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rachylynn's review against another edition
5.0
Love, love, love this book! Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit more quickly. Well-written, funny, poignant, perfect!
lil1smith's review against another edition
5.0
(2022) It's turning into a yearly tradition. If you haven't gotten a chance to read this short book, what's stopping you?
(2021) Reread again! I really do love this story and the simplistic way it describes the Christmas story and how it really is for everyone. Even the Herdmans.
(2020) Reread. This story is so heartwarming. It’s quick, full of humor, and actually has the ability to make you think. I don’t normally like to read Christmas stories, but this one is a perfect pre-Christmas read. No one else could tell the Christmas story as well as the Herdmans.
(2021) Reread again! I really do love this story and the simplistic way it describes the Christmas story and how it really is for everyone. Even the Herdmans.
(2020) Reread. This story is so heartwarming. It’s quick, full of humor, and actually has the ability to make you think. I don’t normally like to read Christmas stories, but this one is a perfect pre-Christmas read. No one else could tell the Christmas story as well as the Herdmans.
flowersofquiethappiness's review against another edition
4.0
This story never fails to make me smile. There’s just no one quite like the Herdman’s! “Hey! Unto you a child is born!”
katie_chandler's review against another edition
4.0
The last chapter is my favorite, and honestly the first couple were a tad offensive, in the same way watching A Christmas Story movie makes you cringe a couple times.
brandifox's review against another edition
This is one of my two favorite Christmas books (tied with Christmas Carol) and it is worth listening to any time.
cydneebee's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
This story has deep meaning for me. This was the first (and only) play I was ever in. My mom was in the crew and it was for the theater department of the local college.
I loved this story and this was my first time reading this book. I kept going back to the play and the video from the 80s. Good story about loving thy neighbor.
I will reread this with my kids at some point.
I loved this story and this was my first time reading this book. I kept going back to the play and the video from the 80s. Good story about loving thy neighbor.
I will reread this with my kids at some point.
erincataldi's review against another edition
4.0
I'm positive I read this in second or third grade and it was a delight to revisit it again. This is a book that could never be written now with kids smoking cigars and bullying running rampant in these pages. That being said it was a blast from the past and a look into a book and a childhood that is vastly different from modern times. The Herdman kids are everyone's worst nightmares. They are bullies, they lie, steal, hit, and even smoke cigars. Kids and adults try to keep a wide berth. The weekends are the only time that kids get away from the Herdmans, they at least have Sunday school without those demons - that is until they eventually crash that party too. And what happens when they bully their way into the Christmas pageant? Will Christmas ever be the same again? Lots of fun.