Is It Mean to Hide Holiday Books?

on February 8, 2010 at 11:11 AM

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My two-year-old daughter has tons of books and she loves to "read." Here's my problem. We have books that are specific to various holidays—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more. She grows to love these books and wants to read them "off-season."

The other night she chose Five Little Pumpkins. I read it to her because it was what she wanted, but it felt weird to be reading her a book about Halloween when Valentine's Day is just around the corner.

She's also still very much interested in reading about Frosty and Rudolph. I've tried to hide holiday books but she finds them and insists on hearing the stories.

I'm thinking of taking all holiday-related books off her shelves and putting them into storage. I'll take them out only when the appropriate holiday rolls around. But then I wonder if it really matters. If she likes hearing a story about pumpkins, does it really matter that Halloween is over?

What do you do with holiday-specific books when the holiday is over?

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About the author Suzanne Murray

is the Parenting & Political editor at The Stir/Moms Matter 2012.

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Comments (7)

LadyKiki

on Feb 8, 2010 at 1:09 PM

We don't hide any of his books. He picks out what he wants and if it's a holiday book, I dont really mind, I just love how much he likes reading. He has read Elmo trick or treating every night for three nights now. He loves that book :).

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Cafe Jenn

on Feb 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM

I don't hide books either. I actually like reading a winter/Christmas book in the middle of summer. It makes me feel a little cooler.

JessecaLynn

on Feb 8, 2010 at 4:19 PM

I put all of our holiday book in a basket in my son's basket. I put them away after the holiday and pull the next set of books for the next holiday. The kids get excited when they see the "new" holiday books.

aurorabunny

on Feb 8, 2010 at 11:32 PM

What LadyKiki said. We were just reading Five Little Pumpkins the other day actually. I'm so thrilled that my son loves to read that I would never hide any of his books. I even read Blues Thanksgiving Feast about 500 times today without hiding it, haha.

toriandgrace

on Feb 9, 2010 at 12:04 AM

I put the holiday books away with the rest of the decorations. They're out for several weeks to a month and then go away. I think it makes the books more special, just personally. And since she has two full book shelves to enjoy all year round, I don't feel like I'm depriving her.

grace2joy

on Feb 9, 2010 at 10:05 PM

I do put them away because I like to rotate the books.

I don't think it matters if they read books 'off season'. We just have so many books to choose from every day, that I like to bring out some different books during Holidays. I feel it is exciting for them to talk about a season or holiday & then go find the books.