Lets Start The Season Out Right

After Thanksgiving we start to worry about lights and trees and gifts... but are we thinking about the 'reason for the season'? We should be. Even from the very beginning.

Please understand, I am in no way saying that Christmas trees, presents and lights are bad. I'm simply saying that we all (including me) need reminders of what it's all about. A religious advent calender is good.

So here are my other recommendations for reminders to read with your kids:

My All-Time favorite for preschoolers and kindergartners. A Board Book about ALL the great things about Christmas!

A Classic Golden Book

Once upon a time, there lived a little princess who enjoyed all the privileges of being wealthy, especially at Christmastime when visitors from far and wide would bring her piles and piles of presents. But when the little princess becomes ungrateful for all she has been given, her parents decide to make a change to their Christmas celebration.

Fun activity book

With gentle rhyme and number fun from one to ten, this Christmas board book is full of shepherds, kings, & angels

I Spy Christmas, an engaging photographic puzzle book with rhyming riddles that invite children to find hidden objects among a treasure trove of Christmas items

The most popular children's Bible story series in the world Generations of Christian children have learned the Bible through the lively poems and colorful illustrations of Arch Books

A full-color, beautifully illustrated, wonderfully written holiday story about hopes and aspirations, and appreciating the possibilities of life.

Traditional as well as less familiar tunes, specially arranged to suit children's voices

Join the Patterson family in celebrating all the craziness, joy, love, and true meaning the Christmas season brings.

An endearing and amusing variation of the Nativity story that will appeal to children and adults alike

Here Is the one that I am wanting to get read this year:



This Christmas, cut through the hype that leaves you exhausted and broke at the end of the year. Instead, experience the peace of knowing that God is truly with us, the joy of giving sacrificially, and the love of a Savior who gave everything he had for us.

This one has been recommended to me:



Journey with Adam Hamilton as he travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem in this fascinating look at the birth of Jesus Christ

Of course, I always encourage you to buy local. Help your neighbors keep their jobs and businesses. Most of the books are linked to one of my favorite local stores, so if any of them look good and you can't support your local businesses... feel free to support the ones near me! :)