In 2010, they all occurred on one beautiful winter's day!
I have long been curious about all of Jostein Gaarder's titles (e.g., Sophie's World) but The Christmas Mystery is the only one I've read so far. Gerry's mom placed it beside my bed when we went to England for Christmas 2002, so I read it to myself that year, and then the next year to Ben and Sam as a read-aloud for Advent 2003. The cover is brightly illustrated to resemble an Advent Calender, with miniature pictures of angels, castles, ships, sheep. Each chapter begins with a similar illustration, opening the door to another place and time. We followed along on a world map to track the fascinating progress of the characters, as each day they crossed another threshold, disappearing into world history. We learned so much on this intriguing journey and could hardly wait to see how the mystery would resolve itself on Christmas Eve.
As you can see from Ben's cut and paste Menorah project (1994), Hanukkah was a very popular holiday in the Philadelphia Public School System. Another year we carved a menorah onto the face of a nice wide pumpkin; I wish I had taken a picture of that!
for the wisdom to know
when the peacemaker's time is at hand."
~~ Peter, Paul & Mary ~~
My beautiful Dancer's Menorahantique brass by David Klass
. . . last Month's Turkey - o - Lantern
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