We have been doing an open a book every day in December since Jonah was a baby! It has become such a fun family Christmas book tradition! I’ve been looking super forward to this year because both Jonah + Rigg can take a turn reading! It’s such a simple, fun tradition, that we all look forward to. Reading under the Christmas tree before bed
. PLEASE NOTE: I’ve had 9 years to add books to our collection now. Don’t get overwhelmed thinking they have to be all new – or even have to be all Christmas books. Just add to your collection as you go. Hit the thrift shop or wrap books from your own book shelf. We get a couple of new ones each year + store them with our Christmas decor so they forget all about them. Be sure to add the date to the inside cover of your books if you can.
Shop some of our faves below! I also have an Amazon page with lots of kids book options if you need some more ideas!
Christmas Books
Christmas Advent Story
This is available a few different places. They even have this one at Home Goods if you're lucky!
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Home Alone: The Classic Illustrated
We added this to our collection last year. Keep your eyes out at Costco in December, they sometimes have the collection!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Grow your heart three sizes and get in on all of the Grinch-mas cheer with this Christmas classic--the ultimate Dr. Seuss holiday book that no collection is complete without!
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Can't do one without the other! I always liked the NYC one even better!
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Christmas Paint by Sticker
These keep Rigg + Jack entertained very well. It has color coded stickers that they stick on to create festive pictures. Paint by sticker are aways a great quiet time book option!
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The Wish Tree
Charles wants to find a wish tree. His brother and sister don't believe there is such a thing, but his trusty companion Boggan is ready to join Charles on a journey to find out. And along the way, they discover that wishes can come true in the most unexpected ways.
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The Night Before Christmas
Beloved illustrator Holly Hobbie offers a timeless take on the best-known Christmas poem of all time.
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Last Stop on the Reindeer Express
The magic of Christmas is found on every page of this imaginative holiday picture book, with doors that open into the next page, peek-through holes, and even a card to open and read! A fun Christmas experience for children to treasure.
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The Little Reindeer
An enchanting Christmas story about a magical yet unlikely friendship between a little girl and a lost reindeer sure to be a Christmas classic lovingly told and illustrated with red foil highlights and interactive die cuts.
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Mice Skating
This mouse doesn’t want to stay in the house . . . even if it’s cold outside! Sounds like 3 little Parrish boys I know!
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Pick A Pine Tree
This book is SO PRETTY! Part of the magic of the Christmas season stems from the traditions that families and friends take part in every year: hanging up stockings, putting lights in the windows, and one of the most important of all, picking out and taking home the Christmas tree. Joyously drawn and rhythmically written, this celebration of family, friends, and the holiday season is as merry as the tradition it depicts.
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Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
From the celebrated creator of Red and Lulu comes the story of a brave little doe who meets Santa and changes Christmas forever.
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Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christmas
Rigg + Jack both laugh hysterically over all things Pete the Cat! Be sure you google the songs that go along with it!
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Mr. Willowby’s Christmas
Christmas is here and Mr. Willowby's tree has arrived. There's just one big problem: The tree is too tall for his parlor! He cuts off the top so it will fit, and soon the top of that tree is passed along again and again to bring holiday cheer to all the animals in the forest.
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The Crayons’ Christmas
Rigg loves the Crayon series books. He's even made a few of his own. We added this one last year.
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All is Merry And Bright
A gorgeous keepsake book that shines with holiday cheer on every spread!
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How to Catch Santa
It's Christmas time and Santa is almost here... IF you know how to catch him! From the creators of the New York Times bestsellers How to Babysit a Grandpa and How to Babysit a Grandma comes an equally charming and hilarious holiday must-read!
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Walk This World at Christmas Time
A collection of global cultures, Walk This World at Christmastime illustrates the ways people around the world celebrate Christmas. Travel to a new set of countries with every turn of the page. Lift the numbered flaps for all the fun of an Advent calendar in a format to be read again and again.
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