Christmas cow books!

Doing a search at Amazon we couldn't find that many other Christmas books with cows, but here are a few. Mr. Gonopolis came before any of the following, but these look interesting, too!

Mr. Gonopolis And His 12 Holsteins – A Christmas Story My own book is available at Amazon.com if you prefer to do your shopping there. It's the original Christmas book about cows AND substitute Santas, coming out years before either Santa Cows or the Tim Allen movie The Santa Clause.



When Cows Come Home For Christmas (Hardcover)
A new Christmas book with cows in it. We haven't read this one ourselves yet, but hope to soon! So far Amazon doesn't have much info on it, but I love the cover illustration.


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Josefina, the Christmas Cow: A Tale of Hope and Faith (Paperback)
Another new 2005 Christmas book with a cow! Josefina, a brown china cow quietly sits upon the fireplace mantel in the small house of the woman who has loved and cared for her since Josefina arrived in a gift box, on Christmas long ago. Cat, a tiny ceramic Siamese feline, joins Josefina on the mantel one happy Christmas, some time later. Together, they observe the woman as she lovingly raises a family, watch the children grow up and move away, only to return at Christmas. Then one dark and snowy holiday season, no one comes. Not even the woman. What happens next will test not only the patience and endurance of the two friends, but their strength of heart and spirit.

Cow and the Christmas Surprise (Cow Adventure Series) (Hardcover)
From School Library Journal
Published in 2003. PreSchool-Grade 2-While the other barnyard animals have a party in the barn, Cow stays outside. The animals agree that she "-is missing what Christmas is all about: being together with family and friends, eating great food, telling fun stories, and getting presents-!" But cow has been making a snow Nativity scene, which brings up the subject of Jesus's humble birthplace. Sheep explains, "But that's the way God chose to do it!-He didn't need a lot of money or an expensive place to live. He came to us for Christmas!" The cartoon depictions of these cross-eyed animals seem at odds with the weighty and didactic text.-S. P.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Santa Cows, Santa Cow Island and Santa Cow Studios
These books started coming out about six years after Mr. Gonopolis (my goodness what we started!) but all appear to be out of print now.

I was a little concerned when I first saw Santa Cows that is was a little too close to my book, but there's plenty room for more books about cows any day of the year!

Uncle Hyggly's all-time favorite Christmas movies!

Doing a search at Amazon we couldn

It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Now perhaps the most beloved American film, It's a Wonderful Life was largely forgotten for years, due to a copyright quirk. Only in the late 1970s did it find its audience through repeated TV showings. Frank Capra's masterwork deserves its status as a feel-good communal event, but it is also one of the most fascinating films in the American cinema, a multilayered work of Dickensian density. George Bailey (played superbly by James Stewart) grows up in the small town of Bedford Falls, dreaming dreams of adventure and travel, but circumstances conspire to keep him enslaved to his home turf. Frustrated by his life, and haunted by an impending scandal, George prepares to commit suicide on Christmas Eve. A heavenly messenger (Henry Travers) arrives to show him a vision: what the world would have been like if George had never been born. The sequence is a vivid depiction of the American Dream gone bad, and probably the wildest thing Capra ever shot (the director's optimistic vision may have darkened during his experiences making military films in World War II). Capra's triumph is to acknowledge the difficulties and disappointments of life, while affirming--in the teary-eyed final reel--his cherished values of friendship and individual achievement. It's a Wonderful Life was not a big hit on its initial release, and it won no Oscars (Capra and Stewart were nominated); but it continues to weave a special magic. --Robert Horton -

The Santa Clause (Widescreen Edition)
Another Substitute Santa Claus -- the old man ended a little more violently than in "Mr. Gonopolis", where he only had a cold!

Divorced toy company executive Scott Calvin (Tim Allen of Home Improvement and the Toy Story movies) is pleased to have his son Charlie for Christmas, though the boy himself isn't happy about it. But when Santa Claus accidentally topples off the roof of the house and falls with a thud in the snow, Scott finds himself taking the merry old elf's place and earning new respect in his son's eyes. When the night ends, the reindeer take them to the north pole, and Scott discovers that by donning the fabled red suit, he's inadvertently agreed to become the next Santa Claus. The next morning he wakes up in his own bed and thinks it's all a dream--only Charlie remembers it with crystal clarity. Scott now has to deal with his suspicious ex-wife (Wendy Crewson, Air Force One) and her psychiatrist boyfriend (Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop), who both think he's playing tricks with Charlie's mind, and also with his own out-of-control body, which is putting on weight and growing a prodigious beard. The Santa Clause probably won't supplant It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as anyone's favorite holiday film, but it's an enjoyable, straightforward family film, anchored by the affable charisma of Allen. --Bret Fetzer

The Santa Clause 2 - The Mrs. Clause (Widescreen Edition)
Sequels aren't always good, but I loved this one. Especially the Tooth Fairy, who calls himself "The Molinator" in an attempt to be more macho!

Considering how lame this sequel could have been, The Santa Clause 2 makes for a pleasant holiday diversion. It's got the familiar smell of Disney marketeering, and more than a few parents will object to this further embellishment of the St. Nick legend, but Tim Allen's amiable presence provides ample compensation. As a divorced dad who inherited the jolly man's job in The Santa Clause, Allen now faces another Yuletide challenge. According to the "Missus Clause" in his North Pole contract, he can't continue to be the real Santa until he gets married. As luck and five credited screenwriters would have it, Allen falls for the Scrooge-y principal (Elizabeth Mitchell) of his son's school, while a phony, power-hungry duplicate Santa wreaks havoc on the North Pole's overworked elves. It's all as sweet as spiced eggnog, with that warmed-over feel of a mandated sequel, but the Christmas spirit does prevail with the sound of sleigh bells and Allen's rosy-cheeked ho, ho, ho! --Jeff Shannon

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Need I say more? Charles Schulz is one of my heroes, right up there with Christopher Reeve for similar reasons (the way they lived their lives). One of my favorite spots to lunch in St. Paul is O'Gara's in the building that once housed Charles Schulz's dad's barber shop and the family living quarters. O'Gara's has lots of nice cartoon art on permanent display.

This television classic features the Peanuts characters in the story of Charlie Brown's problematic efforts to mount a school Christmas pageant. Everybody's on board: Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder, Pig-Pen, but the biggest impression is surely made by Linus, who stops the show with his recitation from the gospels of the story of Christ's birth. --Tom Keogh

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