The Story of Christmas Story Book Set and Advent Calendar Calendar – Advent Calendar, November 1, 2008

Perfect! All mini books were in the package. Love this for daily reads of the Christmas story. Wonderful for families or Sunday school.

Love that this is advent calendar that actually focuses on the meaning of Christmas and not just getting more treats and trinkets! The little books are well-made and can be used as ornaments, if desired. My kids look forward to reading a book each night. Highly recommend this.

As described and even more beautiful in person

Friends of ours gave us this years ago and it's a Christmas tradition we have loved. This is a set of 24 books that tell the story of Mary and Joseph's trip to Bethlehem, about the wise men, and about Christ's birth. One book is read per day starting on December 1st, leading up to Christmas Eve when the last (and largest) book is read. We let our two kids take turns each night picking out that day's book and placing it on the tree as an ornament after we've read it. When they were little, we'd read it to them. Now that they are older, the one whose turn it is reads the book out loud. We like it so much, when I found this on Amazon I purchased two to give to friends for next December.Like others have said, it's fair to warn that this doesn't follow the Bible account to the letter - there are definitely some liberties taken. It isn't anything offensive, I feel like, but I could see it bothering some people and this set would not be good for you if you prefer a purely scripture account. I do know there are a few parts that make me squirm a little because it isn't really what we believe. For those parts, we've taken that to be a teaching moment, using the stories as kind of a jumping off point to insert some of our personal beliefs. It's worked for us, leading to some interesting discussions with our kids. We've found it to be a way we can concentrate on Christ during the season, instead of Christmas trees, presents, and Santa. I'm excited to share these when December rolls around.

My family has been using this calendar to count down to Christmas since I was very little, now it has been a joy to share this tradition with my little ones. Merry Christmas!!!

So nice to share what Christmas is really about with our kids each day. They got so excited to read them, and hanging them on the tree was even better! Saving it to do every year.

This was such a special story book for our family this year. My kids loved getting it every night to read the story.

This was a nice addition to our Advent wreath tradition this year with our three girls, ages 9, 7, and 3. All the kids actually paid attention to these stories and enjoyed the pictures, too. The books are not in order, much like any Advent calendar, which is frustrating to adults but the kids had fun finding the correct number for the day. The books are good quality and you can hang them on the Christmas tree after reading if you wish. The tabs that hold the books in get bent easily but that's how it is with any of these styles of books. We just cautioned our kids to be very gently and accepted the inevitable creases. We were still able to put them all back and have them stay there by the end of the season. As for the story, it is just that. A story. There are little inaccuracies here and there, but nothing significant that I feel detracts from the overall biblical Christmas story. Hopefully your children are getting to know the Christmas story from more than just this little display of books! It is more like any kids book or movie where they fill in with extra dialogue and such where the Bible doesn't necessarily say exactly that. Afterall, Joseph never said a word in the Bible but I've seen so many stories and movies where Joseph is the one asking for a place to stay and comforting Mary with his words. I wouldn't consider that anti-biblical. To each their own, though. We thought this book collection was nice with great illustrations and meaningful content. Our little Catholic kiddos loved them!