It just wasn't different enough from Snowmen at Night. They even sang about the King, which was a little much to have them know the Nativity story. The snowman Santa might have been too much of an undertaking, esp when he was in the sky with his snowman reindeer. They were all cute forming two lines facing each other, with their arms raised, so two dancers could go down the middle. Here again, the mothers are the only ones making the food while everyone else does other stuff, which is bothersome.

In here they had ice cream and snow cones instead of cold cocoa. It was too alike to the first book in that the mothers make the food.

When they hung snowballs from the tree I was like what? Why would they do that? Then they decorated the square, which begged the question of how they got all of those decorations and a ladder. At first they didn't do anything but go down the street and look in windows, and greet their friends and family. This one wasn't as good as the first one. This book asks the question what snowmen do to celebrate the holiday. There was a cowboy and one with a sombrero, one with a Santa hat and one playing a violin. The cover was so cute with all of the snowmen lined up in different clothes. Recommended to anyone who read and enjoyed Snowmen at Night, as well as to anyone looking for fun Christmas stories told in rhyme. Caralyn Buehner's text, meanwhile, depicts a heartwarming array of traditional Christmas activities, highlighting the importance of communal celebration. It also contains hidden images that young reader/listeners can hunt and find. Mark Buehner's artwork here is especially lovely, capturing the mysterious beauty of snowy nights and the festive appeal of holiday lights. Like the first picture-book about those snowy figures and their surprising nighttime adventures, Snowmen at Christmas pairs an engaging read-aloud text in rhyme with bright, colorful illustrations. From decorating the Christmas tree in the town square to joining in a round of carols, the snowmen know how to mark the season, returning to their daytime places with a special holiday glow in their hearts.

'I think that while I'm snug in bed / Dreaming of Christmas treats, / The merry snowmen slip away / And hurry through the streets.' And so the young boy-narrator of this second rhyming picture-book about the nighttime adventures of snowmen enters into another magical dreamscape, in which he imagines the many fun activities snowmen engage in, whilst celebrating Christmas.

Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner