{"id":506,"date":"2011-12-23T19:31:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/?p=506"},"modified":"2011-12-24T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T01:32:08","slug":"our-christmas-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eclectic-bibliophile.com\/blog\/our-christmas-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Christmas Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is reading aloud in front of the fire and the Christmas tree lights each evening in December.<\/p>\n

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This year we’re reading The Handel’s Messiah Family Advent Reader<\/a><\/em>, which includes 28 nightly devotionals and an audio CD with related bits of The Messiah<\/em> to accompany each reading. A “Read More About It” section in the back provides additional details and resources for digging deeper on each topic.<\/p>\n

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In addition to our nightly Advent reading, we often read a Christmas picture book. I’ve already posted about The Baker’s Dozen: A St. Nicholas Tale<\/a><\/em>. Since we love our 6 cats, we also enjoy The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats<\/a><\/em>, read\/sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” If you’ve ever mixed cats and Christmas, you’ll understand the line about “a kitten in a fir tree”!<\/p>\n

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One of our favorite Christmas books is An Orange for Frankie<\/a><\/em> by Patricia Polacco. It’s a sweet story of family togetherness and unselfishness. <\/p>\n

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In honor of Frankie’s orange, we place oranges on our mantel each Christmas (along with our cherished nutcracker collection). <\/p>\n

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What are your favorite Christmas books and traditions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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