CMP Review 2024-12-09

December 9, 2024

A relaxed family tradition we love is wrapping 25 Christmas picture books and reading one each day in December, leading up to Christmas Day. The kids take turns picking and unwrapping the book for the day. There’s no specific order or plan—just a fun surprise each time!

We already have an abundance of Christmas books, so I don’t buy new ones for this. We simply wrap until we reach 25. Most years, we don’t get through them all—and that’s okay! It gives us a head start for next year (or saves us from last-minute wrapping on November 30).

This year, we spent the first week of December sick, so the leftover wrapped books from last year were perfect. Yesterday, we wrapped just enough to finish out the month.

It’s an easy, relaxed, and low-pressure tradition.

Didn’t start until December 15? No problem. Only read 11 of the 25 books? No worries. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s simple moments of joy and connection.

@tessakeath