Reviews

The Gift Giver by Jacob Haslem, Nick Allen

melissa_reads_books's review

4.0

I received a copy of this book for free. After this book arrived, I sat down and read it with my 3 year old. Full disclosure, we don’t actually do Santa in our house. But many people around us do and we don’t pretend he doesn’t exist. But what this book does is explain the Santa tradition (as well as a few other traditions) and connect it back to the real reason for the season: Jesus. I found this book a great way to explain about Santa in a way that will give me words to explain to my three year old why other people do Santa while still being respectful. I would definitely recommend this to other Christian families who are looking to explain that or even those who do Santa themselves, to connect this tradition back to our Savior. I would give this book 4 1/2 stars. It is an excellent book, but when I asked my three year old for his feedback when we finished reading, he told me it was long. I have to agree with him that it is a bit long, but none of the space is wasted, plus the illustrations are beautiful. Despite saying it was long, he still sat for the whole story and for a child who is older than three, I bet it wouldn’t seem as long.