All about Christmas

Jonty Allcock

This is brilliant. As you investigate the facts of the Christmas story you will be intrigued, informed and amazed at what really happened. And best of all, you will discover why Jesus is still worth celebrating today.

Chris Morphew

"All About Christmas" is the sort of book I would have spent endless hours poring over as a kid. Alison Mitchell weaves the biblical accounts of the first Christmas together with maps, diagrams, photos, and loads of fun facts to create a beautiful book that grounds the good news of Jesus' birth in living, breathing history. I can't wait to start handing this book out to my students!

“Another brilliant fact book”

We bought this as an advent present for my 7 year old as a follow up to thr success of All About Animals. He was sp excited to get it and is really enjoying reading through it.

“It’s like a Visual Christmas Encyclopedia”

This is a fantastic idea and well executed. It’s like a visual encyclopedia giving facts and information surrounding the birth of Christ. It also breaks down passages with definitions which helps children engage with the Word all the more.

“Christmas history for the young ones”

All About Christmas by Alison Mitchell is sure to have some answers for questions from those early elementary students--ages 7 to 11. This is a large book that is roughly 9 by 10 inches in size and almost 50 pages long.

There is a lot of good information in All About Christmas. It is a book that could be read straight through or one that you could use the table of contents to find the information that you most want to learn about Christmas. There is also a glossary in the book and a quiz, for those who want to test their knowledge after reading through the book. As a homeschool mom, I would also like this book to use with our studies around Christmas. There are drawings and there are also actual photos in the book that back up the information presented.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher at no charge. All opinions are my own.

“Faith-filled Fun for Everyone!”

All About Christmas is the first book in the “All About. . .” series by The Good Book Company. The book is full of fun facts about the observation of Christmas as a holiday and about the biblical account of the birth of Christ. This book is unique in that it offers readers the opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of the historical and cultural contexts that existed around the time of Jesus’s birth. It also helps readers understand how Christmas is commonly celebrated on December 25th.

While it is a common tradition to refer to Christmas as Jesus’s birthday, I am grateful that the book explains, “The Bible doesn’t tell us the date Jesus was born, or even the time of year, but he was almost certainly not born on December 25th. December 25th was chosen a very long time ago as a day to celebrate Jesus being born,” (pg. 4).

All About Christmas also examines the history of various Christmas traditions like singing Christmas carols and it gives details about Christmas traditions worldwide. One tradition we enjoyed learning about is the German tradition of finding the hidden pickle in the Christmas tree. My girls found the photo of the fat tailed sheep on page 31 particularly hilarious and I’ll admit, I found it to be funny too. This book is really well done as it is fun and faithful to Scripture. I appreciated the author’s acknowledgment about the Bible not detailing how many magi were present when the magi visited Jesus.

All About Christmas is a really fun book that I see us reading through every Christmas and we look forward to reading the forthcoming book in the same series, All About Bible Animals.

I received All About Christmas compliments of The Good Book company in exchange for my honest review.

“Fun way to bring the Christmas story to life for kids!”

My kids love books with facts. They love to learn and regularly devour non-fiction books on a variety of topics. They enjoy encyclopedia type books and learning books like Usborne. All About…Christmas is right up their alley!

The author shares over 100 facts with pictures about the Christmas story. This is a fabulous way to have the Christmas story come alive in a new way for kids. It includes Scripture, real life pictures and beautiful illustrations, definitions, and even has a glossary at the end. It covers topics from “How Luke starts his story” to “Angel warnings” (re: King Herod and the wisemen) and everything in between!

For curious kids like mine, this book is a hit. There’s also a quiz at the end of the book which is a fun way to see how much your children can recall after having read the book. The homeschool mom in me thinks this book would be a fun way to “do school” during Christmastime.

“Real and True”

Is the Christmas story fact or fiction? In All About Christmas, Alison Mitchell shares over 100 amazing facts behind the Christmas story.

With colorful photography and playful text, this 50-page hardback book is best for ages 7-11 to show them the facts about Christmas. Fascinating and fun, this book will engage with curious kids and answer their questions.


Real and True

I was most pleased to see sections on daily life during the times of Jesus and pictures detailing how a baby is carried in the womb. These are important details that bring new life to the biblical story.

Help your children see this season that the Christmas story is real and true. Give them confidence to trust God’s Word. And point them to Jesus — the way, the truth, and the life.


I received a media copy of All About Christmas and this is my honest review.

“A great Christmastime reference book”

This is a good reference book for older kids (7-10) to learn more about the truths surrounding Christmas. The book covers topics like why Jesus’ birthday is celebrated on Dec 25, the promises God made about the coming Messiah, daily life when Jesus was born, and even Christmas carols. It utilizes the accounts from Matthew and Luke to guide the conversation and concludes with a brief overview of Jesus’ ministry as an adult. The book also includes a quiz and glossary.

There are lots of pictures and plenty of information to digest so it makes a nice reference book for Christmastime!

“Coffee-table book for all ages!”

This is a book for the entire family, chockfull of fascinating facts about the history of Christmas and life during Jesus' time that it is truly a book for all ages: My younger children enjoyed finding a page or two for me to read to them, while I myself was enthralled by page after page!

Basically, the book walks you through the Christmas story as told by Luke and Matthew. It breaks these passages down, defining words and incorporating cross-references, while also giving a more well-rounded picture of their meaning and putting them in context. There is also just really interesting things you learn, such as:

what life was like for kids during Jesus’ day and the toys and games they played
Biblical background about angels
information about the Roman occupation and King Herod
the history of some of the first Christmas carols
different Christmas traditions from around the world.
Thick with beautiful pictures and illustrations, it is a coffee-table-worthy book that you could leave out and thumb through for all of Advent and reread again and again each year.

“A Nice Fact Book for a Gift”

A great fact book all about Christmas, sharing lots of interesting information about both the story of the first Christmas and other things like some lesser known things about favourite carols. It’s a sweet gift for a child at Christmas, perhaps towards the older end of primary school, to answer some of the questions they might have about the Bible’s story. It didn’t blow me away so doesn’t get the full 5 stars, but it’s something I haven’t seen before so would make a nice addition to the bookcase!