Here are the books we’ll be reading this year.  Some are from the library, other were bought from Book Depository and AmazonUK. 

1. Russell’s Christmas Magic
2. Ten Red Robins
3. The Nativity
4. Christmas My First Discovery Book
5. Christmas is Coming Pop-up Book
6. Father Christmas Needs a Wee
7. Santasaurus
8. How the Reindeers Got their Antlers
9. Madeline’s Christmas
10. The Snowy Special
11. The Clown of God
12. Christmas is--
13. 12 Days of Christmas
14. Dear Santa
15. The Story of Holly and Ivy
16. The Night Before Christmas
17. The Polar Express
18. On Angel Wings
19. The Best Christmas Present in the World
20. Lucy and Tom at Christmas
21. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Tomey
22. The Christmas Eve Tree
23. Alfie’s Christmas
24. Bear Stay’s Up
25. The Snowman

 

 

 

 

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