The Christmas Magic Review

TITLE: The Christmas Magic
AUTHOR: Lauren Thompson
ILLUSTRATOR: Jon J Muth
PUB DATE: September 2009

Far, far north, when the nights are longest and the stars shine brightest, the spirit of Christmas fills the air with Magic. Santa gathers his reindeer, feeds them parsnips and berries, and polishes his bells and his sled. Then, with great care, he chooses toys for every child in the world. For Santa loves them all dearly and he knows what each one desires more than anything.

Lauren Thompson, known for her extraordinary ability to touch the hearts of the very youngest children, has created an uplifting and beautiful Christmas experience. Jon J Muth?s warm, enchanting artwork thrums with the kind of magic that makes reindeer fly!

MICHAEL’S THOUGHTS:
This was a great book for this time of the year because Michael has been asking if Santa is real. He is only 6 years old so we are bad parents and said yes Santa is real. I want to see that sparkle in his eye on Christmas morning. Yes I admit I am being a selfish mom but I am not ready for him to know the difference just yet.

The Christmas Magic takes place way up North at Santa’s house. Santa feels the tingle in his whiskers and nows that Christmas will soon be here.

How does Santa begin to prepare for the Christmas magic?

He firsts calls in the reindeer to come home and brings them in the barn to remove the burrs and feeds them. Then he goes out to his sleigh to clean it up. Next comes the bells to polish. Once that is done he goes inside to oil the boots so they are shiny and mends his thickest wool socks, trims the beard and moustache.

We saw that Santa has a room filled with toys and the book with all the names of the boys and girls. He is checking the names. He loves all the boys and girls and picks out toys just for them.

Michael got to see his sack was huge and was asking how Santa actually got that in his sleigh and I said its magic.

Then Santa began his journey.

This was such a cute book that I have to send a huge Thank You to Scholastic Canada for sending it too us.

The Christmas Magic was sent for review from Scholastic Canada.

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