Christmas Reading Challenge 2011 Wrap up

I enjoyed this challenge very much because it helped put me in the Christmas Spirit!  First I want to say that I watched the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life" as I do every year.  Watching this movie has been a Christmas tradition for me and my husband for 25 years.  It just doesn't feel like Christmas until I watch it and it never gets old!

I read several Christmas books this year and loved them all.  You can see my posts here:

http://booktalkswithcharla.blogspot.com/2011/12/mischief-of-mistletoe-by-lauren-willig.html The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willlig

http://booktalkswithcharla.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-journey-by-anne-perry.html A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry

http://booktalkswithcharla.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-mr-baxter-by-edward.html Merry
Christmas Mr. Baxter by Edward  Streeter

This puts me in the Mistletoe Category!  This was fun and I will definitely do it again next year!

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Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter by Edward Streeter

Title:  Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter
Author:  Edward Streeter
Publisher:  Harper & Brothers
Publication Date:  1956
Pages:  181
Source:  Purchased Used

This book was like taking a walk back in time.  It was written in 1956.  I grew up in the 60's, so, much of it was famialiar to me.  I am a big fan of old black and white movies and my favorite all time movie is "It's a Wonderful Life."  Edward Streeter wrote that too!  Maybe that is another reason I loved this book. It is a quick read that will put you in the Christmas Spirit.  The story is that of Mr. Baxter and his Christmas dilemma of wanting to cut down on expenses and not get as worked up over the holiday season as usual. The story takes you through his daily life from October through Christmas.  Mr. Baxter lives in New York City and his story takes you on a nostalgic trip of Christmas in New York.  It is a pleasure to relive such wonderful days!  Even though things were so different then, in many ways they are still so much the same!



"Nothing irritated Mr. Baxter more than people who dawdled over their food.  New Yorkers were supposed to bolt their meals, but this crowd reminded him of a herd of Guernseys in a May Meadow."
Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter, Page 70

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2011 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge11/21-01/06/2012

Join us for the Christmas Spirit reading challenge for 2011!!  I am commiting to the Mistletoe level of 2-4 books.  The first book that I plan to read is The Mischief of the mistletoe by Lauren Willig.

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