Saturday, December 02, 2006

Celebrate Christmas with a good book



Each year I have a tradition to reread 'The Christmas Mystery' by Jostein Gaarder. This is a story about a little boy in Oslo, Norway who goes with his father to buy a magical Advent calendar. He finds a story unfolding as he opens a window each morning. Each chapter in the book is one of the days on the calendar. I use this book as an Advent calendar for myself reading a chapter each day. I won't reveal too much as I would really recommend looking for this book. It is wonderful story that you too may want to read over and over each December.

I am also sharing a photo of a Victorian style Christmas sign I stitched about 4 years ago. Each year we hang this in the living room.

4 comments:

Terri said...

sounds interesting. I will look for that book today!
God bless.
Love,
Terri

Anonymous said...

Heidi I love your stitched Christmas sign! The design is so old fashioned and comforting. And I will definitely be on the lookout for The Christmas Mystery!

Enjoy your day,
Nancy

Anonymous said...

Your Christmas sign is lovely!

Anonymous said...

Heidi, We all love The Christmas Mystery. We read it to the children quite a few years ago and it became a real favourite.
I just love your door hanging.
Angela