The holidays are a time for family, friends, and lots of good food. But they’re also a time for reflection and taking stock of the year that has passed. So if you’re looking for some inspiration to help you get through the holiday season, here are 15 nonfiction books about the holidays.
📚 Christmas: A Biography by Judith Flanders
📚 The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum
📚 How to Spell Chanukah edited by Emily Franklin
📚 Dickens and Christmas by Lucinda Hawksley
📚 Kwanzaa by Maulana Karenga
📚 The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford
📚 Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
📚 The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas by Thomas Oléron Evans and Hannah Fry
📚 Miracle on 10th Street: And Other Christmas Writings by Madeleine L’Engle
📚 A Christmas Memory: One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
📚 Yule: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice by Susan Pesznecker
📚 Santa Claus: A Biography by Gerry Bowler
📚 Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Winter Holidays: Hanukkah, Tu b’shevat, Purim by Paul Steinberg
📚 Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes
📚 The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil by Al Ridenour
As Christmas is coming up, don’t forget to check our the episode on self-compassion.