tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post4825294138948323361..comments2023-09-23T04:53:23.472-03:00Comments on Under the Mad Hat: Christmas: the oral traditionMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-85832436259175453342011-07-07T04:53:59.966-03:002011-07-07T04:53:59.966-03:00Great blog, really enjoyed reading it. Have bookma...Great blog, really enjoyed reading it. Have bookmarked you and will check back regular. Please feel free to take a look at my blog...<br /><a href="http://www.crystaltravel.co.uk/flights-to-Xiamen.aspx" rel="nofollow">Flights to Xiamen</a><br /><a href="http://www.crystaltravel.co.uk/flights-to-Xiamen.aspx" rel="nofollow">Xiamen Flights</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-13769752456612587152011-05-18T10:01:40.129-03:002011-05-18T10:01:40.129-03:00http://noterindasnuncaylucha.blogspot.com/http://noterindasnuncaylucha.blogspot.com/Albahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04055327125191065393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-20832595964339310442009-11-30T05:25:19.863-04:002009-11-30T05:25:19.863-04:00みんなで楽しめるHチェッカー!簡単な設問に答えるだけであなたの隠されたH度数がわかっちゃいます!あの...みんなで楽しめるHチェッカー!簡単な設問に答えるだけであなたの隠されたH度数がわかっちゃいます!あの人のムッツリ度もバレちゃう診断を今すぐ試してみようHチェッカーhttp://hhh.h-check.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-67560242439810842622009-11-29T05:19:24.094-04:002009-11-29T05:19:24.094-04:001日5万円~が手に入るサイドビジネスのご案内です。男狂いのセレブ女性はネットで知り合った男を次々に金...1日5万円~が手に入るサイドビジネスのご案内です。男狂いのセレブ女性はネットで知り合った男を次々に金の力で食い散らかしています。そんな女性を手玉にとって大金を稼いでみませんかサイドビジネスhttp://www.zgyylfzy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-79655832857404929482009-11-28T05:50:59.680-04:002009-11-28T05:50:59.680-04:00Hな人妻たちの社交場、割り切った付き合いも当然OK!欲求不満のエロ人妻たちを好みに合わせてご紹介しま...Hな人妻たちの社交場、割り切った付き合いも当然OK!欲求不満のエロ人妻たちを好みに合わせてご紹介します。即会い、幼な妻、セレブ、熟女、SM妻、秘密、以上6つのジャンルから遊んでみたい女性を選んでください人妻http://www.yeartearm.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-55310487642593312192009-02-17T14:45:00.000-04:002009-02-17T14:45:00.000-04:00Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. All...Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. All about how one Christmas tree brings joy to a number of families, human and animal.<BR/>One for older children is a chapter book called Biddy Christmas, by Priscilla M. Warner. It's about a little girl named Janet and her donkey. I still read it every so often. It was actually my mom's book, so it's probably out of print (copyright 1948).Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-59719011497904873972009-01-11T22:28:00.000-04:002009-01-11T22:28:00.000-04:00Oh, I do love Jonathan Toomey... I also love chris...Oh, I do love Jonathan Toomey... <BR/><BR/>I also love christmas carol books, like the Kellogg version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, as well as the Whatley-illustrated Here Comes Santa Claus. <BR/><BR/>But one of my other favourites is Don Gillmor's The Christmas Orange (ill. Marie-Louise Gay).kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-61096237450035243622008-12-28T11:55:00.000-04:002008-12-28T11:55:00.000-04:00Another vote for Dream Snow!Little Tree is charmin...Another vote for Dream Snow!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786807954?ie=UTF8&tag=magpmusi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0786807954" REL="nofollow">Little Tree</A> is charming.<BR/><BR/>I think the all time best is Truman Capote's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375837892?ie=UTF8&tag=magpmusi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375837892" REL="nofollow">A Christmas Memory</A> - but it's more a read-aloud for the medium-sized set. It'll almost make you want fruitcake.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-65959599625407675002008-12-23T10:02:00.000-04:002008-12-23T10:02:00.000-04:00Eric Carle's Dream Snow. It's gorgeous, simple, a...Eric Carle's Dream Snow. It's gorgeous, simple, a little odd and did I mention gorgeous. And then the little button on the back, the actual sound of dream snow. How did they do that? ah.<BR/><BR/>Age group, young to old.