Christmas Book Advent List 2021

My family and I have been enjoying this beloved tradition now for 4 years, and I finally feel like we are narrowing down our list to the “forever favorites”. (Click here to read my very first blog post on this tradition). There are quite a few wonderful new selections this year, as well as some “honorable mentions” that I will add in once the kids get a bit older. So without further ado, here is our Christmas Book Advent List for 2021…

Isn’t she a beaut?!

1. The Little Drummer Boy by Bernadette Watts

2. Christmas Farm by Mary Lyn Ray

3. Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant

4. Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht

5. The Gift of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Jesus’ Birth by Dandi Daley Mackall

6. Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry

7. Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson

8. Mousekin’s Christmas Eve by Edna Miller

9. The Little Donkey by Gerda Marie Scheidt

10. Nativity by Cynthia Rylant

11. An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco

12. Christmas Tree Farm by Ann Purmell

13. Christmas at Long Pond by William T. George

14. Apple Tree Christmas by Trinka Hakes Noble

15. Christmas Mouseling by Dori Chaconas

16. The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown

17. The Carpenter’s Gift by David Rubel

18. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston

19. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

20. Night Tree by Eve Bunting

21. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

22. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

23. The Nutcracker (any favorite edition)

24. The Night Before Christmas (any favorite edition)

25. The First Night by B. B. Hennessy

Honorable Mentions:

Christmas Tugboat (How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City) by George Matteson & Adele Ursone

The Christmas Candle by Richard Paul Evans