abentley Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 I thought I would share this idea of what has become our tradition on December 1st. My MIL started it with her 6 kids and grandkids, and now I am also carrying it on. She had a book compiled of 25 Christmas Stories. One to read each night of December and ending with The Nativity and Twas the Night Before Christmas. Every December 1st she would bring over a big can of hot cocoa, popcorn, candy, etc. for the kids to snack on during the month while reading her book she gave us. She also would bring an ornament or decoration for each child to unwrap and enjoy. My book is now at the printers getting copied into 5 more books for my children to have for their kids, and now I will be adding to her tradition. I can't tell you how much fun my kids have had over the years with this book. Some stories are super short, some longer, but all classics. I think it helped embrace a few stories that they might not of read on their own!
smorebore Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Love this idea...I am always looking for new traditions.
AudreyNicole Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 This is a great idea! Could you share the names of the 25 stories? I didn't think there were that many LOL! :)
abentley Posted December 2, 2009 Author Posted December 2, 2009 As soon as my copy returns from the printer, I would be more than happy to list the stories!
Macy927 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 This sounds awesome! Please do list them, I would love to do this with my daughter.
Gator Pam Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 I've always enjoyed reading the tale of The Yule Faires on the solstice to Beorn myself. A story a night during Advent for those who observe sounds awesome. What a terrific tradition.
Elmck Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 My DD would love to do something like this. thanks for sharing!!
allshoppedout Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 Grand idea, but just reading this I can see we can't start tonight......rats. . I hope to find the list of stories..until then I think I will start on my own. I know a few but surely not 25 good stories about Xmas...
Scanner420 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 That's Cool!!! My 12/1 tradition....singing Happy Birthday to my wife!!
lakj98 Posted December 2, 2009 Posted December 2, 2009 We do something similar with our kids. I have a Christmas basket at the center of the table in the family room. It is filled with different Christmas story books. Each night before bed we all sit together in the family room and read a story. The kids get to take turns picking out a book. When we first started my husband or I would read the stories. Now we have the kids reading them on most nights. It is alot of fun and the kids look forward to it. I try to add 1-2 books each year so that we are not always reading the same books.
fluffkin79 Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 I don't have a collection, but we have started reading Christmas stories at bedtime. I found some good ones at Dollar Tree last year, and they have either added more titles this year or just have more that I didn't find last year. They rhyme, have a good rythm, keep my kids interest, and I enjoy reading them. We have The Little Fir Tree, Letter to Santa, The Nutcracker, and some more that I can't find right now. My kids just got 2 more stories today as gifts. They also rhyme, which helps to keep DS3's attention. They are Mary's Christmas Story and Joseph's Christmas Story, part of the Arch Books Bible Story Series. Not my absolute favorites, but the kids liked them.
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