Walk into the Pro Deo room of the library and smell mint and coffee. Java City is offering festive drinks, including a Gingerbread Latte and “Merrimint:” a white mocha Javalanche with peppermint pops. Perfect
partners for a good book or movie.
Check out these holiday materials:
Books
- The Annotated Christmas Carol : A Christmas carol in prose by Charles Dickens (PR4572 .C68 2004)
- American Christmas Cards, 1900-1960 edited by Kenneth L. Ames (C5 A44 2011)
- The Life of Christ in Art by Nancy Grubb (N8050 .G77 1996)
e-Books
- A Kosher Christmas : ’tis the season to be Jewish by Joshua Eli Plaut
- Christmas Memories from Mississippi edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker
- We Are What We Celebrate: Understanding holidays and rituals edited by Amitai Etzioni and Jared Bloom
Children’s Books
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (3.G276 Hw)
- The Mitten : A Ukrainian folktale by Jan Brett (1.B755 Mi 1989)
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (V266 Po 1985)
Movies (Media Resources, 3rd Floor)
Classics
- A Christmas Carol the classic starring Alistair Sims (PN1997 .C435)
- Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (PN1997 .W33 2009) and
- Holiday Inn (9.M86 I78564 2006 DVD)
Modern Classics
- Love Actually starring a conglomeration of British actors whose stories intertwine and culminate in a rendition of “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
- Elf Zooey Deschanel sings “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
- The Nativity Story A film depiction of the journey Mary and Joseph take to Bethlehem.