Holidays on The Point
This morning (and you can listen to the rebroadcast this evening at 7:30 on WCAI or listen to the podcast online!) we talked about holiday books from Thanksgiving to Advent to Chanukah to Christmas. Books to help you slow down during the busy season, books to help you make the best cookies ever, books to help you craft, and just great books to read. Feel free to add your own suggestions here for books to help you through the holidays. Can Thanksgiving really be this week?? Melanie’s picks will be up as soon as she has a chance to send them to me!
Jill’s Picks
Thanksgiving: the biography of an American holiday by James W. Baker
Watch for the Light: readings for Advent and Christmas
Fa la la la Felt by Amanda Carestio. Both Melanie & I were enchanted with this title.
Cookie Craft: from baking to luster dust by Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer
Cookie Craft Christmas by Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer
Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine (The Danger of Gingerbread Cookies) & Leslie Meier (Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots.
The Mischief of the Mistletoe: a Pink Carnation Christmas by Lauren Willig (This Napoleonic-era series includes 7 books … the action of this book begins after The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, but before The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. First book in the series is The Secret History of the Pink Carnation.)
My First Chanukah by Tomie dePaola
Grandloving: making memories with your grandchildren babies to teens—near or far by Sue Johnson, Julie Carlson, & Elizabeth Bower. I forgot to mention that it was the FIFTH edition that I was talking about … improvements have been made with each edition.
Forbidden Fruit: a history of women and books in art by Christiane Inmann
Two I didn’t have time for:
The Christmas Almanac edited by Natasha Tabori Fried & Lena Tabori. “Part reference, part anthology, part cookbook, part history book, part songbook, part shopping guide, part crafts, and part trivia books.” All in ONE! Revised & updated edition.
Tinsel: a search for America’s Christmas present by Hank Stuever … from the author’s web page: “… a true story—sometimes odd, sometimes funny, and sometimes sad—of three consecutive Christmas seasons that I spent observing three families in the well-off Dallas exurb of Frisco, Texas.” He follows three families through an over-the-top Christmas celebration during 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Melanie’s Picks
A Christmas Odyssey by Anne Perry
An Amish Christmas by Cynthia Keller
The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus by Tim Slover
Saint Francis and the Nativity by Myrna A. Strasser
Fa La La La Felt: 45 Handmade Holiday Decorations by Amanda Carestio
Daisy’s Holiday Cooking: Delicious Latin Recipes for Effortless Entertaining by Daisy Martinez
Very Merry Cookie Party: How to Plan and Host a Christmas Cookie Exchange by Barbara Grunes and Virginia Van Vynckt
And, even though we didn’t have time:
The Zombie Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore and H. Parker Kelley
Listener Picks
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
Hundred Dollar Holiday : the case for a joyful Christmas by Bill McKibben
