Reviews for Christmas makes me think

The average rating for Christmas makes me think based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-27 00:00:00 Laura Kane Important theme for a book. It starts off pretty preachy and not super practical....maybe it's that it was Christmas Eve when I read it, but tips like visiting a pig or a cow instead of eating them seemed highly impractical for a kid to do and not a great way to start. The messages got more consistent and more useful later in the story, which isn't particularly long. It's good for kids to see how the holiday impacts the world. I'd recommend this book, but maybe not on Christmas Eve.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-01-14 00:00:00 Trevor Berger For those of you worried about all the commercialism infecting your children’s values, this book might be the perfect answer. The young boy in this story starts out thinking about all the gifts he is going to get and the good Christmas food he gets to eat. But then he realizes he has a whole closet full of gifts he doesn’t play with, and he thinks about all the kids who don’t get any gifts. He thinks about the people who don’t even have a place to live or food to eat. He starts thinking that maybe he could share his presents with those who have nothing and get his friends to share too: “Because that’s what Christmas should be about, not just fancy toys and the biggest tree.” At the end of the book, Tony Medina tells about how he came to this realization in his childhood, and how he and his friends and family decided to help others in their neighborhood in Harlem. He ends with some suggested activities for kids to help others at Christmas. Evaluation: I really like the idea for this story, and the suggestion that there are other ways to look at Christmas besides a loot-collecting opportunity. I also love the list of ideas Medina gives at the end of the book for kids to get involved in Christmas in a more giving way. Rating: 3.5/5