Holiday Picks!

Movies

• The Holiday- PG-13
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• Buttons: A Christmas Tale- PG
• The Grinch (2019)- PG
• Almost Christmas- PG-13
• Black Nativity- PG
• Office Christmas Party- R
• A Christmas Carol (2010)- PG
• The Nativity Story- PG
• A Christmas Story- PG
• Martha's Homemade Holidays
• The Nutcracker (American Ballet, 2004)
• Bob Ross, Four Seasons: Winter
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation- PG-13
• Max Lucado's Christmas Child
• The Night Before- R
• A Merry Friggin' Christmas
• New Year's Eve- PG-13
• The Family Stone- PG-13
• Why Him?- R
• Four Christmases- PG-13
• The Santa Claus 1&2- PG
• Doctor Who : The Snowmen
• Arthur Christmas- G
• The Perfect Gift
• Home Alone 1-3- PG
• The Nutcracker: the Untold Story- PG

Children's Movies

• 20 Holiday Adventures (Scholastic)
• Sofia the First. Holiday in Enchancia
• The Magic School Bus: Holiday Special
• Olaf's Frozen Adventure (DVD/Blu-Ray)
• Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure
• Max & Ruby : A Merry Bunny Christmas!
• Stick Man
• Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
• (Three Holiday Charlie Brown DVDs)
• Curious George: Christmas
• The Polar Express
• Veggie Tales: The Star of Christmas
• The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
• Prep & Landing, and Naughty vs. Nice

Music CDs

• *Hunk-ta-bunk-ta holidays: Songs and Stories that Celebrate Global Light / Katherine Dines
• *(Three Pentatonix Christmas CDs)
• *A legendary Christmas / John Legend
• *MercyMe, it's Christmas! / MercyMe
• *It's Christmas / Mandisa
• *Winterland / the Okee Dokee Brothers
• *Wintertime Singalong: Acoustic / Emily Arrow
• *Christmas / Michael Bublé
• *Full of Cheer / Home Free
• *Holiday Wishes / Idina Menzel
• *A Putumayo World Christmas / Various
• *It's a holiday soul party / Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
• *Warmer in the winter / Lindsey Stirling
• *Christmas with the stars / Various
• *Tis the season: holiday songs for the child in all of us
• *It's Always Christmas With You / the Wiggles
• *Christmas in early America: 18th century carols and anthems / Columbus Consort
• *Christmas in a Celtic land / Golden Bough
• *Hanukkah+ / Various
• *Christmas with Yolanda Adams
• *Miracles: the holiday album / Kenny G
• *A very special Christmas / Whitney Houston
• *Christmas music on the hammered dulcimer / Carole Koenig
• *Harp music for Christmas time / Nancy Glick
• *30/40 - Mannheim Streamroller
• *Blood oranges in the snow / Over The Rhine
• *Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics

Children's Picture Books and Board Books

• *Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa / Donna L. Washington
• *A taste of the world : what people eat and how they celebrate around the globe / by Beth Walrond
• *Winter lights : a season in poems and quilts / by Anna Grossnickle Hines
• *The tree that's meant to be / Yuval Zommer
• *Christmas Tapestry / Patricia Polacco
• *Let's Celebrate Christmas / J. Patrick Lewis
• *The Hanukkah Mice / by Steven Kroll
• *Refuge / by Anne Booth
• *Snow puppy / Marcus Pfister
• *Itsy Bitsy Christmas / by Max Lucado
• *The Christmas fox / Anik McGrory
• *Fly Guy's ninja Christmas / Tedd Arnold
• *Christmas chaos : hidden picture puzzles / by Jill Kalz
• *Hanukkah bear (book on CD) / by Eric A. Kimmel
• *Happy Hanukkah, Corduroy / based on a character created by Don Freeman; illustrations by Lisa McCue
• *Hanukkah lights / David Martin
• *Is it Hanukkah yet? / Chris Barash
• *Snow / Sam Usher
• *Maple & Willow's Christmas tree / Lori Nichols
• *The lost gift / by Kallie George
• *'Twas the night before Christmas / by Clement C. Moore ; adapted by Daniel Kirk (2015)
• *Rudy's windy Christmas / Helen Baugh & Ben Mantle
• *My first Hanukkah board book
• *Home for Christmas / Jan Brett
• *A Bad Kitty Christmas / Nick Bruel
• *Little Red Ruthie / Gloria Koster
• *Sleep tight farm/ by Eugenie Doyle
• *A Chick 'n' Pug Christmas / Jennifer Sattler
• *Christmas parade / by Sandra Boynton
• *The story of Hanukkah / by David A. Adler; illustrated by Jill Weber
• *A Christmas cookbook: simple recipes for kids / by Sarah L. Schuette
• *Kids in the holiday kitchen: making, baking, giving / by Jessica Strand & Tammy Massman-Johnson
• *Barnyard Bubbe's Hanukkah / Joni Klein-Higger & Barbara Sharf
• *It's Christmas, David! / by David Shannon
• *Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein / by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer
• *Olivia helps with Christmas / Ian Falconer
• *Kwanzaa / by Dana Meachen Rau
• *Hanukkah at Valley Forge / Stephen Krensky
• *Oskar and the eight blessings / written by Richard and Tanya Simon
• *Fireworks to fruitcake : reading, writing, and reciting poems about holidays / compiled & edited by Susan M. Freese
• *Elijah's angel: a story for Chanukah and Christmas / by Michael J. Rosen
• *The great Santa stakeout / written by Betsy Bird ; illustrated by Dan Santat
• *Olivia helps with Christmas / Ian Falconer
• *Christmas is joy / Emma Dodd
• *Kwanzaa / by Dana Meachen Rau
• *The stone lamp: a Hanukkah collection: eight days of dark, eight nights of light / by Karen Hesse
• *Easy holiday origami / by Christopher L. Harbo
• *The bear who didn't want to miss Christmas / Marie Tibi, Fabien Öckto Lambert
• *My first Kwanzaa / Karen Katz

