Dancing in the Kitchen: Christmas Planning #1: Countdown to Christmas with Books!

Anything I can do to get my kids even more excited about books and reading has my vote! Two years ago I started this tradition for my kids and they LOVED it! Wrapping Christmas books and having the kids take turns opening each night to read.

Step 1: I went through my kiddos books while they were sleeping and took out all of the Christmas ones. We actually had quite a few! The next day I went to the Goodwill on Rosedale that just sells the books. For $10 and some change I found ALL these great Christmas books!

Step 2: So I wrapped them all up! Here are a few of the Christmas stories (new and old) we cherish. You can start this ANY time. Do a countdown to Christmas with however many books you have and then add to your collection. 12 Days of Christmas or 15 I guarantee whatever you choose will be special

If you know anything about me I just love "old" stuff, especially books! I like to refer to as vintage. I have them all in my house as decoration etc...There's just something so special about vintage items, so many stories, such a simplier time. A special couple I know that recently were going through old boxes (and new of my love for old books) let me choose as many as I wanted! I picked out quite a few but somehow I was drawn to the Christmas ones. Now I know why, they would go perfectly with my countdown to Christmas books!

1943!!!!!

I Love when they are written in too. This one is from 1953.

So here's a beautiful book I picked up from the Goodwill... .95 cents!

I just LOVE the graphics!

This is one from my kids' collection which is so sweet

This is another Beautiful book!!

This is a book my mom (Mema) bought Hunter when he was born. It's not necessarily a "Christmas Book" but it talks about the gifts God gives us so I think it fits perfectly considering we celebrate the birth of Jesus!

This is the beautiful book that our Leta Rhodes wrote! It's a favorite!

Goodwill book

This is another great one! Filled with scripture.

So each of the books are in order and wrapped up in a bucket under our tree. On Christmas Eve when we return from Nana & Papa's House we will all get in our pjs, get our hot cocoa and santa hats and sit on the couch together as a family as Daddy reads The Night Before Chrsistmas.