Are you starting to feel festive?
Are you getting ready for a family Christmas?
I have the perfect picture book for you
To read when things are feeling crazy
When the Christmas overwhelm is real
Take a cup of cocoa and a mince pie
And a moment to remember
What the very heart of Christmas is
For all of us –
Family!
A Family Christmas is a real festive treat
Beautifully illustrated and
Filled with all the magic of the season
There are moments in this story
That will tug at your heart strings
That will remind you of Christmases past
Inspire you to focus on what really matters
This Christmas and all future ones to come
This is a book that will become a tradition
To read each year in the quiet moments
Between the merriment and madness
To remember that family is what matters most
All the planning and preparations
All the food and decorations
The presents never mean more
Than your presence
This book is about just that
All the ordinary things
That make every Christmas
Extraordinary
The story begins on Christmas morning
With two children racing down the stairs
To see the presents beneath the tree
And their stockings hung beside the fire
The family are waiting
For grandparents and cousins to arrive
I love the little boy standing on a stack of books!
The house has been rearranged
Sideboards swapped for assorted garden chairs
A situation we all find familiar
That brings on all the Christmas nostalgia
ALL the festive feels
Dinner is served
Followed by a walk
A nap for Granny
Some singing and dancing and games
I love everything about this book
From the paperchains
To the nap on a mountain of coats
Haven’t we all done that at Christmas
As a child?
And after all the food and fun
The toasts and tidying up
It is finally time for presents
Before thank yous
And goodbye cuddles
And a bedtime story with Granny
The end of a long but lovely day
“The best Christmas ever
The family all here
Eyes closed now and dreaming …
Of Christmas next year.”
This is a celebration of all things festive
Of family
Of simply having a wonderful Christmas time
And my favourite spread
Is when the family go outside
In the dark
And look up to one extra bright star
I know it is meant to be the Christmas star
But for me and many other bereaved folk at Christmas
It will be their loved one looking down at them
And all the family looking up
Together
At Christmas
