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Holly, Reindeer, and Colored Lights: The Story of the Christmas Symbols

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My mother used to check this out from the library when I was a kid and we would read it on our trips to go get a Christmas tree. It was a great book to teach kids (and adults!) the meaning behind Christmas traditions. I purchased this book last year, one for myself and a copy for my mom. I plan to read it to my own children someday. It's a great book to teach and create memories with. I also see that there are editions for the other holidays and I plan on purchasing those as well.

This is a nice book, telling stories of many Christmas symbols from an historical, rather than religious standpoint. I don't think it's quite as entertaining or easy to read as the Halloween book though, which is really, really good.

Since I try to keep Christmas focused on Christ rather than Santa, I like to be able to tell my kids the origins of the traditions of Christmas. This book is a great resource, and also fun to read for anyone who likes to trace things back in history. Having a long-standing historic basis can give deeper meaning to otherwise meaningless things like candy canes, etc.