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A favorite Christmas Box

We have begun our bit by bit decorating for Christmas—I try not to pull out more than 2 boxes as day. One of the first boxes I pull out is our box of Christmas books. Oh, how I love these books- a few books from my own childhood interspersed with books we’ve collected and been given over the years.
In years past, I would carefully wrap each book individually and each nite of December, leading up to Christmas, our littles would choose and open one of the packages and we would read that particular book after dinner. Our own Advent countdown. The first few years found me rewrapping a couple of favorites as we didn’t have enough books to make it all the way to Christmas.
And now? Our Christmas book collection cannot all fit into one basket any longer. The children love to pour over the stories again and again so I’ve done away with wrapping them . . . I doubt they’d stay wrapped anyway- what with Mr. Conductor around. It was wonderful to sit together on the floor yesterday as we got out the books. Each of us saying, “Oh, I love this one. Remember this one? Oh, Mama, this is my favorite.” And so on. And of course, we had to read a few right then and there.
Today, I’ve already picked up a couple from Mr. C’s bed, one on the floor in the bathroom (???) and two on the table. It will be like this- books here and there, throughout the season.
It is one of my simple and favorite ways to enjoy the season.
Read so far today:
If You Take A Mouse To The Movies
The Christmas Snowman
Snowmen At Night