Christmas Day Books

As a mom of a toddler, a preschooler, and a kindegartener, Blue is a familiar face around our house. My kids and I love watching the videos together and they love Blue's books. Unfortunately, many of the titles are not as fun for this mom to read as they are for my kids. But this one is a book that we all agree on. I've already read it about 6 times over the last couple of days and none of us have tired of it yet. It has quickly become a new Christmas favorite for our family. Its fun to look at, read, AND sing!

If you are looking for a Book of Mormon study guide, look no further. Ridges includes the actual text of the Book of Mormon interlaced with commentary, cross references (many fully reprinted), and applicable excerpts from general authorities past and present. Ridges writing style is readable and engaging. He can make the scriptures come alive for you like never before. I am now reading this particular volume for the second time. There was so much good information to absorb, once was just not enough.

Este es un tremendo recurso para el predicador ocupado. Bosquejos claros, sustanciosos, con comentarios, a veces con ilustraciones y otros detalles enriquecedores. No tan solo procura presentar una estructura homiletica coherente, sino una que sea consistente con el contexto biblico en cuestion. Es muy aprovechable.

Para darle una idea mas concreta le comparto algunos detalles de la introducción y de la contratapa del libro.

"Predicarle a la gente del mundo actual es un reto multiple. Para quienes pastorean, especificamente, la predicacion demanda repetir una y otra vez las mismas "cosas", año tras año, y siempre de manera certera (exegetica y contextualmente), nueva, atrapante y persuasiva. Los ministros y ministras de Cristo sabemos que predicar es uno de los deberes pastorales más desafiantes." (de la Introduccion)

"¿Es usted un predicador o predicadora? ¿Se ha encontrado en ocasiones escaso de tiempo? ¿Desearia un recurso especializado extra?

El presente volumen es un recurso homiletico para auxiliar a los pastores, maestros y predicadores durante los dias y ocasiones especiales que, ineludiblemente llegan cada año. Incluye bosquejos, enriquecidos con comentario e ilustraciones para:

Año nuevo
Semana Santa
Dia del trabajo
Dia de la Biblia
Dia del niño
Dia de la madre
Dia del padre
Navidad

Sergio Altesor Ramos, ha sido profesor de homiletica, pastor en Uruguay y los Estado Unidos, y predicador desde sus 15 años. Es graduado del Florida Center for Theological Studies (Miami, FL)" (tomado de la contratapa).

Por el mismo autor, y util como recurso homiletico adicional, vea: Pulpito y Poesia: Recursos poeticos para la predicacion, la ensenanza y la devocion espiritual

Tambien por el mismo autor, pero sobre las relaciones humanas, Como Relacionarse Mejor: Manual de Tecnicas Para Desarrollar Relaciones Mas Satisfactorias, Dinamicas y Duraderas (Serie Recursos Ministeriales)

This is a must have for any DIY miniaturists library. Even if you don't plan to reproduce the exact room settings, you can learn techniques and principles which can be used in any project. Her attention to detail is simply phenomenal. She even cautions you about the thickness of your pencil lead when drawing your plans, lest your components not fit together perfectly. And, should you never get around to actually "building" anything, it is still a great companion on a rainy day and a beautiful book for your collection.

I developed a lesson plan comparing Christmas in Latin America with Christmas in the U.S. for my preschool Spanish program. This book was excellent! The pictures made it easy to understand and the comparison of the two cultures was built right in. Following the story is a pictoral explanation of Christmas and the Day of the Three Kings as well.

The Cook's Encyclopedia of Christmas s an excellent fountain of recipes. It covers all kinds of Christmas, including vegetarian. The recipes vary in level of difficulty so anyone can cook Christmas dinner! A lot of the recipes can also be used for other festive or special occasions. This is the best Christmas cookery book I've found yet!

I found this book at a second hand store. The daily chapters discuss Advent, St. Nicholas, St. Lucia, the Yule log, Las Posadas, hanging stockings, Christmas plants, and evergreens. This is a wonderful book for younger children who ask "Why" about so many things, and for the rest of us who may never have learned some of the origins of the holiday traditions associated with Christmas.

When she was in the third grade my older sister bought a little book of christmas stories with the nickles she had saved by not having milk at break time. "Christmas Every Day" is our favorite story from this carefully preserved little book. Our mother still reads "Christmas Every Day" every year for her grandchildren. Though we are all grown we still enjoy the story too. Even my oldest sister's hyper-active 7 year old sit's quietly for his grandma's reading of "Christmas Every Day."

It was a great relief for me to find that Amazon.com had "Christmas Every Day" because the little book my sister brought home in the early 1960's is quickly becoming too fragile to handle. Thanks Amazon.com, someday I hope to read "Christmas Every Day" to my grandchildren.

This elegant hardcover book with gold-embossed wreath is agreat gift. Its line-engravings, over 25 of them, make it a classiccollectibles. My family created our own Christmas Carol dinner using the book. Dinners and feasts based on the book are staged nationwide at historic hotels and as a part of Gerald Charles Dickens' American Holiday Tour. The book was written by his mother and father, past president of Dickens world-wide Fellowship.

I got this cookbook just before I got married, when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. I've used it for several years now, and many of the recipes in it - including the gingered sweet pototato pudding, the glazed parsnips and carrots, and the pumpkin cheesecake - have become staples of my family's celebration. I haven't tried a single recipe in this book that wasn't utterly delicious. It offers creative twists on traditional holiday fare, so it satisfies both the gourmets and the traditional holiday eaters. It also includes several recipes for "extras" (such as a yummy and very easy recipe for minted cranberry sauce). While some of the recipes take a little extra effort over your traditional mashed potatoes and stuffing, they are very well worth it. Even my husband, whose palette is hardly experimental, loves *everything* I've made from this book. I've now given it as a gift to several of my friends, all of whom have found new recipes to treasure in it!