Because my roots are in Sweden and Finland, I’m quite partial to Christmas stories coming from the Scandinavian region. Previously I’ve posted some of my favorites, which you can find via the links at the end of today’s post. Today …
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a menagerie of merry Christmas stories
Oodles of charming animals coming your way to wish you a merry Christmas… Santa Claus and the Three Bears, by Maria Modugno, illustrated by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer published in 2013 by Harper The three bears are off on …
a nostalgic night before Christmas
Roger Duvoisin’s The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin originally published in 1954 republished in 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf ‘Twas the night before Christmas When all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, …
a golden sled
A Golden Sled for Christmas: A Few Thoughts on Father Christmas, Books, Gladness, and Faith When I was a little girl, almost 50 years ago now, one of my favorite books was The Animals’ Merry Christmas, plum full of little …
ho!ho!ho!…a list of…five jolly books about good ol’ St. Nick
There is something remarkably delightful about Father Christmas — his generosity, his good cheer, his unfailing habit of magically bringing goodies in the dead of night — that touches longings in more than just children’s hearts, I think. Wildly-varied …
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