Christmas bedtime reading

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RosaLuxembourg · 11/12/2006 21:38

We have started reading Christmas stories at night to get us in the mood. We are saving the night before christmas for Christmas Eve obviously and I have got JRR Tolkien's Letter from Father Christmas which I am reading one of every night. Tonight I read the Christmas chapter from Little House in the Big Woods (all the children are really excited to wake up and discover that Santa Claus has been and left them each a pair of red gloves and a candy stick - that's old-fashioned values for you).
My challenge is to find a different Christmas reading every night for the next two weeks! I'm going to read the Tailor of Gloucester tomorrow night. DD3 has Merry Christmas Blue Kangaroo and The Christmas Tree Fairy.
Anyone else got any suggestions to add? Poems, stories, chapters from longer books?

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Posey · 11/12/2006 21:42

Mr Snow and Mr Christmas MR MEN books?

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 11/12/2006 21:50

How old are your DC?

wrappingpaperBOwZZAndribbons · 11/12/2006 21:51

Age/gender of children?

I started Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker tonight. We also have the Mr Men and Little Miss books as mentioned by posey and a traditional nativity story book.

BudaBauble · 11/12/2006 21:51

Will watch with interest (have already done The Night before but have also ordered the "new" version so will do that on Xmas Eve).

themulledSNOWMANneredjanitor · 11/12/2006 21:52

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ptmum · 11/12/2006 22:07

my mum used to do this each night in december, she had a book of christmas stories, poems, extracts and I loved it. It has Alberts Christmas, Dylan Thomas christmas in Wales , the matchstick girl, and the modern version of the twelve days of christmas (v.funny)and other more modern versions - i loved it and aim to do the same for my ds, hea a bit young yet though, where still onMaisys christmas eve!

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RosaLuxembourg · 11/12/2006 22:08

Wow thanks guys, loads of messages already. Children are girls aged 9, 6, 4. I bet Horrid Henry will go down well with all and the littlest loves Mr Men. Just been digging out some old stuff from the bookshelves - have got The Bear Father Christmas Forgot and there has got to be Christmas chapters in Naughty Little Sister and Milly Molly Mandy even if I can't quite recall them atm. Careful Santa rings a bell (ho ho) off to look it up.

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FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 11/12/2006 22:12

this is one that we read each year

wrappingpaperBOwZZAndribbons · 11/12/2006 22:13

Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker has 4 chapters (as do all HH's). Tonight's was about Henry sabotaging the school play. DS's play is tomorrow so it was very topical.

JackieNoHoHo · 11/12/2006 22:16

This is good for the smaller ones.

JackieNoHoHo · 11/12/2006 22:24

And this one's very short, but quite fun too.

kikireindee · 11/12/2006 22:32

DS is almost 3 and we are enjoying Kipper's Christmas Eve by Mick Inkpen.

robinpud · 11/12/2006 22:39

I posted earlier last week about loving this
also like Nicholas Allan Jesus' Christmas Party

robinpud · 11/12/2006 22:44

Sorry didn't open Jackie's link. We also have all the Oops Santa series, The Jolly Christmas Postman, this one here is a real favourite.
THere's another new one we have got from the library here

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