Lesser Known Christmas Countdown Books

One for Every Day Until Christmas

Nine Days Until Christmas - (Marie Hall Ets) Little Cece will have her first posada in nine days? How will she wait so long? And which lovely pinata will she choose? Gentle story of the beautiful Mexican preparation and celeration of posada.

Strega Nona's Christmas - (Tomie DePaola)

The Clown of God - (translated from the French and illustrated by Tomie DePaola)

Seven Stories of Christmas Love - (Leo Buscaglia)

Hercule Poirot's Christmas Pudding (Agatha Christie) A crime is commited against our Belgian Sleuth in merry old England upon Christmas day.

The Fourth Wiseman - (Henry VanDyke) This wiseman gives away the gifts with which he was to present the Christ Child.

J.T. - (Jane Wagner) A young child of inner city urban despair rescues and is rescued by an injured alley cat. You must read this.

The Selfish Giant - (Oscar Wilde) An aesthetic, poignant tale by one of Britains' best satrical authors; a reads like a stained glass window or a passion play.

The Lady of Guadalupe - (retold and illustrated by Tomie DePaola)

The Friendly Beasts (Old English carol, illustrated by Tomie DePaola)

Sherlock Holmes and the Blue Carbuncle (A.C. Doyle, in collected works)

Mousekin's Christmas - Edna Miller

The Doll of Lilac Valley - Cora Cheney

Nellie's Wish (Uncle Arthur's bedtime stories)

Christmas Tapestry - Patricia Polloco

All of these stories represent a collection I have been assembling for 43 years. Read and re-read these holiday treasures this Christmas season.