Reading Christmas picture books is one of the very sweetest parts of the Advent season in our family! I like to buy a few new Christmas books and pull out our older ones and wrap each one. Each morning in December, our children open a Christmas book to read as a family. This list includes books beloved by our family that are reverent, joy-filled, and inspiring. Use this list as a guide to fill your library with beautiful Christmas books! We recommend BetterWorldBooks.com for great prices on gently used books. (These links are Amazon affiliate links... if you use them to purchase, I'll get a small commission without added cost to you. Thanks!)
The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau*
Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
This Is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden & Barbara Cooney*
Humphrey's First Christmas by Carol Heyer
A Baby Born in Bethlehem by Martha Whitmore Hickman
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston*
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco*
The Story of Christmas illustrated by Jane Ray
The Carpenter's Gift by David Rubel*
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant*
Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares
Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale by Martin Waddell
Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
*Books denoted with an asterisk are longer and may require more than one sitting to complete.