Fun Christmas Books for the Boring Mom
We are nine years strong on our Advent Book Calendar. It might be one of my most favorite traditions. Sure it takes a lot of time to gather and wrap all of those books. And sometimes the kids' attitudes are really annoying about the whole thing. But I love it. We do the things we love this time of year, right?
Apparently, though, I have a reputation of being the “boring” mom when it comes to picking Christmas books. “Oh great it’s another cheesy book,” the choir chimes every year. What can I say? I love a sappy lesson, beautiful artwork, dreamy poetic verse. Apparently my kids like every silly book about Santa they can find. I have fought this for a long time. You can have your fun on all those obnoxious graphic novels you love. Let me have my cheese.
Sometimes in parenting we assert what we love. And other times we choose their happiness.
I decided to give in a little this year. I sought out the fun books.
And as it turns out, I have been delighted.
So, in case you are in need of rebranding your boring mom image and pepping up your holiday book stack, here are a select bunch of books we have all loved reading this year. I threw them all in this great big Christmas book list. Christmas books make great gifts to tuck under the tree.
Have any fun favorites I missed? Send them my way.
A Christmas Too Big // There is humor for kids and adults in this one with a great lesson about celebrating Christmas in different ways.
A Very Mercy Christmas // Kate Dicammilo does it again with whit and charm and amazing illustrations on top of it all.
Auntie Claus // This was a fun find because it appeals to the New York fancy loving 10 year old. And there are two more sequels so the fun can keep going.
Bluey Christmas Swim // We are corrected a hundred times about the proper way to say each line because the kids have the episode memorized but it is still a fun read for all.
Cobweb Christmas // This is a great one for the Charlotte’s Web fans. When the spiders make Christmas beautiful.
Dino vs. Santa // We love all of the books in this series and so they were very excited to see this Christmas edition.
How to Catch a Santa // We have loved the other books in this series so I know this one will be fun.
Samurai Santa // We haven’t opened this one yet but I know they will love it.
Santa Claus: The World’s Number One Toy Expert // This was a great reminder at how Santa always picks the just right gift (just to plant some seeds in case you have kids that CHANGE THEIR MIND AFTER SANTA HAS ALREADY DONE THE SHOPPING!) We especially loved seeing all of the different kinds of underwear Santa wears throughout the year.
Super Santa // A fun scientific look at how Santa does what he does.
The Magical Christmas Store // This one was beautiful and sweet for me but fun for the kids to step into a magical toy store.
The Twelve Sleighs of Christmas // The creativity of all the different kinds of sleighs for santa was so fun for all of us, and inspired the kids to design their own from blocks.