Juvenile Chapter Books

• *Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade / Lyla Lee
• *The Dog who Thought He was Santa / by Bill Wallace
• *Judy Moody & Stink: the Holly Joliday / Megan McDonald
• *The Porch Puppy / by Tina Nolan
• *Sophie Mouse: Winter's No Time to Sleep! / by Poppy Green
• *Diary of a Wimpy Kid : the Meltdown / by Jeff Kinney
• *A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time / by Mary Pope Osborne
• *DC Comics: Toys of Terror / written by Chris Everheart; illustrated by John Delaney and Lee Loughridge
• *Fireside Stories : Tales for a Winter's Eve / Caitlin Matthews
• *Dreidels on the brain / Joel ben Izzy
• *Happy Howlidays! a Middle School Story / James Patterson
• *The Lost Fairy Tales / Anna James
• *The First Christmas Sweater (and the Sheep Who Changed Everything) / Ryan Tubridy
• *The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond / Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate
• *Horrible Harry and the Holidaze / by Suzy Kline
• *The Perfect Present / by Abby Klein
• *The Dog who Saved Christmas: and Other True Animal Tales / Allan Zullo
• *Mrs. Jeeper's Creepy Christmas / by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
• *Zombie Winter / Jason Strange
• *Ant and Honey Bee : a Pair of Friends in Winter / Megan McDonald
• *A Christmas Sonata / by Gary Paulsen

Young Adult

• *Let it Snow : Three holiday romances / by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
• *10 Blind Dates / Ashley Elston
• *Home for the Holidays / Heather Vogel Frederick
• *Winter Glass / Lexa Hillyer
• *Starry, Starry Night: Three Stories / Lurlene McDaniel
• *Last Christmas : the Private Prequel / Kate Brian
• *Love & Other Train Wrecks / Leah Konen
• *A War of Gifts : an Ender Story / Orson Scott Card
• *Teens Cook Dessert / Megan and Jill Carle, with Judi Carle
• *A Court of Frost and Starlight / by Sarah J. Maas
• *What Light [book on CD] / Jay Asher
• *My True Love Gave to Me : Twelve Holiday Stories / edited and with a story by Stephanie Perkins
• *Snow in Love : Four Stories / by Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, Nic Stone, Kasie West
• *Icefall / by Matthew J. Kirby
• *Brian's Winter / Gary Paulsen
• *After the Snow / S. D. Crockett

