She does not return until Valentines day. Each year just after Halloween Auntie Claus disappears claiming to be going on a business trip. The other member of the family is the mysterious Auntie Claus. Mr Kringle is president of the Jingle Bell Bell company, Mrs Kringle owns the Mistle-toe-to Nail Salon and her brother is named Chris. There are also links between this book and Eloise which I reviewed recently and with The Empty Stocking which was a new discovery for me this year and which has a similar theme. This seems like a great choice because this book is such fun to read aloud and I read books aloud in my job every day, it has a timely message about giving and receiving and I did visit New York this year which is the setting for this book. I have been working through my favourite Christmas books so I will finish the year with one more title - Auntie Claus. Knowing I have an audience is a huge incentive to keep blogging. One more thing - thank you for reading my blog. This is such a great way to record all the books I read and as a bonus it has allowed me to think a little more deeply as I read - thinking about how I will discuss a book or which quotes I might use. I started my blog at the end of 2008 and I can only say I wish I had started it sooner. She gave it to my mom because she is my cousin’s aunt.Hello out there - blog reader! I have made it! This is my 400th post and I have nearly reached 50,000 hits. I first read this book when I was living with my mom’s sister. There are hints of Sophie’s parentage everywhere – like her mother’s hair style is in the shape of a Christmas tree. The illustrations are soft, luxurious and full of color. Sophie finds herself at the North Pole and there learns the First and Final Rule.
This year Sophie is determined to find out and she stows away among all her aunt’s luggage.
But right after Halloween until Valentine’s Day her aunt disappears and doesn’t tell anyone where she’s going. Each afternoon Sophie has tea with Aunt Claus who teaches her lessons about life. Sophie’s and Chris’s parents spoil them rotten with presents and their aunt tells them so. Silver Whistle, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999Ī Christmas tale about learning the classic lesson of ‘it is better to give than to receive’.
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