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DECEMBER 7, 2009
Short but Sweet or Sugar Plums Perhaps!
Last week I polled our reader's for their favorite holiday music. A few of you took me up on this and some of that music will be part of our library's collection.
I'm pretty certain most of you are hustling and bustling trying to do a million things with holiday preparations so I'll keep my blog short and sweet this week.
My burning question for all this week ...
Is there any book you re-read this time of year? A holiday favorite?
Ok, I'll go first. Hands down for me...
Gift of the Magi O. Henry
It's a timeless story that represents for me the true spirit of giving. There are many versions of this , various retellings, many with beautiful illustrations. Saxton B. owns a fairly good dvd based on the story and it's also available for a listen on Christmas Classics: Stories for the Whole Family. If you'd like the original you can find it in The Complete Works of O. Henry.
In addition, no Christmas Eve goes by in our house without me reading aloud Clement Clark Moore's, The Night Before Christmas. Even when our kids grew older and were not living at home, I used to read it over the phone to them. Now they read it to their children. I still read it each Christmas Eve before I snuggle in bed with visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. Traditions! The stuff that makes holiday memories.
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Comments
bas bleu said, on Dec. 13 at 7:55AM
Polar Express (Chris Van Allsburg), The Night Before Christmas, Frog and Toad All Year (Arnold Lobel), Grandfather's Christmas Tree (Thomas Locker), and The Pokey Little Puppy's First Christmas (Adelaide Holl). Our children are grown, but we always read these treasured family favorites every Christmas Eve. It wouldn't be Christmas without them.
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CarolK said, on Dec. 14 at 1:33PM
So many memories of Christmas Eve's shared with our children. I do miss these.
Thanks for giving us a peek of your holiday favorites.
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Mercedes said, on Dec. 22 at 5:05PM
We have a whole stack of childrens Christmas books that we own and reread each year. The Grinch, Bear Stays up for Christmas, The Way Christmas Came - to name a few. I read A Christmas Carol by Dickens every year and since its publication, I've been reading Skipping Christmas by John Grisham too.