We are the Book Pilgrims. We invite you to journey with us through the pages of books.
My older sister and my Mom
Ladies and Gentleman, may I please introduce you to my Mother! She hoards (Okay, maybe collects is a better word especially since she’s gonna read this post. We love you, Mom!) books about Christmas. She had to best collection! She agreed to share her top ten Christmas books with two bonus books! We hope that you enjoy these books with your family this Christmas Season! Merry Christmas!
Tabitha’s Travels is a wonderfully unique book! This book is the story of Advent or the forty days before Christmas. Follow Tabitha as she travels through events leading up to Jesus being born into the world. This is a fictional story, but brings historical realism to the story of Christmas.
Enjoy this Christmas selection of books from my Mom, Orpha! Merry Christmas!
My earliest Christmas memories consist of my Mom reading stories from this book for Christmas. This book has become a tradition for our family, and we still read them every
This book pairs nicely with warm hot chocolate and a cozy fire. The subtle rhymes soothe the readers while inspiring worship to our Creator King.
This sweet book centers around the stable, and the kind ox. It’s a cold bitter night, and the stable seems warm and cozy. Slowly different stray animals seek shelter in the warm, cozy stable.
Frances likes to look out her window and see all the people on the street below. Often, she notices an Organ Grinder and his monkey on the street corner. If she stands really quietly, she can just hear the strains of the organ music.
Jonathan and his family just moved to Detroit from the South, so that his Dad can help rebuild another church. It’s almost Christmas time, and they have all worked hard on the church building, and then a pipe springs a leak the day before Christmas Eve
For those of you poor souls who have never tasted tamales, they kinda taste like a wetter cornbread with meat in the middle and wrapped in corn husks. Seriously, if you have never had the privilege of putting a tamale in your mouth, you need to remedy that immediately. Your taste buds will thank you! In this story, Maria helps her mother and father make tamales for their Christmas dinner.
Holidays are for celebrating, but sometimes Holidays are a time to remember the past too. In this story, Grandmother and Aunt Rose tell the story of celebrating Hanukkah in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
The Christmas Story is a Lancaster County gem, and it’s illustrated by one of our very own artists, Freiman Stoltzfus. This book retells the Christmas story using verses directly from the Bible.
It was cold and snowing on the mountain. A young boy was out hiking in the mountains, and he falls and injures his leg. He finds a cabin and the woman welcomes him. Together, they spend Christmas. She tells him the story of redemption and true Christmas.
Okay, there is something about Christmas books that just makes me gush…. However, the illustrations in the book are the CUTEST illustrations!
