Catholic Christmas Gifts for Kids
Somewhere under the wrapping paper avalanche, Christmas is still a baptism of the imagination — the year's best chance to hand a child something that forms them.
One gift from this list alongside the toys is enough. It's the one they'll remember.
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24 Christmas Stories to Welcome Jesus
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Twenty-four stories, one for each day of the Advent countdown — recommended in Shower of Roses' Advent book basket, a long-running Catholic liturgical-living blog.
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Let Us Pray: A Child's First Book of Prayers
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A child's first book of prayers in board-book form, built for the years when a godchild is just learning to fold their hands.
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The Word of the Lord: A Child's First Scripture Verses
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Puts real Scripture verses in front of a toddler in a format they can chew on, recommended for the 1-2 year old range.
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Teeny Tiny Theology: Christology
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Real theology distilled into board-book size, so a baby's first books are already forming a Catholic imagination.
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Teeny Tiny Theology: Sacred Scripture
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Introduces the idea of Sacred Scripture itself, a lovely companion gift to a baby's first Bible.
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Sleepytime Saints: A to Z
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An A-to-Z bedtime book of saints, which turns the nightly routine into a first introduction to the communion of saints.
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Light of Heaven: A Children's Book of Saints
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An illustrated children's book of saints from Sophia Institute Press, with a companion coloring book available if you want to pair two gifts.
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God's Superheroes: Amazing Catholic Men
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Frames holy Catholic men as God's superheroes, an easy handoff for a child whose current love is capes and comic books.
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God's Superheroes: Amazing Catholic Women
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The companion volume on holy Catholic women, a strong gift for a goddaughter looking for real heroines.
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Light of the Saints
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A designer-illustrated saints book by Cory Heimann, one of the more visually striking options if you want a gift that also looks beautiful on a shelf.
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe: A Hero of the Holocaust (Vision Books)
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Part of the Ignatius Press Vision Books series of saint biographies for young readers, telling how St. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for another man at Auschwitz.
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Carlo Acutis: God's Computer Genius
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A Pauline Books biography of St. Carlo Acutis, the millennial saint who loved computers and video games, which makes holiness feel contemporary to a screen-age kid.
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