Nov. 23, 2025

The best Christmas Books for 2025

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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting Christmas-themed stories. Firstly, Brooke and her rescue dog Dray overcame obstacles with help from Chewy Claus, enabling them to enjoy walks together again. Chewy Claus also made a charitable donation and continues to fulfill wishes and support pets in need. In Beaver, Ohio, Dogwood Pass transforms into a Wild West Christmas village. Country Living released a list of the 25 best Christmas books of 2025, highlighting festive tales perfect for the season. Unique Christmas traditions from around the world include Catalonia's Tio de Nadal, Iceland's Yule cat myth, and Italy's Befana. Finally, several new holiday movies, including 'Merry Christmas, the Wright Brothers' and 'Mistletoe Mix-Up,' are recommended for festive viewing.

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Caloroga Shark Media hidare I'm Johnny Mack with five good

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news stories. Good news for Brooke, she was able to

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get part of her routine back. All right, here's the background.

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Brooke was diagnosed with als and she now uses a wheelchair.

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Brooke used to take long walks and hikes with her dog, Dre,

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but the leashes kept getting tangled in the wheelchair because

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Drey's a little dog, so they couldn't go out on

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their trips anymore. Brooke wrote a letter to Chewy clause

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in the voice of Dre the dog, asking for a

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solution that would allow them to go out together again.

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Drey's request was the first grant that as part of

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Chewy's annual letter writing campaign. Brooke and Drey the rescue

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Dog received a basket of gifts and a custom wheelchair

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attachment designed to accommodate Dray safely. Brook says, Dre has

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seen me be less and less active, and this leash

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is just showing him that I'm still here, still the

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same lee shoulder of always been. This is one less

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time I have to ask someone to help me do

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something I used to do by myself multiple times a

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day in my normal life. Brook has embraced what she

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calls living life in dog years, a reminder to make

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the most of every moment. In recognition of Brook and

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Dre's story, chewy Clause is donating ten thousand dollars to

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Team Gleason, which is an als advocacy organization. Chewy Clause

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is now fulfilling thousands of wishes and accepting letters at

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chewy dot com slash chewy clause. For every wish submitted

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through December twenty fourth, the company will provide five meals

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to pets and need up to a total of sixteen

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million meals. In the hills east of Cincinnati, you'll find

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Dogwood Pass, and Dogwood Pass is turning back the clock

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for the holidays. It's a metigulously crafted late eighteen hundreds

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frontier town. This sounds really cool, complete with a saloon, bank, stable,

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general store in this time of year, a wild West

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Christmas village. This sounds fun. Dogwood Pass, you'll find it

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in Beaver, Ohio if you want to look that up.

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Little bit of a far road trip for me. I'd

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love to go though. That sounds so much fun. Country

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Living put out there twenty five best Christmas books of

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twenty twenty five. My wife, when she's not watching holiday movies,

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is reading, so this pretty much nails it for her.

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Topics include Winter Street by Ellen Hildebrand, a classic Nantucket

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set family saga full of holiday dysfunction and charm. B. K.

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Borson's Good Spirits is a paranormal twist on a Christmas

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carol featuring a ghost who falls in love. In Holidays

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by Christina Lauren, There's a time loop romance about second chances.

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Becker Freeman's heartfelt New York story of found family and

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friendship is called The Christmas Orphans Club, and Laurie Gilmore's

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small town love story trapped in a snowstorm is called

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The Christmas Tree Farm. Some more Christmas traditions from around

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the world. In Catalonia, family celebrate with the Teo d Nadal,

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a wooden log decorated with a smiling face and wrapped

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in a blanket. Children feed the log small treats throughout December,

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and on Christmas Eve, they sing songs and tap the

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log with sticks to courage the log to these candy

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and small gifts. In Iceland, it's a little more ominous

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thanks to the myth of the Yule cat. According to

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the story, the Yule cat prowls the snowy countryside looking

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for anyone who has not received new clothes before Christmas.

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The tale originated with the processing of autumn wool, when

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workers who finished their tasks were rewarded with new garments.

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Those who didn't, we said, risk an encounter with the

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yule cat. In Italy on Epiphany Eve January fifth, Bifana

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is described as an older woman who rides at Broomstick,

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delivering candy and small gifts to children. Legend has it

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she missed the birth of Jesus and continued searching for

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him ever since, leaving presents as she travels. And some

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more holiday movies came out, he excited about Merry Christmas.

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The Wright brothers already have a sibling rivalry. Then they

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find love and schedule their weddings for Christmas Day, both

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of them. That's all kinds of complicated, guys, What are

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you doing? How about mistletoe? Mix up? This room Netflix.

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This follows workaholic and hopeless romantic Holly, who suddenly finds

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herself finding two two potential partners in one day. The

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problem they're brothers? Are they the right brothers? Is she

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marrying those two guys on Christmas Day. I don't know,

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And you'll have to wait till Monday to watch Santa

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boot Camp. That's right. Rita Marino and Emily Kenny are

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among the cast. It's about a shopping mall magnate who

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hires Emily to run a Christmas gala, but before she

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gets the gig, she needs to complete Santa boot Camp.

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You'll find that one on Lifetime. And those are your

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five good News at Christmas stories. Have an awesome day.