tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post2641585844906349904..comments2024-01-07T02:13:14.908-05:00Comments on The Broke and the Bookish : Bookish Holiday TraditionsJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01772938036847330151noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-25953816464900593882015-12-20T11:12:56.010-05:002015-12-20T11:12:56.010-05:00I love the book exchange idea! :)I love the book exchange idea! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12882705723808051339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-13552079057985073472015-12-18T09:54:57.575-05:002015-12-18T09:54:57.575-05:00Last year I started a new tradition for me to read...Last year I started a new tradition for me to read one story a night leading up to Christmas in Stephanie Perkins' "My True Love Gave to Me" anthology. <br /><br />I also read tons of other holiday/winter books around December-January. My sister (the nonreader) and I both read Sharon Krum's "The Thing About Jane Spring" each winter. It's the perfect book. :)SeeJennReadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269271869418911280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-8047418774945706662015-12-18T09:08:06.410-05:002015-12-18T09:08:06.410-05:00I really love the idea of a holiday book swap. If ...I really love the idea of a holiday book swap. If I had enough friends close by that were interested in reading then that's something that I would definitely try. BookishRealmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732862811867194058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-46943688868864462042015-12-18T07:21:52.672-05:002015-12-18T07:21:52.672-05:00When I was young, every Christmas season I read A ...When I was young, every Christmas season I read A Christmas Carol, this really morbid Victorian picture book called The Bird's Christmas Carol, and the St. Luke nativity scene. I don't go to church anymore, but I still love the language of that.<br /><br />Now we do a book advent calendar, meaning I wrap a bunch of holiday/winter books and each night the kids open one to read together. Only we're not super organized people, so it's more like we skip three nights, then read a bunch at once. It's still nice. <br /><br />I have a group of friends that sometimes will exchange books off our own shelves. We've done it different ways: drawing names and finding a book for that person, white elephant style where you unwrap a random book but then can swap it for another, etc. One of the woman in the group does this with her own family too--she and her parents and brother all give each other books from their own shelves. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296827820807569574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-19391241005489231782015-12-17T14:05:27.543-05:002015-12-17T14:05:27.543-05:00This is awesome! I really should do that every yea...This is awesome! I really should do that every year (or maybe a couple times a year...I buy too many books) but usually it ends up happening only when we move (which we do pretty often since my husband is Army). I think I might try to start that tradition on my own!Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496106578261831965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-84066634708271773832015-12-17T11:33:54.640-05:002015-12-17T11:33:54.640-05:00I love the sound of the Icelandic 'Christmas B...I love the sound of the Icelandic 'Christmas Book Flood' tradition, it'd be great if my family started doing that but I think unfortunately no one in my family would want to do it either! Apparently they can't sit and read a book for longer than an hour without getting bored, strange people. My only bookish tradition would be reorganising bookshelves - this is out of necessity more than anything else, because otherwise I can't fit all my new books in - and it usually takes me half the day :)Teejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12319476006123760274noreply@blogger.com