L is for Lucy & Tom At Christmas
My brother had the original version of Lucy and Tom’s Christmas. It was reprinted in 2015 as Lucy & Tom At Christmas and has a new cover. I love the colour scheme, red and gold decorations on Christmas trees are my favourite! The story mirrors my childhood Christmases and I love the way that Shirley Hughes acknowledges that all the excitement can also be a bit much for children and make them grumpy and cross as well!
The Story: Lucy and Tom’s Christmas celebrations start with them stirring the Christmas pudding. Preparations continue with writing to Father Christmas, present wrapping and decorating the tree. Lucy and Tom wake up early for a traditional English Christmas Day with a church service, followed by lunch and games by the fire.
Author / Illustrator: Shirley Hughes
Last year author / illustrator Clara Vulliamy and author Polly Faber both chose Lucy & Tom At Christmas for Story Snug’s Advent Calendar.
The Little Christmas Tree by Rachel Elliot, Vicki Gausden & Corina Fletcher is a story and a Christmas decoration all in one!
Things at The North Pole go horribly wrong when Little Miss Christmas, by Roger Hargreaves, takes a holiday.
A childhood favourite of mine, Little Grey Rabbit’s Christmas by Alison Uttley and Margaret Tempest, has been reprinted for a new generation of young readers.
We’re currently reading Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien who wrote a letter every year to his children with stories about life at The North Pole.
Lucy helps to take care of one of Santa’s reindeer in Lucy’s Secret Reindeer by Anne Booth and Sophy Williams. Lucy’s Winter Rescue and the newly published Lucy’s Magic Snow Globe are also Christmas stories.
Can you suggest any more Christmas books that begin with the letter L? Please leave your suggestions in the comments or tweet them using the hashtag #StorySnugAdvent
Thank you to Nicola Marie for suggesting llama llama holiday drama by Anna Dewdney.
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The Lucy and Tom story sounds delightful. Such a great idea to give the original version a new look so more generations can enjoy it. #MMBC
The cover is new but all the illustrations are the originals. It really is a timeless story 🙂
I’ve never heard of this book before. I wish my girls were still small, this would have been the perfect Christmas read #MMBC
It’s a wonderfully festive story to bring out every year 🙂
Sounds like a lovely book. We haven’t come across it. Would be nice one to have for my littlest. #MMBC
It is gorgous. Maybe Santa will bring it for you 🙂
Lucy & Tom are a new one for me but they look great. I’ve just come down from bedtime story’s so I know Nip#1 would really love this. Santa might just have to pop one into her Christmas stocking 🙂 #MMBC
She’s going to do well this year 🙂