ADVENT 2025: COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

 

ADVENT: COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

We are officially in Advent season! I love Christmas and everything about it. One of my favorite traditions is an advent calendar of sorts here on the blog, counting down the days to Christmas with vintage holiday cards. I know this advent countdown has nothing to do with books, but most booklovers I know are like me and also love ephemera, like vintage cards. This is the 17th year I've posted an advent calendar here on Rose City Reader!

To see more vintage cards, click on the "Advent" or "vintage postcard" tags at the bottom of these posts (or bottom of the page) to find hundreds of images from past years. You will find nativity scenes, Santas, wreaths, Christmas trees, elves, cats, birds, dogs, deer, ornaments, gifts, candles, bells, and lots more!

THIS YEAR'S THEME

Some years I have a theme, some years it's catch as catch can. Last year I went for a wreath theme. This year it's going to be a mishmash. My real life Christmas has no theme either. It's a crazy month as I try to wrap up a few law cases before the end of the year and there's just a lot going on. I usually have my tree up by now, but not this year. I hope to go buy one tomorrow and get it decorated. 

DECEMBER BLOGGING

I always plan to do holiday-themed blog posts every year, but never seem to get around to it. There's a lot going on in December! But I hope to get a few Christmas-temed posts up. I have a stack of Christmas and winter book on my nightstand that I hope to read this month. And I treated myself to a stack of the British Library's Christmas "Crime Classics" that I want to post about and start reading. 

It is also the time of year to plan next year's reading challenges. I am hosting the European Reading Challenge again in 2026 and a TBR 26 in '26 challenge. I will get those posts before the end of the year, I promise!

What are your blogging plans for December? Do they include planning or posting any 20265 reading challenges?

Please join me tomorrow when the Rose City Reader advent calendar continues!