Fiction for Adults

• *Silent night : a Spenser Holiday Novel / Robert B. Parker with Helen Brann
• *An Angel for Christmas / Heather Graham
• *In a holidaze / Christina Lauren
• *Tide and punishment / Bree Baker
• *Trouble in paradise / Carolyn Brown
• *Named of the dragon / Susanna Kearsley
• *Return to Virgin River / Robyn Carr (large print)
• *Let it Sew / Elizabeth Lynn Casey (large print)
• *The Christmas wedding / James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
• *Santa cruise : a holiday mystery at sea / by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark (large print)
• *An Amish Christmas kitchen / Leslie Gould, Jan Drexler, and Kate Lloyd (large print)
• *The 19th Christmas / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
• *Silver bells : a holiday tale / Luanne Rice
• *Christmas at Carnton / Tamera Alexander
• *The ghost of Christmas past / Rhys Bowen
• *Home and away : a World War II Christmas story / Dean Hughes
• *Pride and prejudice and mistletoe / Melissa de la Cruz
• *A New York Christmas / Anne Perry
• *A McKettrick Christmas / Linda Lael Miller
• *The Christmas Swap / Melody Carlson (in reg. and large print)
• *Royal Holiday / Jasmine Guillory
• *Christmas at Timberwoods / Fern Michaels
• *Christmas with Tucker (large print) / Greg Kincaid
• *A Christmas Blizzard / Garrison Keillor
• *A Christmas to die for / Marta Perry
• *Jane and the twelve days of Christmas (book on CD):
• a Jane Austen mystery / by Stephanie Barron
• *Christmas Bliss / Mary Kay Andrew
• *Winter Solstice / Erin Hilderbrand
• *Seven Days of Us (book on CD) / by Francesca Hornak
• *Crepe Factor / by Laura Childs with Terrie Farley Moran
• *It's a Christmas Thing / Janet Dailey
• *Home for the holidays / Rebecca Kelly
• *Christmas cupcake murder / Joanne Fluke
• *The Noel Letters / Richard Paul Evans
• *A Mrs. Miracle Christmas / Debbie Macomber
• *An Ivy Hill Christmas / Julie Klassen (in reg. and large print)
• *Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (book on CD) / James Patterson
• *The Mistletoe Matchmaker / Felicity Hayes-McCoy
• *An Amish Christmas wedding / Amy Clipston, Kelly Irvin, Kathleen Fuller, Vannetta Chapman
• *Murder at an Irish Christmas / Carlene O'Connor
• *Christmas Shopaholic / Sophie Kinsella
• *The Christmas Boutique / Jennifer Chiaverini
• *A Jensen Family Christmas / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone

Nonfiction

• *Christmas with Martha Stewart Living (2020)
• *Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts : 225 Projects & Year-round Inspiration for Everybody's Favorite Celebrations
• *Baking All Year Round / Rosanna Pansino
• *Christmas: a Biography / Judith Flanders
• *Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: a Family Celebration of Christmas / Ann Voskamp
• *Inventing Scrooge: the Incredible True Story Behind Dickens' legendary, A Christmas Carol / Carlo Devito
• *Simply modern Christmas: fresh quilting patterns for the holidays / Cindy Lammon
• *Everything Christmas / David Bordon, Tim Winters
• *Vegan for the Holidays : celebration feasts for Thanksgiving through New Year's Day / Zel Allen
• *Gluten-free and vegan holidays : celebrating the year with simple, satisfying recipes and menus / Jennifer Katzinger
• *The Penny Whistle Christmas Party Book: Including Hanukkah, New Year's & Twelfth Night Family Parties / by Meredith Brokaw & Annie Gilbar
• *A year in song (Hal Leonard: Piano, Vocal, Guitar): 50 holiday songs, seasonal songs, and occasional songs for January through December
• *The songs of Irving Berlin (Hal Leonard: Piano, Vocal, Guitar): movie songs
• *Sew pretty Christmas homestyle
• *Gluten-free Holiday Baking: More than 150 Cakes, Pies, and Pastries Made with Flavor, not Flour / Ellen Brown
• *Wintering : the Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times / Katherine May
• *The Year of Cozy / Adrianna Adarme
• *A Homemade Christmas : creative ideas for an earth-friendly, frugal, festive holiday / Tina Barseghian
• *All through the seasons: recipes & crafts / Gooseberry Patch
• *Gooseberry Patch Christmas (2014)
• *Gooseberry Patch big book of holiday cooking : celebrate year-round with favorite family recipes
• *Vegan food gifts : more than 100 inspired recipes for homemade baked goods, preserves, and other edible gifts everyone will love / Joni Marie Newman
• *Your family in pictures: the parents' guide to photographing holidays, family portraits, & everyday life / Me Ra Koh
• *Countdown calendars : 24 stitched projects to celebrate any date / compiled by Susanne Woods
• *Christmas joys : decorating, crafts & recipes
• *Yule : rituals, recipes, and lore for the winter solstice / by Susan Pesznecker
• *Taste of Home's holiday and celebrations cookbook
• *The 13th gift : a true story of a Christmas miracle / by Joanne Huist Smith

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