tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post116649746851778717..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: "Hey! Unto you a child is born!" - Gladys Herdman, The Best Christmas Pageant EverBabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1166618594153983272006-12-20T07:43:00.000-05:002006-12-20T07:43:00.000-05:00Why did I have a feeling Badger would mention the ...Why did I have a feeling Badger would mention the Moore book :-)<BR/>I'll have to add some of these to my Christmas reading list. Obviously I've been deprived up till now.lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1166548833486723432006-12-19T12:20:00.000-05:002006-12-19T12:20:00.000-05:00I would like to submit for your consideration The ...I would like to submit for your consideration <I>The Stupidest Angel, A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror</I> by Christopher Moore.<BR/><BR/>Although my favorite is still <I>A Child's Christmas in Wales</I>.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08612452005428621885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1166544080985716992006-12-19T11:01:00.000-05:002006-12-19T11:01:00.000-05:00My younger son absolutely LOVED "Letters from Fath...My younger son absolutely LOVED "Letters from Father Christmas" by J.R.R. Tolkien. It has real letters (in facsimile, of course) that Tolkien wrote to his son under the guise of being Father Christmas. There are neat illustrations and "envelopes" to put the "letters" in. My son LOVED being able to take the letters out and have me read them to him (he was too young to read). One way you could tell the letters were from F.C. was that the handwriting was squiggly. THus, when I left a thank you note from Santa for the cookies and milk the boys had left, I used squiggly handwriting, too. (Plus, I had a memory of reading a thank you note from Santa myself as a kid and thinking, naively, "Huh! Santa has the same handwriting as Mommy." As soon as my son saw the note from Santa, he KNEW it had REALLY come from Santa/Father Christmas! (I think I ordered this book from THe Common Reader catalog. It must have been about seven or eight years ago, though. Maybe you can find it used.)deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637032772160291752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1166540695032578872006-12-19T10:04:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:04:00.000-05:00MUST.HAVE.Gorey.book.MUST.I think that just might ...MUST.HAVE.Gorey.book.<BR/><BR/>MUST.<BR/><BR/>I think that just might end up in my stocking - Happy Christmas to me!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.com