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Christmas School
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items Books, resources, activities, and treasured traditions to cultivate life-giving memories with your kids while teaching them the true meaning of Christmas.
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Christmas Traditions
Christmas Book Basket
Christmas Books on Giving
Our Favorite Christmas Books on Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus
Around the World Christmas Books & Resources
Christmas Traditions
Behind each window of this 24-day calendar is a classic story to share as the excitement for Christmas builds. Once the big day comes, you'll have a little library to treasure forever. Books measure approximately 4" x 4" with the final book in the co...
PaperPie. Advent Calendar Book Collection
Gosepl-Centered Advent Traditions!
Advent Tradition Series: What Can We Give to the King? - COOKing Up Adventures
Advent Tradition Series: Advent Devotionals for Kids - COOKing Up Adventures
December 6 is Saint Nicholas Day.
Advent Tradition Series: Saint Nicholas Day and the Heart of Giving - COOKing Up Adventures
Incorporate St. Lucy into your Advent traditions and learn how she was a light for Jesus.
Advent Tradition Series: Saint Lucy Day and Being a Torch Bearer - COOKing Up Adventures
Birthday Party for Jesus Tradition
Advent Tradition Series: A Birthday Party for Jesus - COOKing Up Adventures
Christmas Book Basket
Ivy, Holly, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones all have one Christmas wish. Ivy, an orphan, wishes for a real home and sets out in search of the grandmother she's sure she can find. Holly, a doll, wishes for a child to bring her to life. And the Joneses wish mor...
The Story of Holly and Ivy
Rob wants to get his father something special for Christmas this year - something that shows how much he really loves him. But it's Christmas Eve, and he doesn't have much money to spend. What could he possibly get? Suddenly, Rob thinks of the best g...
Christmas Day in the Morning: Holiday Book
Jonathan Toomey is the best woodcarver in the valley, but he is always alone and never smiles. No one knows about the mementos of his lost wife and child that he keeps in an unopened drawer. But one early winter’s day, a widow and her young son appro...
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Stowell family is abuzz with holiday excitement, and Frankie, the youngest boy, is the most excited of all. But there's a cloud over the joyous season: Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and Pa hasn't returned yet from his trip to Lansing. He promised to...
An Orange for Frankie
The old apple tree that stands near the Ansterburgs’ barn house is an important part of their lives. Its sweet, juicy apples go into pies, applesauce, lunch pails, and even decorate their annual Christmas tree. It’s also a favorite place for Katrina....
Apple Tree Christmas
When a leak ruins the sacristy wall in his father’s church, Jonathan Jefferson Weeks thinks Christmas Eve service will be ruined. Luckily, he and his father find a beautiful tapestry, perfect for covering the damaged wall and giving the church a fest...
Christmas Tapestry
One of our treasured Christmas/Advent traditions is reading at least one of these favorite stories as a family each day.
This is a curation of the books our homeschooling family has enjoyed and treasured over the years!
Christmas Books on Giving
Such a cute story about giving sacrificially.
Humphrey's First Christmas
Timeless Christmas story about generosity and joy.
Timeless Christmas Story of Generosity
The king and queen's daughter is becoming spoiled, so they come up with a plan to cure her of her selfishness and teach her the true meaning of Christmas.
The Three Gifts of Christmas with Audio CD
Some of the greatest gifts we can give to King Jesus is the gifts to the least of our brothers and sisters.
The King's Christmas List
A sentimental story of a young couple with a moral lesson about gift-giving.
The Gift of the Magi
Our Favorite Christmas Books on Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus
Around Christmas we spend a lot of time thinking about presents, but have you ever wondered why we give gifts? Learn about the life of Saint Nicholas and discover why he became known as one of the greatest giftgivers of all time. Told as a delightful...
Saint Nicholas: History & Legends of Santa
Snuggle up with little ones this Christmas season and read about the origin of St. Nicholas, the story of a man who spent his life secretly helping the poor all over the world, giving gifts on Christmas Eve to remind people of the greatest gift of al...
The Legend of St. Nicholas: Christmas Giving
This gorgeous holiday book—part of the Legends series from Zonderkidz—explores the true story behind the tradition of hanging and filling Christmas stockings. Kids will learn about what it means to give to others, and how they can share God’s love du...
Legend of the Christmas Stocking
Around the World Christmas Books & Resources
Expand cultural awareness with Christmas activities from more than 20 countries. Background information is provided along with activities, crafts, carols, legends, recipes, patterns, and more.
Celebrate Christmas Around the World
A holiday celebration of diversity! From Ethiopian fringed umbrellas and star-shaped Filipino parol lanterns to candlelit Swedish St. Lucia crowns, Christmas Around the World brings together Christmas traditions from twelve different lands, like deco...
Christmas Around the World: Holiday Book
Though we might gather in different ways, Christmas for many brings meaningful days. Explore Christmas traditions from 13 different countries! From the Day of Little Candles in Colombia to Epiphany night in Italy, rhyming text and bright illustration...
Joy to the World!: Christmas Around Globe
A World of Cookies for Santa takes readers across the globe to see all the treats that await Santa on Christmas Eve. Head to the Philippines, where children leave out puto seko cookies and ginger tea for Santa; jet to Russia for a honey-spice cookie;...
Cookies for Santa: A Holiday Book for Kids
The smell of gingerbread fills the air, the markets are alive with Christmas shoppers, and a blanket of sparkling snow covers the ground. It's going to be a perfect Christmas in Norway. But Finn and his family are not in Norway. They're stranded in a...
Christmas in Uganda
It is ten days to Christmas, and also the last day of school. Ranti, a six year old girl who lives in the West African city of Lagos, Nigeria, sits in class and listens to her classmates describe all the exciting, far-away places they will visit duri...
Christmas in Lagos: Nigerian Holidays
In this beloved classic picture book, Tomie dePaola retells and illustrates an Italian Christmas folk tale, breathing warmth and humanity into the character of the lonely Old Befana and her endless search for the Christ Child.
The Legend of Old Befana: Italian Christmas
In Mexico, the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuenao flower of the Holy Night. At Christmastime, the flower blooms and flourishes, the quite exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside. A Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be, ...
The Legend of the Poinsettia
Generations of readers have treasured this 1960 Caldecott Medal winner and its tale of a little Mexican girl's excitement at the approach of Christmas. Ceci eagerly awaits Las Posadas, the traditional nine-day series of yuletide celebrations. This ye...
Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico