Christmas is a wonderful time to create a new read-aloud tradition. This post is filled with our favorite Christmas books!
There’s something so incredibly cozy about Christmas books. I have such happy memories of sitting on the couch surrounded by my children and reading books together with the lights of the tree twinkling.
Many of our favorite Christmas books are picture books (my fave!), but we also have a few longer books that we enjoy around Christmastime.
Favorite Christmas Books
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, Susan Wojciechowski
Christmas Day in the Morning, Pearl S. Buck
A Certain Small Shepherd, Rebecca Caudill
Apple Tree Christmas, Trinka Hakes Noble
Night Tree, Eve Bunting
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, Gloria Houston
Christmas in the Big Woods, Laura Wilder
The Legend of the Candy Cane, Lori Walburg
The Gift of the Christmas Cookie, Dandi Daley Mackall
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger, Karma Wilson
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree, Robert Barry
Bear Stays Up for Christmas, Karma Wilson
Humphrey’s First Christmas, Carol Heyer
Christmas in Noisy Village, Astrid Lindgren
Christmas in the Barn, Margaret Wise Brown
The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry
One Wintry Night, Ruth Bell Graham
I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles, Jean Marzollo
Josie’s Gift, Kathleen Long Bostrom
Who is Coming to Our House, Joseph Slate
The Crippled Lamb, Max Lucado
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story, Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Pine Tree Parable, Liz Curtis Higgs
Sometimes we wrap up the books and read a book per day, for a picture book Advent, but this year I just put them all in a basket and we’re reading them at various times.
Every year I try to add to our collection of Christmas books. I store them separately from the rest of our books, so we only read them at Christmas. This makes them seem more special for everyone!
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Lacey says
December 19, 2018 at 9:56 amWhat great books! I love pulling out our Christmas books every year, and can’t wait to add some more from this list to them. Thank you for sharing on the Homestead Blog Hop!
Joy Kincaid says
December 28, 2018 at 6:57 pmI’m the same way, always looking forward to bringing them out!
Donna @ Modern on Monticello says
January 5, 2018 at 2:40 pmThis is such a great list. I will save it for when I have grandchildren to read them to. Visiting from #HomeMattersParty
Joy Kincaid says
January 5, 2018 at 6:06 pmThank you, Donna!
Christina Makri says
January 4, 2018 at 2:11 pmThis is an interesting list of Christmas books! Thank you so much for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party. Happy New Year 🙂
Joy Kincaid says
January 5, 2018 at 6:04 pmHappy New Year to you also, Christina!
Mother of 3 says
December 16, 2017 at 6:07 pmThese are all such great books! There are so many wonderful Christmas books out there; this year my boys told me they’re too old for picture books so we’re reading a chapter book about Christmas together.
Joy Kincaid says
December 16, 2017 at 7:12 pmI know, it’s so sad when they outgrow picture books, isn’t it? I’ve only got one younger child (age 8) these days, so I’m thankful I can still have an excuse to read picture books! 🙂 Do you have any recommendations for Christmas chapter books?
Mother of 3 says
December 20, 2017 at 2:53 pmLast year we read The Naughty List and this year we’re reading A Boy Called Christmas; both have been incredibly crazy Christmas chapter books that have made us laugh with their antics. And both are written so that kids who sill believe can enjoy them. I’ve also heard great things about the Best/ Worst Christmas Pageant Ever but as of last week we were still waiting for a copy to be available through our library.
Joy Kincaid says
December 21, 2017 at 12:28 pmThanks for sharing those suggestions!