The feast of St. Nicholas is coming up so fast! Now that All Saints Day and Martinmas are behind us it’s time for me to take a little break from my Thanksgiving preparations to plan for Advent and the feast of St. Nicholas which quickly follow. I sure love sharing my little plans here on the blog with all of you!
“Finally, the True, Untold Story of the Wise Men… They were not three kings. Nor were they from the Far East, or even Persia. In this thrilling, visual adventure capturing the wonder of the Christmas season, New York Times bestselling author Raymond Arroyo shares the true, hidden story of the mysterious Magi, who risked everything to discover the truth. Based on new historical evidence, The Wise Men Who Found Christmas is the miraculous, untold tale of three seekers who followed a star and found themselves in the middle of the greatest story ever told. Stunningly illustrated by Diane Le Feyer, this enchanting family keepsake is sure to become part of your Christmas tradition – and a reminder that chasing truth is often the greatest adventure of all.”
.: For Grace – Age 5 :.
In quiet fields,
Where stars shone bright,
Five shepherds watched
Their flocks one night …
“Find out what happens in this charming Christmas legend when five young shepherds meet Mary, Joseph, and the Infant Jesus on the most holy of nights. All bring gifts, except the youngest, who has nothing to offer. But in those empty hands, the poorest shepherd receives the greatest gift of all. This heartwarming story will help children and adults alike see that our poverty is precious to Jesus and that the emptier we are, the more we can be filled by his love.”
“Excitement reigns as the animals at the Zoo decorate their homes in anticipation of an upcoming visit from Santa Claus. The special 10th Anniversary edition of this award-winning book from Jumping Jack Press is a Zoo-rific retelling of the classic Night Before Christmas tale!”
Once again this year I will be hosting FOUR big Advent and Christmas themed giveaways here on the blog: this St. Nicholas Giveaway, another sleigh full of giveaways with my annual Christmas Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers post, another Advent Book Basket giveaway and finishing up with another O Antiphon giveaway!
And here is the link to my original St. Nicholas Chocolate Coins from 2010
For additional Christmas book suggestions you can find some of our lists in the archives:
Saint Nicholas & the Nine Gold Coins (Beautiful book!)
Christmas Mosaic: A Review & Featured Book List
35 Favorite Christmas Picture Books for Children
Feasts & Seasons :: Advent & Christmas Collection
As always, your lists are so helpful! I was just looking for this yesterday as I was trying to decide what to get my kiddos for St. Nicholas' Day. Any prize would be great, but I would probably enjoy the cookie stamps the most. Thanks for all that you do!
I'd love to win the St. Francis box!!
Reading your blog is like going on a mini-retreat… and it gives me new ideas for how to incorporate our Catholic faith into the lives of my family and extended family. Thank you so much!
Your book posts are always such a treasure of new books I didn’t know about.
Awesome suggestions, as usual! Thanks for all you do.
What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks so much for doing this!-Marisa Tenney
I love your giveaways. The best of Catholic products. The Wise Men book looks amazing!
Thank you for the suggestions!! Some of these books will definitely be in my cart soon!!
I look forward every year to seeing what new books you give!
Lisa C. here— I always love the giveaways! The cookie stamps would be my choice to win since I love cooking and baking for the holidays! As always, thanks for the beautiful ideas!
Thank you so much! Our (mostly German) family has a special devotion to St. Nicholas and I am always looking for new ideas to celebrate his feast day! I recently bought the “Miracle of St. Nicholas”which I found from one of your previous posts. Can’t wait to share it with my son. It is such a beautiful story! Thank you!
Oh my goodness, what great ideas and new books to discover as my kids grow! Thanks for sharing!
Love all these giveaways! I'd appreciate any of them! Thank you for doing this each year 🙂
Love all of these suggestions!
These are great! 👍🏼
Tammy C. I would like to win the cookie stamps and the recipe booklet. Thank you so much for doing these giveaways.
I so enjoy all of your inspirational posts! My family has started gifting new Christmas books every year after reading one of your early blog posts many years ago. Thank you for the wonderful giveaways and I especially love the stamps! Been meaning to purchase some of those.
Your recommendations are the main reason we have such an amazing Christmas Treasury and liturgical traditions. thank you
I look forward to your book recommendations every year!
We love St Nicholas day at our house, and I think a lot of that is because you’ve allowed us to peek into your home! Thanks for sharing your sweet family with all of us.
The Saint Francis box is fantastic! I'd love to win that!
Thank you for all the great recommendations! I'd love prize #2 or #1, but all of them are great!
It is always a joy to read posts on Shower of Roses. There are always great recommendations to be found here. Thanks for your hard work. God bless.
Some exciting additions this year. I am sure my girls would love the selection for Chiquita! God bless!
Some great additions. My girls would love the selection for Chiquita! God bless!
Thank you for always sharing and I anxiously await these great recommendations! God bless you!
I am always excited to check out your lists of Christmas books. My children and I have enjoyed this tradition so much over the years that I really think it's our favorite Advent tradition. I would love to win any of these prizes 🙂
Christmas books are my weakness! Love the ideas you share and Tolkien would be so perfect for my oldest, as we just saw his manuscripts at Marquette.
I always look forward to all of your posts and updates about Advent and Christmas in your family. It's truly an inspiration to me! Thank you for organizing the giveaway!
The Saint Francis box is beautiful!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I love all the ideas and encouragement. Thank you for always sharing.
I would love to read those new offerings from the St Paul Center!
