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Advent Mini Readalong

Writer's picture: Melanie BlignautMelanie Blignaut

A young woman reading on a bench, yellow flowers in background
Reading in the Garden, by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

Advent is just around the corner. It has been a challenging year for many of us, and November is somehow always intensely busy as extra-murals, co-ops, and schools wrap up their activities for the year.


We don't want to add to your already-busy December, but we do wish to remind you to take some time out for yourself each week. Charlotte Mason said, “If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households! Let the mother go out to play!” Don't get so wrapped up in the doing this December, that you neglect the being.


With that end in mind, we have put together this mini readalong for Advent.


1st - 7th December: The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen

8th - 14th December: The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky

15th - 21st December: The Tailor of Gloucestor by Beatrix Potter

22nd - 28th December: The Gifts of the Christ Child by George MacDonald


Enjoy the stories on your own, or with your families, and join us for discussion on the Hive.


May you be refreshed this December.

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Angelique Knaup
Angelique Knaup
Nov 28, 2024

I love that this is such an easy selection of books. Thanks Mel.

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