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30 Captivating Christmas Books You Need to Read Now

in Friday Favorites, Our Favorites on 01/12/20

Merry Christmas! The ladies here at Mommy Convos have compiled a list of our favorite family-friendly books to read during the holiday. And boy do we have a massive list for you!

Christmas is a wonderful season where we can celebrate different family traditions, sample a wide variety of foods and holiday treats, gather as friends to party the night away playing games or enjoy a quiet evening as a family to reading books or watch a holiday movie. Can’t wait to share with you our favorite captivating Christmas books your family would enjoy now.

For the entire book list- head here. Or, to read the reviews- look below!

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Tiffaynee’s Christmas Books:

Ever since Tiffaynee was little, every year she received a new Christmas book. Most of her siblings are grown and have families of our own, but we look forward to receiving that new story we get share with our kiddos. Now that Tiffaynee has accumulated quite a few stories, she wraps up each one and uses them as a little countdown to Christmas Eve where her kids get out a new story to read before bedtime. Her top must-reads are listed below:

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1.) The Polar Express by: Chris Can Allsburg – A loved favorite of a boy’s magical adventure to the North Pole.

2.) The Elves and the Shoemaker by: Jacob Grimm & Jim LaMarche – A wonderful Grimm fairytale of kindness and generosity with gorgeous paintings from Jim LaMarche.

3.) The Tale of Three Trees: a Traditional Folktale by: David C. Cooke – Though this is more of an Easter story, we love reading it during the holidays. It’s a great way to help kids understand Christ’s sacrifice and love for us, and the significance of his earthly mission.

4.) I Believe In Santa Claus by Diane G. Adamson – This is one of my absolute favorite books, holiday related or not. This explains why it’s perfectly ok to believe in Santa and the reasons behind the time-honored symbols of Christmas as it reflects on the true meaning of the season.

5.) The Missing Christmas Treasure by: Gale Sears – A story of a little boy’s search for his beloved Christmas decoration and why it is the most important decoration of all.

6.) C is for Christmas by: Tonya Skousen Arenaz – The cutest ABC book you’ve ever read, hands down. It has the most beautiful illustrations too!

7.) Humphrey’s First Christmas by: Carol Heyer – The untold story of a camel named Humphrey as he journeys with the three wise men who search for the Baby Jesus. Another of our favorites.

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8.) Asleep on the Hay: A Dustbowl Christmas by: Ben Sowards – A sweet story of family, charity, and sacrifice.

9.) The Very First Christmas by: Suzanne Berry – A Hallmark Recordable Story about the birth of Christ

10.) A Letter to Santa by: Gaby Goldstock -A short poetic story of a little boy’s excitement and dream to be visited by Santa Claus.

11.) The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore – A classic Christmas story of the jolly elf himself.

12.) Disney Christmas Storybook Collection by: Elle D. Risco & Calliope Glass – Our kids are obsessed with these Disney Collections. It’s full of fun holiday stories with their favorite characters.

13.) Katie the Candy Cane Fairy by: Thomas Nelson – A story of kindness and sharing between sisters as they learn about their talents and the true meaning of Christmas.

14.) The Christmas Train: A True Story  by Thomas S. Monson – Pres. Monson recounts a Christmas story from his childhood and a valuable lesson he learned along the way.

15.) Maggie’s Miracle  by: Karen Kingsbury – Now, this one is more for the mommies, but it is a beautiful story of love, hardship, loss, and fate. I have read this story nearly every year since I received it for Christmas. It is wonderful! If you haven’t read the other stories in the Red Gloves Collection they are brilliant: Gideon’s Gift & Sarah’s Song

Favorite Friday: Top Family Friendly Children Christmas Movies, Adult Movies, Holiday Books and Christmas Break Games

Jennica’s family has three favorite Christmas books:

16. Llama Llama Holiday Drama is so cute I always want to read it twice and my kids are always obliged!

17. Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear is just a cute little story, nothing fancy, but we like it!

18. Christmas in my Heart is sweet to put a little more meaning into lazy Christmas season moments you have to snuggle by the Christmas lights. We just got it a few weeks ago and have yet to finish it, but it just has some cute, heartwarming stories that are perfect for a little snuggle time this season. They are too complex for my kids, but great for adults.

Favorite Friday: Top Family Friendly Children Christmas Movies, Adult Movies, Holiday Books and Christmas Break Games

Morgan’s favorite Christmas books:
It’s no secret my weakness is children’s books. In fact, I just counted- I have over 30 Christmas books and I don’t plan to stop collecting good Christmas books either. 🙂 Soooo to save you- my friends- from a novel of my favorite books- I’ll share my favorites in two different categories. 1. Board books and 2: Family books.

Toddler Christmas Books to Enjoy

19. Dinosaur Vs Santa: The best part of this book is each page the reader can “roar” on each page. My goodness I discovered this darling book, and had no idea this was an entire series!

20. S is for Santa: Another favorite baby lit book with adorable illustrations plus learning the alphabet- double win!

21. Look Look, Baby- Christmas Point ‘n’ Match: My little man loves reading this oversized-book and pointing out all the characters throughout the book and finding Santa too.

22. Are You There Little Reindeer?: We are huge fans of the Usborne book series and this is such a fun book.

23. The ABC’s of Christmas: adorable illustrations plus learning the alphabet- double win!

24. Silent Night: My toddler loves that this musical book and I love that there is a button you can turn off. 😉

24. The Nutcracker: Another beautifully illustrated and classic story with more words than the typical babylit book.

Christmas Books to Enjoy with the Family

25. The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza: Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up on

26. Santa’s New Jet: If you have little boys- they will love this book about Santa delivering presents on a jet… until something goes wrong. 😉

27. Snowmen at Christmas: this is the cutest book about Snowmen getting together at night and the best part is- there are hidden characters on ever page- the little reader will enjoy looking for them.

