Details:
- challenge will run from Monday, November 19, 2012 through Sunday, January 6, 2013 (Twelfth Night or Epiphany).
- cross over with other challenges is totally permitted AND encouraged!
- These must be Christmas novels, books about Christmas lore, a book of Christmas short stories or poems, books about Christmas crafts, and for the first time…a children’s Christmas books level!
Levels:
–Candy Cane: read 1 book
–Mistletoe: read 2-4 books
–Christmas Tree: read 5 or 6 books (this is the fanatic level…LOL!)
Additional levels:
–Fa La La La Films: watch a bunch or a few Christmas movies…it’s up to you!
–Visions of Sugar Plums: read books with your children this season and share what you read
*the additional levels are optional, you still must complete one of the main reading levels above
I will be participating in the Mistletoe and Fa La La La Film levels. I watch It’s A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol (1938) every year without fail. As for project Mistletoe I will probably aim for two and anything else is gravy.
The List:
- Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Novels”
which include:
- A Christmas Carol (already read)
- The Chimes
- The Cricket on the Hearth
- The Battle of Life
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain
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I did The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth last year. I'm glad I can say that I finally read them, but I won't be reading them again any time soon. Dickens has a reputation for being very somber for a reason!
I read these a couple of years ago. His Christmas books never get old and A Christmas Carol will always be in my top ten favorite books of all time. I really hope you enjoy all of them. Thank you for joining and welcome to the challenge. =O)