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Top 20 most popular Christmas items at the Susquehanna County Library

• 1.Spot's first Christmas / by Eric Hill. (board book, JE HILL; 66 circulations since 2003)
• 2. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch stole Christmas (video, F VIDEO DR. SE; 58 circs)
• 3. The gift : a horse, a boy, and a miracle of love / by Lauraine Snelling. (fiction, F SNEL; 45 circs)
• 4. How the Grinch stole Christmas / by Dr. Seuss. (picture book, q JE SEUS; 40 circs)
• 5. He sees you when you're sleeping / by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. (fiction; cassette book (F CASSBK CLAR) has 38 circs, book (F CLAR)has 35)
• 6. Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve? / by Jan Brett. (picture book, q JE BRET; 33 circs)
• 7. Home for the holidays / by Johanna Lindsey. (fiction cassette book, F CASSBK LIND; 32 circs)
• 7. When Christmas comes / by Debbie Macomber. (fiction, F MACO; 32 circs)
• 9. Beyond the picket fence / by Lori Wick. (fiction, F WICK; 31 circs)
• 10. The Polar Express / by written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. (picture book, JE VAN A; 28 circs)
• 10. Disney's sing along songs, very merry Christmas songs. (video, j VIDEO 782 DISN; 28 circs)
• 12. The Christmas box miracle : my spiritual journey of destiny, healing and hope / by Richard Paul Evans. (memoir, 92-E EVAN; 27 circs)
• 13. Night tree / by Eve Bunting (picture book, q JE BUNT; 25 circs)
• 13. The light of Christmas / by Richard Paul Evans (picture book, q JE EVAN; 25 circs)
• 15. Miracle on 34th Street  (video; J VIDEO MIRA; 23 circs)
• 15. The puppy who wanted a boy / by by Jane Thayer (picture book; JE THAY; 23 circs)
• 17. Quick & easy Christmas crafts, volume 1 : 133 projects for gifts, ornaments and holiday decorating. (how-to, q 745.594 QUIC; 22 circs)
• 17. Merry Christmas, Maisy / by Lucy Cousins. (picture book, JE COUS; 22 circs)
• 17. Josefina's surprise : a Christmas story, 1824 / by Valerie Tripp (chapter book, J TRIP; 22 circs)
• 20. The woodcutter's Christmas / by Brad Kessler (fiction, F KESS; 21 circs)

Top 10 librarian favorites that aren't in the "most popular" list:

• A Charlie Brown Christmas / by Charles M. Schulz (picture book J SCHU, video J VIDEO CHAR)
• A Christmas carol : being a ghost story of Christmas / by Charles Dickens (fiction, F DICK)
• Christmas in my heart : a treasury of holiday classics (series of anthologies; F CHRIS)
• The Christmas mouse / by Miss Read (fiction; F READ)
• The Christmas shoes / by Donna VanLiere. (fiction, F VANL)
• A Christmas story (video, F VIDEO CHRI)
• The Christmas tree / by Julie Salamon (adult fiction, F SALA and F CASSBK SALA)
• It's a wonderful life (video, F VIDEO IT'S A)
• The last straw / by Frederick Thury (picture book, q JE THUR)
• Shepherds abiding : a Mitford Christmas story / by Jan Karon. (fiction, F KARO)