Christmas story-time with my boys...

Call me silly but I just LOVE reading to my boys!

Maybe it's because I so loved being read to as a child.

Maybe it's because I loved sharing the gift of having been read to by reading to the kiddoes I babysat as a teenager.

Maybe it's because I loved sharing books in reading to my niece and nephew on the rare occasions we were fortunate enough to get to visit with them when they were small.

Maybe it's because I just love children's books so much and wasn't blessed with being able to have human kiddoes of my own but still feel the need to share.

All I do know for sure is that I love my boys and I love books and as long as they'll lay and listen, I will continue to read to them.

My ultimate goal in life was to write children's books but it isn't the easiest business to break into, I very quickly found. Still, I write, I share and I hold great love and admiration for those who have found their way into for-reals print!

Because it's so close to Christmas, I thought I would share with you one of our absolute favourite of Christmas storybooks... so favourite it is, that we read it daily through the holidays and as 'special book time' intermittently throughout the year. I know that there are many different beliefs and ways that people celebrate this Season now upon us and because I love and celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus, well, this book is just a gem in our family beliefs and celebrations.

So, if you are looking for a fun and heartwarming story of needing, wanting, scheming-to-get and of ultimately giving the gift of ones own greatest treasure... then I highly recommend giving this beautiful book of Humphrey's FIRST CHRISTMAS by the beautifully talented Carol Heyer a chance at maybe becoming a favourite of your own heart!

Do you have a favourite Christmas storybook you love to share with anyone who will grace you with the time to listen? What are the stories that help keep your own special Holiday Spirit alive and believing? Please, share them with us... who knows, your favourite might just find its way to becoming someone else's new favourite, too!