One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is unpacking our Christmas boxes from the attic. O.k., well not really. Lugging all 500 boxes of Christmas stuff out of storage is not fun, but I love opening up the box of collected Christmas books and curling up in front of the fire to share these “new again” stories with my children.

In addition to our favorites that we keep packed away until December, I found a new favorite at the library a few weeks back. “SantaKid” by James Patterson and illustrated by Michael Garland, is a wonderful Christmas tale for older children (by older, I mean like 5-7 years old). Read the rest of this entry »