The holidays add joy—and sometimes stress—to life. The Library helps you find the cheer this season with the perfect respite: books and videos that raise your spirits and lift your heart.
Happy Holidays
Compiled by:
Jane R.
Adult Nonfiction – 394.26973 For
Explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving) came to be what they are today: combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations, heavily influenced by modern popular culture.
Children's Music
Children's Music – J 781.524 Pal
An eclectic CD for all ages, paying tribute to a wide variety of holidays.
Fiction
Adult Fiction – Evans
A holiday story about two people who brave loneliness and loss to find love.
Adult Fiction – White
A holiday collection of short stories that capture the eccentric lives of the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Movies & Music
Movies & Music – DVD Chr
Seated next to each other on a plane, Kara and Jessie strike up an unlikely friendship. With both girls visiting family they’ve never met, they devise a plan to switch places for Christmas.
Movies & Music – DVD 394.2649 Spi
Sounds, sights and music to create a holiday atmosphere.
Nonfiction
Adult Nonfiction – 394.26973 For
Explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving) came to be what they are today: combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations, heavily influenced by modern popular culture.
Adult Nonfiction – 818.602 Ben
Pays homage to the holidays’ funniest (and most uncomfortable) moments, as captured by awkward family photos.
Adult Nonfiction – 818.6 Pas
Describes all the little things that make the holidays great, from successfully regifting a present to knowing that Kwanzaa is worth more Scrabble points than Hanukkah or Christmas.
Adult Nonfiction – 306.85 Cox
Family traditions provide a sense of home and identity that kids and parents both need. This book spotlights hundreds of ways to bring fun and ritual back to family life.
Adult Nonfiction – 296.435 Ash
Reveals how an almost forgotten festival became the most visible of American Jewish holidays.
Adult Nonfiction – 818.54 Hu
Stories, quips and quotes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.
Adult Nonfiction – 248.866 Ste
Stories and scriptures that offer readers a way to redeem what can be painful days—Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries, milestones such as weddings and graduations, and more.