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-69802566804631152972008-12-22T05:45:00.000-04:002008-12-22T05:45:00.000-04:00I can't get through Pippin without tearing up. :pM...I can't get through Pippin without tearing up. :p<BR/>My daughter really likes Cat in the Manger by Michael Foreman. We also LOVE the bear books by Karma Wilson - Jane Chapman's illustrations are gorgeous and make me want to frame them. There is a Christmas one - Bear Stays Up for Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-61144236642107540862008-12-19T15:16:00.000-04:002008-12-19T15:16:00.000-04:00I know it is SUPPOSED to be Christmas books, but I...I know it is SUPPOSED to be Christmas books, but I gotta tell you about the love my Elder has for the Inkheart series.....crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-2951345213683650292008-12-19T10:40:00.000-04:002008-12-19T10:40:00.000-04:00I've been reading Margaret Wise Brown's Christmas ...I've been reading Margaret Wise Brown's <I>Christmas in the Barn</I> to the kids this year, and I get choked up every single time. I think it has something to do with the way it's illustrated - my edition is illustrated by Diane Goode, who made no attempt to create an authentically Middle Eastern setting: the "ancient barn" is set in what looks like a Yorkshire countryside, and somehow everytime I hit the words "Because there was no room at the inn" it feels like a surprise.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-79402559820179258062008-12-18T07:45:00.000-04:002008-12-18T07:45:00.000-04:00Oh, those are all good ones! My favorite nativity ...Oh, those are all good ones! My favorite nativity book has a picture of Mary BREASTFEEDING - and beautiful illustrations, too.<BR/><BR/>I like the Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, but my children fear my reading of it, since it makes me CRY HYSTERICALLY. Awesome!<BR/><BR/>I'm doing my annual read aloud of The BEst Christmas Pageant Ever right now - that's my favorite.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-3831392764257195052008-12-18T01:35:00.000-04:002008-12-18T01:35:00.000-04:00i don't know how many times I apolozed to my hubby...i don't know how many times I apolozed to my hubby for making him go see the terrible Grinch movie with me - I love the book and the old cartoon, but Jim Carrey RUINED the grinch (you can't be a grinch and have that much fun, it ruins the whole darn point! and that's just my BIG complaint...)<BR/><BR/>thanks for a great list. and trust me... I understand busy...painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-33858530346423094492008-12-17T11:29:00.000-04:002008-12-17T11:29:00.000-04:00My favorite Christmas book is an old one: The Sto...My favorite Christmas book is an old one: The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden. I can't get through that book without crying. <BR/><BR/>I have a soft spot in my heart for those old fashioned Rumer Godden books, especially A Doll's House, which I read over and over and loved fiercely as a child. Still do.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-78028556442344284432008-12-16T21:34:00.000-04:002008-12-16T21:34:00.000-04:00I am now on my second generation of the love affai...I am now on my second generation of the love affair with the Grinch. My kids had it memorized at ages 3 and 4. So did I, she said with a long suffering sigh. When my kids were a bit older the cartoon version came out and it became a Christmas tradition to watch it, reciting with Boris. They also sing the carol, in harmony the show-offs.<BR/>I made my own version of the story of Christmas, using the King James wording with a bit of simplification, because I could not find a book that had anything but saccharine illustrations and, yeah, a blonde Mary. One of my daughters still has it. I am definitely going looking for one of the versions you recommend. Many thanks.<BR/>There is a story about finding the animals kneeling in the stable at midnight that my kids loved, but that is literally all I can remember about it, except that it was illustrated in sepia and grays, since it was dark when the little protagonist went to the stable and on the last page a star shines in and lights the kneeling animals in gold. Ring a bell with anyone?<BR/>Hey, I'm getting about one post a week up. Don't beat yourself up.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-70719336961532945502008-12-16T19:35:00.000-04:002008-12-16T19:35:00.000-04:00How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a very popular b...How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a very popular book in our house right now... but that might have something to do with letting them watch the classic cartoon, too. <BR/><BR/>We also have a new Christmas board book that has lights in it... very popular... my mom brought it over this week.