My boys get a few new books every year for Christmas, we love reading together before bed and nap times and it’s even more special during the holidays. We brought out all of our Christmas decorations this past weekend and in amongst them was our collection of holiday books! Those books had the boys even more excited than all the other glittering baubles and beads in box! They ran upstairs to their bedroom, spread them all out on the floor and began a reading marathon! It was amazing!
Thanks to Scholastic Canada we’ve added a few new books to our collection this year!
Finding Christmas
By Robert Munsch, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
Okay hands up, as kids, who went sneaking around the house searching for hidden presents? I think my brother is more guilty than me on this one but we definitely peeked under a few beds and in closets! lol Canada’s favourite children’s author Robert Munsch has written a story on this very topic, his first holiday book! The inspiration for the book came from his own daughter Julie who was a master peeker and always found and opened her gifts before Christmas day arrived! Of course, when the big day arrived she was always upset that she already knew what she was getting and their were no surprises for her lol. For this reason alone, my husband and I have actually held off on reading the book to the kids, we don’t want to give them any ideas! lol
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukah?
By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
My boys adore the How Do Dinosaurs series! We have a few of them and they are always a hit so I knew they would be really excited about the holiday versions. We are Christmas celebrating folks but we read both stories to the boys, it’s good for them to learn about other traditions in a fun way. Do dinosaurs dump stockings, lick all the candy canes, and act out in mischievous fashion during holiday celebrations??? Noooo….see how the dinosaurs turn it around for the holidays!
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I didn’t need to sneak. They were always in the back of my mother’s closet 🙂
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i looked and never ever found any!!!!!!
Yes. when I was really little…only because my older brother convinced me and we accidentally stumbled across them one time in my parent’s closet. It ruined the surprise for me and I never tried to look again! LOL
Yes! In my parents closet!
my mother always hid them in the bathroom closet behind the towels!
I did and they tended to be in the subattic.
no I was one of those kids who never went snooping around for my presents!
Yes! They were always under my parents beds.
I my parent’s closet
I was not a sneaker, therefore I didn’t know much about hiding gifts. My teenaged daughter told me she and her sister never had to look for gifts because I always just set them up on the piano or up on an open shelf until I wrapped them! (I’m not alone: The Easter Bunny hides things the same way at my house!)
lol love it!
I think I might have snuck a peek a few times but mostly I didn’t. I liked the surprises.
Yes… when mom was in the kitchen, I went to look in mom’s bedroom and in the trunk.
i never go looking for gifts. i can’t find anywhere to hide stuff from my kids, they are terrible and sneaking around
I would to go the extreme of unwrapping and wrapping back up.
My dad’s closet, always.
I never looked. I’ve always loved surprises.
I never looked…Mom told us it would ruin our surprise and fun and I took that to heart,,,,My brothers well that may have been another story…lol.
I did and they were always in my mom’s closet or under the bed!
No, my brother and sister and I took turns sneaking out of bed to bring back Christmas oranges, not look for presents!
I never did, because I was afraid my mom would find out!
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I tried but my parents used to hide our gifts at my grandmothers house so I never found them.
We always tried to peek… dad would hide them in his hunting cabinet because it had a lock!
I always looks and usually found them, I even unwrapped and rewrapped one year 🙂
nope, cause it would always be under the christmas tree
Lol, yes I did! I usually found them hidden in my parent’s closet or under their bed! One time I even unwrapped some of them and re-wrapped them!
Sometimes I’d sneak. They were usually stored in a closet somewhere.
I liked waiting for Christmas ,they were in mom’s closet
in a small apartment, so not many places to hide. once we figured out that she kept them in her closet we’d wait for for our chance and go open them.
Once, and the babysitter told me I would not get the gifts so I spent weeks worrying about it before I opened them on Christmas morning. Never again!
Nope – never did look for the gifts. I had the fear of Santa in me!
In our garage I could find lots of interesting things including gifts.
lol. yes, i snuck around looking, and found them! In mom’s closet!!
my son is sniffing around everywhere for everything, but he can’t tell a christmas present from a pen or a cardboard box…he’s 1 and everything is like a gift to him 🙂
of course I did!! always in my parents closets!!
Nope but my parents always hid the gifts in the attic.
I tried – nver found them. thanks
We never did look for our gifts. 🙂
LOL – I did as a young adult too! The bedroom closet location never changed.
Looked but nothing only a few treats for the stocking in the closet. The gift were hidden in the attic. Found out after Santa put is foot through the ceiling one christmas eve.
bwahahaha so funny!
Never!
Yes! Either in the cold room or my parents closet haha.
No, they were always under the tree. However, I am always shaking them to guess what was in it
I didn’t sneak and look, but we knew the gifts were in my parents bedroom closet!
No, I never snuck around to find the gifts … I was happy to find them on Xmas morning under the tree!
