Advent and Christmas Resources

Here are a few of the great items on display around the library for Advent and Christmas:

The Visit (video of Mary's song of praise: "The Magnificat" sung by the Women of the Calabash)
Hanna-Barbera's: The Nativity (video)
Animated Stories of the NT: The King is Born (video)
God With Us, the Miracle of Christmas by John MacArthur
The Littlest Angel (video)
Christmas with Anne by L. M.Montgomery
Christmas in the Big House by Pat McKissack
The Christmas Stories of George MacDonald
The Real Twelve Days of Christmas
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens
The Christmas Story: a Celebration of the Birth of Christ in the Gospels
One Wintry Night and Our Christmas Story by Ruth Graham
Christmas Stories for the Heart
A Christmas Longing by Joni E. Tada
The 25 Days of Christmas: Family Advent
Christmas Plays
52 Simple Ways to Make Christmas Special
The Huron Carol
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
Farm Journal Christmas
Christmas at Home
Joy to the World by Colleen Reece
Snow Over Bethlehem by Katherine Milhous
Making a Christmas Memory by Twila Paris
The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories
The World's Best Christmas Stories
Fifty Christmas Poems for Children
Cat's Christmas
The First Noel (Christmas carols)
The Judge Who Stole Christmas by former Academy teacher Randy Singer
Away With the Manger: a Politically Correct Christmas Story by Fabry
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Robinson (book and video)
Raphel and the Noble Task by Salton
The Birds' Christmas Carol by Wiggin
Amahl and the Night Vistors (video--Christmas opera)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (video)
A Dream for Christmas (video)
A Christmas Carol (video)
Seasons of the Heart (video)
Truce in the Forest (video---true WW II story)
Silent Mouse (video--the story of how Silent Night was written)
The Star of Christmas (Veggie Tale video)
The Toy That Saved Christmas (Veggie Tale video)
The Gift of the Magi (video)
The True Christmas Story (video)
Carols for Christmas (video)
Nutcracker (video)
Our Christmas (audio tape)
A Christmas Carol (audio tape)
Jack Benny Christmas (audio tape)
The Stableboy's Christmas
Normal Rockwell's Christmas Book
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
Better Homes and Gardens Treasury of Christmas Ideas
A Soldier for Christmas by Catherine Palmer (romance)
Love Came to Us (CD)
Amahl and the Night Vistors (CD)
Murder for Christmas (detective stories)
A Christmas Promise by Thomas Kinkade
Stagecoach Santa (romance)
Christmas with a Country Flavor
God Rest Ye Merry Soldiers (CD--Civil War Story)
Behold That Star: a Christmas Anthology
Shepherds Abiding: a Midford Christmas by Jan Karon
Advent by Trudy Vander Haar

The Jesse Tree and Advent

The library is decorated for Advent and Christmas. Stop by and see all the great resources we have for this special time of year. Next week there will be a Jesse Tree in the library. The idea for a Jesse Tree comes from the passage in the Old Testament book of Isaiah that says: "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a branch will bear fruit." Jesse was the father of King David, and Jesus Christ is a descendant of King David. To find out more about making a Jesse Tree, with symbols illustrating God's faithfulness throughout the generations until Jesus was born, you can go to this great website: http://www.eriercd.org/jessetree.htm