The magic of book/bookish gift giving at Christmas! Being a book lover and giver yields wondrous bookish things. It's those books and bookish gifts that makes my holiday the most special, especially the giving part. I do my very best to give books to family and friends, even if they are not readers, and all these neat things? Many will fit right into a stocking.
How fabulous is that?
And no. I don't know that person but she makes some pretty cool things.
My mom gave me a butterfly made out of book pages (try not to groan, I know this makes people crazy.) It is beautiful and has a prime spot on my tree. Here is a close up:
Thank you, Mom.
My daughter had her Scholastic Book Fair a couple of weeks ago and these books are what she picked out:
For a long time I had filled out the order sheet for her, as she has Cerebral Palsy. . I found out a few years back that she wanted to pick out her own books. I felt such elation, this was a child who wasn't supposed to talk, see, or hear. She does all three (a bit too much most of the time, but who is complaining?)
I am not digressing, I needed to share that. (smile.)
Scholastic Books are a cheaper way to stock up on holiday book gifts for the kids you know. And the selection is always spot on for any age/kid's taste.
We like to have our book piles on floors or standing up against things here in our home, visual accessibility is a high priority. We can each grab a book at any time, look at them and think of the person that gave us that book and sit back with a nice hot cup of tea and read.
And how many of those books were gifts? Lots! I can list off ten people who had given me some of those books.
There are also socks. Yes, Socks. My friend, Anne, found a place that sells socks for the book lover. Check them out!
(Great stocking stuffers!)
http://store.bookriot.com/collections/socks
So, we covered book decorations, children's books, piles of gift books that were given to me, and socks. Socks!
A good start to your list making.
The holiday (all of them represented) is a perfect time to buy book items for the stocking, no matter how small or large it may be. As in each person's life, a book should be presented to them by you so they have a chance to say, "I may like this. I may not." Each time you give a book or bookish gift, they may not cave or maybe they will come back to you and say, "Hey, that Nelson DeMille you gave me? I read four of his other books since then, thank you, and those socks? Perfect!"
And you will weep.
Trust me. You. Will.
I have one more blog to write and then it's a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa. I wish you all the best for your holidays, with good family, good friends, good food, good conversations and most of all, good books! May you be blessed always. ~Cheryl
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