If you’re looking for holiday book gift ideas that celebrate the season, this curated collection from Gibbs Smith has something for everyone. From chic guides to holiday décor, to DIY gifting, to whimsical children’s stories and festive coloring books, each title captures the warmth and wonder of Christmas. These books and puzzles make thoughtful stocking stuffers or timeless keepsakes for readers of every age. Give the gift of creativity, joy, and holiday spirit this season.

Holiday Book Gift Ideas

Merry & Chic by Kathryn O’Shea-Evans

A dazzling deck-the-halls guide to creating your most spectacular holiday ever—complete with recipes, show-stopping Christmas décor, and chic DIY ideas for gifts galore.

Welcome to the merriest, most stylish guide to holiday joy ever made. This dazzling book has it all—including recipes (some from iconic people, such as Abraham Lincoln’s gingerbread recipe and Jackie Kennedy’s Polet a l’Estragon); decor advice (all decadent-looking but easily achievable, thanks to input from designers); monthly to-do list calendars for your sanity; playlists of unexpected holiday jams for different types of events (from cocktail parties to lingering candlelight suppers); and DIY gift ideas that will actually be adored.

Available on Amazon. MSRP $40

Merry Christmas Coloring Book by Hanna Karlzon

Celebrate a magical Christmas together with Hanna Karlzon’s newest coloring book, Merry Christmas.

The fourteenth coloring book from Sweden’s coloring book sensation, Hanna Karlzon, is filled with pleasant Christmas pictures that the whole family can color: elves, decorations, Christmas trees, snowmen, presents, angels, and everything else that belongs to Christmas.

Drawn in her highly regarded, detailed style, coloring book enthusiasts will love getting lost in Hanna’s magical illustrations.

Available on Amazon. MSRP $18

It’s Time for Christmas, Illustrated by Kathrin Fehrl

An ode to Christmas and Santa’s workshop, this colorful, chunky, die-cut board book is a work of art meant to be displayed face-out on nursery bookshelves.

Welcome to Santa’s workshop on Christmas Eve!

Wake up sleepy heads.
It’s time to get up and bake
cookies and gingerbread.
The little elves mix butter, sugar, and flour.
They are baking batches of treats by the hour.

Hard at work, each elf makes hundreds of toys. The workshop is full of excitement with building, painting, and lots of noise.

The gifts are stacking up as far as the eye can see. Look at them all! I wonder which one might be for me…

Santa’s reindeer and sleigh are all packed and ready to go. Let’s wave goodbye to them before it starts to snow! Every page turn reveals a new layer to Kathrin Fehrl’s adorable illustrations of elves baking cookies, making toys, and loading Santa’s sleigh for Christmas Eve, with a fun seek-and-find for each scene. Perfect for Christmas lovers of all ages, this sweet story is a celebration of one of the best times of the year.

Available on Amazon. MSRP $18

S is for Santa by Greg Paprocki

From the creators of BabyLit, a Christmas board book for infants and toddlers that evokes the wonder of Christmas.

A collection of twenty-six illustrations featuring colorful Christmas-themed concepts sure to evoke a sense of wonderment for toddlers and nostalgia for parents, including Christmas carolers, kids playing in the snow, toys piled high under the tree, sparkling decorations and lights, flying reindeer, the gift of giving, more toys, and of course, jolly ol’ St. Nick and his elves.

Available on Amazon. MSRP $13

You Light Up My Life Jiggie Puzzle

Sometimes life is puzzling…

Sometimes life is like a box of whoopee and sometimes gnomebody really knows how to make sense of it all. The solution? Get jiggie with it!

Gift a mini techie-timeout to someone who needs it. Maybe yourself. Slow things down with some old-school fun with this die-cut mini puzzle.

Available at Gibbs-Smith.com. MSRP $13

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