We have pulled a few Christmas things out and baked a little and even read our first Christmas book. We read The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas by Madeleine L’Engle first since we start our own 24 day countdown on Friday. It’s a great book and got us in the mood to start thinking of things we can do each day. Then today we started The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff. We really like this book about two sisters that only have each other. A deadly fever sweeps through the workhouse where the two girls live and they flee for their lives and end up on the streets of London in the freezing cold. It really keeps the attention of my kids and though they have heard it numerous times they still want to hear it again.
