Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts

December 7, 2010

Christmas and Holiday Gifts




This season is the best for books and booklovers. I always love to give and get books for presents. I really can't think of ever being excited about getting a new download to a kindle, Ipad, or notebook- can you? Do you have a favorite holiday book or book present that you received. Do you have a favorite book story or quote from someone who got a great book for Christmas.

One of my favorite Christmas books is the 1947 Golden Christmas book. It was actually given to my oldest sister as a gift - but my Dad had a family tradition that on Thanksgiving night he would get the book out and he would read a story every night up to Christmas Eve. When I had my daughter Angelina in 1982 I wanted to get a copy of this book and continue the tradition. I think this was my first book that I sought out as a book collector- I got an excellent copy. There is a tissue paper pop-up Christmas tree in the front and as you can imagine this get worn very easily. I have since found other copies of this book for my brothers and sisters. The original family copy is still with my oldest sister, Carolyn. I wanted to share this story and post because I am curious of your stories and also if there are any other lovers of this book in the docent group. Happy Holidays Chris