(Extended) Advent Calendar 
of Stories and Songs

Below you will find stories to help you mark each day of the Advent Season AND the 12 Days of Christmas.

We invite you to enjoy one story each day beginning December 1st and concluding on January 6th (beginning in Advent, continuing through the twelve days of Christmas, and ending on Epiphany.) 

If you enjoy these stories, we encourage you to support the authors and illustrators who created them by purchasing copies for your own home library!

A suggested format
for Daily Advent Devotions

• Light a candle(s) on your Advent Wreath
• Sing a short song, say a short prayer, or listen to one of the short sung daily prayers on our Advent Prayers page.)
• Read (or watch) one of the stories, below.
• Take time to wonder...
  • What detail of this story--what image, color, word, phrase, or character--especially caught your attention?  How did it make you feel?  How do you think God might be speaking to your through this one tiny detail, or through this story as a whole?  

Stories for Advent
​Stories & Songs to help us get ready for the Mystery of Christmas

December 1
​Title: The Nativity
Illustrator: Julie Vivas
​Reader: Mother Sylvia

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 December 2
​Title: Room for a Little One
Author: Martin Waddell
​Reader: Lucia

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​December 3
​Title: Song of the Stars
Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones
​Reader: Deacon David

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​ December 4
​Title: Mortimer's Christmas Manger
Author: Jane Chapman & Karma Wilson
​Reader: Johanna

​December 5
​Title: The Give-Away
Author: Roy Buckley
​Reader: Mother Sylvia

December 6: St. Nicholas Day
​Title: The Friendly Beasts
Author: Tomie dePaola
​Reader: Mr. Anthony

December 7
​Title: A child is born
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
​Reader: Ms. Tricia

 December 8
​Title: The Donkey's Dream
Author: Helen Marie Berger
​Reader: Mother Sylvia

December 9
​Title: Marta & the Manger Straw
Author: Virginia Kroll
​Reader: Alex
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​December 10
​​​Title: Who built the stable?
Author: Ashley Bryan
​Reader: Deacon David
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December 11
​​Title: The First Christmas
Author: Allia Nolan
Reader: Mr. Donnel​
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December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
​​Title: Talking Eagle & Our Lady of Roses
Author: Amy Cordova
​Reader: Mother Sylvia

December 13: St. Lucia Day
​​Title: How Many Miles to Bethlehem? 
Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland
​Reader: Mother Sylvia
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December 14
​​Title: The Nativity
Illustrator: Giotto
​Reader: Ms. Lucy
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​December 15
​Title: Hallelujah!
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
​Reader: Ms. Karen

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​COMING SOON...
December 16: Las Posadas​​Title: Who Is Coming to our House?
Author: Joseph Slate & Ashley Wolff 
Reader: Ms. Rachel

​December 17
​Title: Only a Star
Author: Margery Facklam
​Reader: Ms. Maren
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​December 18
​Title: The Crippled Lamb
Author: Max Lucado
​Reader: Ms. Lucy
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December 19
​​Title: The Huron Carol
Illustrator: Frances Tyrrell
​Reader: Ms. Maren & Fr. Christopher

December 20
Title: The Shepherd Boy's Christmas
Author: Bunshu Iguchi
​Reader:​ Talia
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December 21
​​Title: Nativity
Author: Cynthia Rylant
​Reader: Deacon David

December 22
​Title: Away in the Manger
Illustrator: Thomas Kinkade
​Reader: Father Christopher

December 23
​Title: Silent Night
Illustrator: Lara Hawthorne
​Reader: Father Christopher

December 24: Christmas Eve
​​Title: The Christmas Story
Illustrator: Pamela Dalton
​Reader: Ms. Karen

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Stories for Christmastide
Stories & Songs to help us celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas & Epiphany

December 25: Christmas Day
​Title:  The Nativity
Illustrator: Ruth Sanderson
​Reader: Mr. Bill 
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December 26: St. Stephen Day
​Title: Good King Wenceslas
Illustrator: Jamichael Henterly
​Reader: Deacon David

December 27
​Title: The Grumpy Shepherd
Author: Paddie Devon
​Reader: Eli
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​December 28: Holy Innocents Day
​Title: Refuge
Author: Anne Booth & Sam Usher
​Reader: Deacon David

December 29: Holy Family Day
​​Title: Spirit Child
Translated from Aztec by: John Bierhorst
​Reader: Ms. Karen

December 30
​Title: 'Twas the Evening of Christmas
Author: Glenys Nellist
​Reader: Ms. Pat
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December 31
​​Title: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Illustrator: Jan Brett
​Readers: Johanna & Lucia​

January 1
​Title: The Little Drummer Boy
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
​Readers: Johanna & Lucia​

January 2
​Title: Christmas in the Barn
Illustrator: Margaret Wise Brown
​Readers: Ms. Nancy

January 3
​​Title: How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem
Author: Norma Farber
​Reader: Keelin

January 4
​Title: The Story of the Three Wise Kings
Author: Tomie dePaola
​Reader: Ms. Jane

January 5
​Title: We Three Kings
Illustrator: Gennady Spirin
​Reader: Father Christopher

January 6 (Epiphany)
​​Title: Home by Another Way
Author: Barbara Brown Taylor
​Reader: Mother Sylvia

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More Stories & Songs for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

We couldn't fit ALL our favorite songs & stories into just ONE calendar, so you will find additional songs and stories to enjoy, below. 

For Adults (& Older Children) 

Longer stories, poems, and seasonal readings suitable for adults, teens, and older children.  

COMING SOON....

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