Wonderful lists, as always — and always a great way to stay on top of newly published books, too. As for what I'd prefer, either Prize #1 (cookie stamps) or #2 (St. Francis box) would be ideal. Honestly, I'm happy with anything. I teach the Year One students in our parish's RE program, and love having a variety of books and other resources available to help inspire their hearts.
Thank you for sharing! I always love your recommendations.
Thank you so much for these recommendations!! It is always so so helpful every year!
Love the St. Francis box!
Yay! I love your lists, I find them so helpful!
Thank you for all these inspiring ideas!
I always love your book lists! Thank you for sharing your ideas and creativity with us!
Oops! Think I commented anonymously. Once again, I always love your book lists.
Thank you for sharing your ideas and creativity with us!
I'm Andrea C. I can't get my name to appear, even though I signed in. Anyways, I would love the Prize 3 or prize 4 as all those books are on my wishlist for the kids 🙂
I would like the St. Paul Center books.
Marilyn C
I look forward to your recommendations and giveaways every year. Thank you for your diligent work in getting it all put together! I’ve had my eye on the cookie stamps, and the new book by Raymond Arroyo about the three wisemen looks fantastic!
I always love your suggestions and giveaways! So fun!
I always love your suggestions and giveaways! So fun!
I love the Biblical Typology series from Maura McKeegan along with The Wise Men Who Found Christmas books. However, everything looks wonderful. Thank you. – Laura G.
Thank you for these book ideas! Hoping to win because I waited too long and missed the buy one get one free book deal on amazon.
I would love the cookie stamps!
We always leave a book for each of our 8 children for StNicholas Day! Love your recommendations and this giveaway is fantastic! Thank you for the opportunity to enter.
I love reading these posts every year. Thank you for sharing!
Cyndi Baker. I would love to win the Christmas set and bake emblem hot bread special design for each family member!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway. Prize #1 is my favorite, however they all look great!
These book lists are so helpful!
Hi Jessica, I've been LOVING your posts!! The children are growing so fast, I hardly recognize them. I think of you often and I always keep you and your family in my prayers!! much love, Becky :o)
Thank you so much for these! I ordered The Nutcracker for my daughter’s stocking so I’m glad to see it made the list! Thank you for the other suggestions- I still need to get one for St Nicholas day!
Thank you so much for your wonderful giveaway but especially for your book suggestions! Every year I wait for this as you always find wonderful books and my family’s Book collection has grown over the years thanks to you! One of my older daughters loved to read and cook so the cookbook has been ordered! Thank you for all you do and for your wonderful blog that has helped my family grow in the faith all these years. Wishing you and your beautiful family a fruitful Advrnt season. God bless you.
I just love coming to your website all year long for Catholic ideas, but this is my favorite time for Catholic Christmas gift ideas
I look forward to this post every year! Thank you!!
I look forward to this post every year! Thank you!
Love your book recommendations and ideas for the Advent season and St. Nicholas' feast day!
Thank you for these recommendations! Every year it gets harder to choose St Nick gifts for our kids. There are so many options out there!
Thanks for offering the chance to win the St. Paul Center books!
We are doing slippers this year for St. Nicholas day and I thought of your family! I am not in Instagram or Twitter but I'll take my chances with this blog post! 😉
Thanks so much for sharing all of these great books and ideas. I hope you and your family have a very blessed Advent!
I always look forward to your giveaways and have purchased many books from your amazon links!!
#1 is my personal favorite; we love baking around here!
I always look forward to your book suggestions! Thank you for all the time & effort that you put into sharing them with your readers.
Thank you for compiling these lists – I always find a great gift suggestion!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
Grandma Dee, Thank you for this giveaway and all the recommendations. I am interested in anything suitable for children ages ten and younger,toddler age.
Thanks for all the amazing suggestions. I have built quite a Christmas book collection for my children using your wonderfully lists.
For older kids- some of my favorites are:
– One Splendid Tree by Marilyn Helmer (picture book). I picked this book up for my 14 yr old this year since he is taking a WW2 class for history this school year.
– The After Life of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand. (Chapter book) A modern retailing of the Christmas Carol.
– Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie (chapter book): a Christmas who done it.
Reindeer Boy by Cassandra Jean (Graphic novel)
-A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Sean Michael Wilson (graphic novel) This is one of my favorite adaptations of the classic.
-North Pole Patrol: A Christmas Adventure (chapter book)
– The 13th Gift
My older kids also enjoy getting picture books still. I bought my teen this year the picture book Gingerbread Pirates. I know he’ll love it despite it being a picture book for little kids.
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions. I have built quite a wonderful collection of Christian books for my family using your recommendations.
I would especially love prize #1. Thank you!
I always enjoy reading your blog for inspiration.
You always manage to find such beautiful Catholic books! Thank you for yet another giveaway!
Thanks for always hosting such wonderful giveaways!
Thank you for your lovely work and for some amazing resources. I always look forward to seeing what you publish every Advent season.
Thank you for hosting this giveaway! I would most like to win prize #3. Second pick would be #2.
Wonderful lists & giveaways!!!!
Wonderful lists & giveaways as always!!!!
I was wanting to add a couple of these books this year! Love this list!
Hi! I am a new blog reader, but I have browsed your older posts, and they are making me so excited for this coming season! I would love the cookie stamps! This year will be my second time making St. Nicholas cookies. God bless! – Emily Ellis
They all look lovely, but I think the St. Francis box would be something fun and different. 🙂
Thank you for the beautiful ideas! Our family has gained so much from your blog. God bless! The cookie stamps are so fun! Angela Schaefer
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win! Goodness I would be lost without your ideas and creativity. Thank you for sharing. Blessed Advent to you and your family.