Christmas Book Advent

Well, here's another Pinterest inspired project {from Katherine Marie Photography}!

Booktime is definitely one of my favorite times with the kids {especially on those "challenging" days!} and I LOVE advent calendars so this Christmas book advent calendar idea was perfect!

Wrap up 24 Christmas books and have your child pick one each night to unwrap and read.  A few of our books are new but most of them have been collected over the past few years {and a few of them are actually from when I was a kid!} 

If you are short on books, you could always do a "12 Days of Christmas" theme instead and cut your book numbers in half.  Or head down to your local library and take a few Christmas books out for the holidays.

If you are looking for some Christmas book inspiration here is what we have wrapped up:

Olive the Other Reindeer - J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh

A Wish to be a Christmas Tree - Colleen Monroe

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell - Lucille Colandro

The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg

Who's That Knocking On Christmas Eve? - Jan Brett

The Night Before Christmas - Clement C. Moore

The Elf on the Shelf - Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell

Merry Christmas Curious George - Margret and H.A. Rey

Johann's Gift to Christmas - Jack Richards

How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Dr. Suess

Mater Saves Christmas {you gotta love Mater!}

The Snow Tree - Caroline Repchuk

Little Puppy Lost - Linda Jennings and Alison Edgson

What Santa Can't Do - Douglas Wood

Froggy's Best Christmas - Jonathan Landen

Snowmen at Christmas - Carolyn Buchner

Frosty's New Friends

Merry Christmas from Biscuit - Allysa Satin Capucilli

Was That Christmas - Hilary McKay

The Crunchy, Munchy Christmas Tree - Karen Grey

Corduroy's Christmas Surprise

Clifford's Christmas - Norman Birdwell

Mouse's First Christmas - Lauren Thompson

The Christmas Song - Mel Torme

A few of the books are marked with a specific number to correlate with our other activity advent calendar.  For most of the days though, the boys can just pick whatever book they want.  

So just gather up some of your favorite Christmas stories and get wrapping!

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