Holidays are filled with traditions, perhaps none quite as much as Christmas. Whether decorating the Christmas tree and the house, watching a holiday TV show or movie, singing carols, exchanging gifts, baking special treats, or going to church, Christmastime is filled with memories built on traditions.

Edmund and Beth Ann Shanks's Santa's First Gift will become one of those holiday rituals. The two major themes of Christmas-Santa and Jesus's birth-are woven together into a whimsical Christmas story. Much like The Night Before Christmas, Santa's First Gift may be read aloud by families gathered for the holiday season. While keeping alive all the characteristics of our love for Santa, this story also infuses the beauty and solemnity of the Christ Child's birth-the true meaning of Christmas-into its creative tale.

Santa's First Gift offers the opportunity to go on a wondrous adventure and begin a new read-a-long tradition. Like other much-loved holiday customs, reading Santa's First Gift will be passed down through generations.