The most wonderful time of the year is also a good time for books! Whether you live in Italy or the Arctic, people across the world love to celebrate the season.
From Australia to Alaska, read about how different countries celebrate Christmas! It also comes with different craft ideas.
Johnette Downing celebrates the holidays with a local tradition from the River Parishes with some festive bonfires along the levees of the Mississippi RIver. These bonfires are meant to lead Papa Noel, aka Santa Claus, as gators lead his pirogue through the area.
If you're interested in seeing these bonfires in person, there is also a festival!
Strega Nona is Italian for "Grandma Witch" and this book follows as the townsfolk of Calabria in southwest Italy celebrate several different days throughout the Christmas season.
Little Yoon is a Korean immigrant who dreams of Santa Claus after learning about him in school, but her family doesn't celebrate Christmas... do they? Follow along as Yoon learns about Christmas and even gets to celebrate it herself!
Carla and the Christmas Cornbread
In another part of America, Carla, her sister, and her mother go to visit her grandparents. When she takes a bite out of the cookie left for Santa, she gets really worried that Santa might not come to their house now, but Granny comes through with a great solution. There's even a recipe in the back!
Rosie and Abuela and her family always get together on Christmas Eve and make tamales for the family. You might remember seeing stories like this before, as we have other books on the same tradition!
From Christmas Island to Hawaii, follow along as Santa's journey takes you across the world where each land has different traditional recipes for the treats they leave out for Santa. This book also comes with cookie recipes so you can make your own!
If that doesn't sate your interest, have even more books about Christmas stories around the world!
Merry Christmas!
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