Litsy

'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Clement Clarke Moore

What. A. Long. Day.

The library took part in our town‘s Holiday Festival today. I led two “Ring-a-Ling Read-Aloud” storytimes (with a jingle bell jam sesh at each) and then stayed after the library closed (upon request) to do an interactive read-aloud of The Night Before Christmas (which I 100% kept calling The Nightmare Before Christmas 💀), prior to other staff reading A Christmas Carol. There were scavenger hunts & spiced cider. I‘m knackered!

monalyisha Even better, one of my coworkers excitedly announced to someone that there‘d be “spiced spiders!” I died. 😂 We‘re all a little mad/secretly goth here. 🖤 now

Chelsea.Poole Sounds exhausting but oh so festive. now

monalyisha @Chelsea.Poole Bingo on both counts! I was mentally unprepared. It was frigid today, so I expected most people to stay home. They did not. In a BIG way. 😅. But people were in good spirits! It was uplifting, honestly, which feels rare these days. I‘ll take it! now

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dabbe

A Charlie Brown Christmas: with audio recording | Charles M. Schulz

#haikuhive @haikuaday

This holiday special first appeared the same year I was born. I have loved PEANUTS most of my life, and I feel a strong connection to this story. ♥️🎄💚

Small and trembling tree,
bare branches brave winter winds––
love makes you shine bright.

The English teacher in me wanted to end with “brightly“, but somehow, I like “bright“ better--even if it's gramatically incorrect. 🤣

TheBookHippie 🫣🤣🎄 42m

Amiable Fighting that inner editor is a constant struggle. 🤓 now

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Bookperson96

Saint Nicholas: The Real Story of the Christmas Legend | Julie Stiegemeyer

Have you been Naughty or Nice? He‘s checking it twice.

AnnCrystal 🎅🏻👏🏼🧑🏼‍🎄💚🤍❤️. (edited) 3h

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MaleficentBookDragon

The Christmas Guest | Peter Swanson

Another cocoa morning with the pups in snowy Virginia. ☕️ 🐕 🔥 📖 🎄

BookishMarginalia Lovely! 11h

PatriciaU The best kind! 11h

Chelsea.Poole Our book club is reading that book this month. It‘s nice and short! 11h

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Leftcoastzen Yay!🐶🐶 11h

MemoirsForMe 😍😍😍 9h

dabbe 🖤🐾🐾💛 8h

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Deblovestoread

The Nightmare Before Kissmas | Sara Raasch

so-so

Definitely outside my wheelhouse but fun. A little too 🌶️ for my taste. And you know it not really your thing when you finish and you are hung up on a quick reference to an unnamed Christmas movie about a father trying to buy a gift to make up for not being around the rest of the year and wondering if it‘s The Man in the Santa Claus Suit that you remember from way back when and that it had Bert Convy in it and down that rabbit hole you go.

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