Never! Even as an adult I still feel as though it ruins the magic 🙂
I usually found them in my moms closet. I dont know why I did it more than once cause every year that I did christmas was awful cause there was no surprise.
I did, one year (when I was 7)…and I found them in my parent’s bedroom closet. It totally spoiled Christmas for me, as I had to pretend like the present was such a surprise. Never did it again! :o)
They would be in mom’s and dad’s closet, up high!! Chairs are good, they help us get at them.
I always peaked as a child to the extent of cutting the tape opening them and carefully retaping where … Santa… Taped them. I still sneak a peak but i dont open them anymore. I hope my mom doesnt enter this contest… I’ll be busted!!!
My parents would hide the presents in their closet, i guess they might have known that we snuck a peak,because they put a lock on their closet… But that didnt stop me from finding the key 🙂
No, when I was young, our family never have gifts and Christmas tree. 🙁
I never looked.
My parents liked to hide gifts under their bed. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I was not the sneaker lol. i always preferred the surprise. My brother liked to look in closets lol.
I like to be surprised but my youngerbrother always would. I would beg him not to tell me.
Absolutely. They mainly were under the spare room bed!
I did once, and then felt so guilty I never did it again!
Te LAST time I ever snuck around to find presents was the time I found out santa wasn’t real…
So I was sneaking around, and happened upon a huge bag full of wrapped presents… all from santa to me and my brother… three weeks before christmas!
I did! I was horrible. They were stached in my parents bedroom. In the closet and under the bed. I would even try to open them a bit to see what I was getting.
parents closest hehe now my kids do the same thing arrgggg lol
yup. i found them in different closets, under beds, under the couch… the tried different hiding spots every year and i always found them.
I did sneak and even unwrapped and reqrapped them. But it actually took must of the fun out of xmas
December 4-No, I wad one of those children that wantied to be surprised and My parents were good at hiding stuff!
No I liked the surprise Christmas morning.
I did, too. Found the in the closet, under the bed, in drawers….
In Mom’s closet
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Yes, I always found them in my mom’s closet.
I used to sneak around — in my mom’s car or closet I would find them!
No, I wasn’t a sneaker. I might have shaken them a little under the tree though!
no, I was a good boy
In my moms closet
Parents bedroom closet
Funny!~ I remember sneaking when I was a kid and I was disappointed to know everything! I never sneaked a peek again!
Of course I did Lol! they were always in my parents’ closet
Yes, we would find them in the basement!
I did! Found in the closet 🙂
Mom’s closet – I even carefully unwrapped them to see what they were. Then I regretted it when Xmas was not as exciting. Definitely learned my lesson!
A couple of times we peeked in the closet and found the same gifts that were then marked from Santa – that was the last year we believed.
I could never find anything.
i used to find present hidden underneath my parent’s bed
I did looked and never ever found any
I don’t recall looking for them.
I did one year–in my parents’ closet. Spoiled Christmas for me that year!
I only snooped for present a couple of times. I found them once in the trunk of my mom’s car.
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Nope I sure didn’t. I actually always KNEW where the gifts were hidden, but I had zero desire to snoop because I actually like the surprise. My sister on the other hand would go as far as opening up gifts and trying to rewrap them without my mom noticing. She always got caught.
Under my parents bed
I didn’t I believed Santa was bringing them when I was little.
Behind my mom’s clothes in my parents’ closet!
Always in the closet
In the shed outside!
I didn’t go sneaking since I liked the surprise on Christmas morning
In my parents closet!
yes, found them in my moms closet and peaked through the wrapping! Feel horrible about it now!
I never looked for my gifts I have no idea where my parents hid them I will have to ask them
When I was really young, I used to. I found some once in my dad’s closet. After that , I never went looking for gifts again.
Of course. We found them in closets and in the attic. Changed each year
always, always, always in my parents closet…every year!
I never had to do that – my sister found them every year! thanks.
never snuck around looking for gifts till I was older – early teens and then they were always in the guest room closet…………
Not when I was little, but as I got older, yes. My parents usually hid them out of the house though, so you couldn’t find anything!
I definitely did. Found them mostly in closets. Although my boys are too small to go looking much right now (and I have closet locks) I plan to keep gifts at the office or someone else’s place because I know they will look (I might plant false clues too as they get older)
I was good and wanted to be surprised on Christmas morning. I found a stash by accident one year though. My sister was horrible and would unwrap and then rewrap presents though and wanted to open mine too.
Never. I was a good boy.
It was hard to find them when I was little, the attic was really out of reach/!!!
yea hehe, they were always in the closet
Yes i sure did and found them 1 year and then mom hide them really good after that
I love musch!
yes..at my grandmas house in the closet
Yes I did! 🙂 My parents told us where they hid them when we were older (in their closet) so it was our choice whether we wanted to spoil the surprise or not…lol!
I never looked. I hope my kids didn’t either, because I never hid them very carefully.
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