28. The Santa Clause Book: I received this book as a teenager when I was starting to question the magic of the season and I absolutely loved this book that has more detail than the typical Christmas book. I was able to ask all the questions and this book had all the answers. This is an awesome book.

29. The Story of Santa Clause: This book has gorgeous illustrations and I absolutely love how each chapter has a different style of artwork! The stories in this book are beautiful and in-depth into the Santa Clause story. This is another excellent book for the family, I highly recommend.

 

 

Top Family Friendly Children Christmas Movies, Adult Movies, Holiday Books and Christmas Break Games

The ULTIMATE list of our favorite Christmas books in one easy spot to snag.
Happy reading!
Mommy Convos Team
If you liked this article, check out our other article “10 Creative Stocking Stuffers that Will Wow Your Kids”
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Morgan is a domestic goddess in the Dewey household. Wife to her fourteen year college sweetheart and mother to four: a performer, soccer player, Mario obsessed and baby designated daredevil. Morgan keeps busy on her toes with musical theater performances, soccer games and secretly snarfing chocolate down in her closet. Morgan's passion in life is family and faith, belting Broadway songs while cooking, closet quilter, reading fantastic books and writing her own. She loves her four pumpkin heads and most days truly loves being a mother.

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In fact, this post is perfectly timed to prepare you for your final purchases this weekend or even, Christmas book clearance time. 🥳 When Christmas is over I’m certain many of these books will go on sale. (Insert happy deal shoppers dance here! 💃🏼 🛍) •⠀
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So, I suggest you look for these books today to add to your library for the next holiday season. 🎁🎅🏻 ⠀
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Head to our stories to see Morgan talk about some of her favorites, click the link in our bio for the Christmas book article or to shop all of our fav books- click on the Amazon link. ⠀
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• What holiday book is your favorite to read with your kids?
Morgan here- I’m all about planning ahead, espec Morgan here- I’m all about planning ahead, especially for the biggest holiday of the year, but I forget one small detail... the stockings. 🙈😑 Please tell me i’m not the only one? 
•
•
Last night the hubby and I finished our Christmas shopping and I can finally put the wallet away. I’m certain we’re done- I hope. I should probably check my stash to be sure! 🙈
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•
Sharing today our list of fun non-toy stocking stuffers you can snag before it’s too late! Head to our @mommyconvos bio for the details! 
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So, here’s the next question: do you Christmas shop for the family by yourself? (❤️) Or do you team up with your spouse? (❤️💚) Leave the colored heart that best describes you- below!
Hi friends! We hope that you are having an amazing Hi friends! We hope that you are having an amazing week and are having a blast gearing up for the holidays ahead. With 2020 coming to an end, we can all relate to how tough this year has been. However, the initial tendency as a parent might be to overspend in an effort to compensate for whatever did or didn't happen in 2020. ⁣
⁣
LET ME GIVE YOU THIS REASSURANCE, MOMMAS- it is NOT necessary to buy more during the holidays in order to compensate for whatever you feel your children lacked this year. ❤ ⁣
⁣
Instead, we highly suggest minimizing your Christmas stress by implementing a minimalistic mindset each year, but this year in particular. This year has blessed us with the specific opportunity to tune in and be more mindful of those you love, just like our Savior does for us. So take this time to BE more present instead of spending extra cash on gifts. We promise it will be absolutely worth it. ⁣
⁣
If you are looking at enjoying a more minimalistic holiday, be sure to check out the latest from the blog for some great tips and tricks for finding balance and peace this year. Just click the link in our bio @mommyconvos ⁣
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How are you prepping for the holidays that are a little different than in previous years? 🎁🎄
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•
•
“Thanksgiving is here”- playfully illustrates the joys and chaos of large families gathering for Thanksgiving dinner. And when company leaves- how exhausted the hosts feel. Something as a mom I totally sympathize with. 😂
•
•
Another delight Thanksgiving book addition to our library this year is, “T-is for Thankful”. @babylit has done it again! Creating the cutest illustrated book centered around all the alphabetical great and small things to be thankful for this year.
•
•
Last year I shared our review on “Bad kitty does not like Thanksgiving” and this book is hilarious! Check out our Insta-stories for the awesome video review on this and other of our favorite Thanksgiving books.
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•
Do you have a favorite thanksgiving book? Please share below so we can continue to learn from each other! Happy holidays friends. 🦃 🥧 Morgan and Tiffaynee
Today I’ve felt anxious. I know i’m not the on Today I’ve felt anxious. I know i’m not the only one feeling this way with the impending presidential announcement... so how do we handle feeling off, anxious or depressed? One of the best things you can do -right this moment- give a hug. Cuddle close to a loved one and hold one another. Breathe deep. And hug for another breath. And hopefully you’ll slowly feel that anxiety release. And feel free to cuddle longer. 😘
•
•
Sending a warm hug your way friend. 
❤️Tiff.
“When my daughter passed away unexpectedly at 10 “When my daughter passed away unexpectedly at 10 months old, my heart shattered. I was beyond broken… I was shattered beyond repair.⁣
⁣
They say it takes a “village” to raise a child…⁣
⁣
At that moment my “village” is what kept me alive…”⁣
•⁣
•⁣
@momma.hutch is 1 of every 4 women in the United States alone, who are affected by infertility or infant loss, or both. Mallory shares her brave story of dear Mackenzie’s passing and the journey she and her family are still going through. In this article Mallory  offers 10 invaluable and thoughtful ways to help a grief-stricken friend and we couldn’t agree more with her list. ⁣
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