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-57610123109057006162008-12-16T19:13:00.000-04:002008-12-16T19:13:00.000-04:00Christmas in the Manger by Nola Buck and Felicia ...Christmas in the Manger by Nola Buck and Felicia Bond is a great board book. Love it.<BR/>Merry Christmas Curious George is good, but he end up in a children's hospital (silly George) so could be good or bad for those sad about sick kids.<BR/>An all-time favorite, that I loved as a child and then paid too much for online as an adult (and later saw as a bargain book at Barnes and Noble, darn it) is Santa Mouse by Michael Brown, illustrate by Elfrieda De Witt. The illustrations are great, the story is sweet. And I don't even like mice!Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-21252669947073768992008-12-16T18:21:00.000-04:002008-12-16T18:21:00.000-04:00This year, I enjoyed "How Santa Got His Job," by S...This year, I enjoyed "How Santa Got His Job," by Stephen Krensky. (4-8) It's funny.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I've been feeling like a few days got erased off the calendar or something. Happens every year. As of today, I'm slipping from Ho Ho Ho to Humbuggish. Perhaps tomorrow (if the kids aren't off for a snow day!) I will try to catch some extra sleep instead of pushing on to the next thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-75415586890324052292008-12-16T17:50:00.000-04:002008-12-16T17:50:00.000-04:00Jenifer -- I'm still scared of the Nutcracker. But...Jenifer -- I'm still scared of the Nutcracker. <BR/><BR/>But I have a soft spot for anything by Tomie de Paola. We just finished The Holy Twins -- my kids were entranced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-67538046740486392482008-12-16T17:32:00.000-04:002008-12-16T17:32:00.000-04:00I will need to rifle through all our books which a...I will need to rifle through all our books which are upstairs in their bedrooms which seems very far away at the moment. I will try to get back here, we do have a couple I just love. We have a fairly decent version of The Nutcracker the girls love, even if it used to scare them a bit.Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-27992743622518768872008-12-16T17:18:00.000-04:002008-12-16T17:18:00.000-04:00I haven't read a single one of these, not even the...I haven't read a single one of these, not even the Seuss! Hie me to a library.Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-9489303029131059682008-12-16T16:39:00.000-04:002008-12-16T16:39:00.000-04:00I love Jan Brett. The Snow Bears is a big fave 'ro...I love Jan Brett. The Snow Bears is a big fave 'round our place. <BR/><BR/>And, are you really knitting a gift sweater? You know there are 9 days left, right? I am in major danger of not finishing the x-stitch I am doing for my m-i-l.karengreenershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488069680575426742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-48228659851486234002008-12-16T16:13:00.000-04:002008-12-16T16:13:00.000-04:00We really like the Christmas Mice. Forget the aut...We really like the Christmas Mice. Forget the author.<BR/><BR/>I've been looking at Pippin the Christmas Pig, and I think that you've just convinced me to buy it.<BR/><BR/>I am totally loving (LOVING) illustrator Jackie Morries right now. Did you write about her in your book series post? I can't recall.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23740018.post-58266807429055939052008-12-16T15:59:00.000-04:002008-12-16T15:59:00.000-04:00You know, I haven't read that many Christmas books...You know, I haven't read that many Christmas books. The only one Phoebe has is a Froggy one, which is pretty awful. Maybe we need to get our hands on some of the ones on your list to offset. <BR/><BR/>My favorite Christmas book from my childhood (or at least one that I remember fondly) was a scratch and sniff book called <I>The Sweet Smell of Christmas</I>. I know it was republished in recent years, but I haven't yet looked at it with adult eyes. Or smelled it with an adult nose. (I'm not really a fan of scratch and sniff anymore.)alejnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220142310790773053noreply@blogger.com