The Sweet Smell of Christmas

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Summary: My favourite Christmas book as a child!
Review: A must have for any child...nothing but fond memories!
It may sound silly but I'm so excited about this book being available again. The copy my sister and I had 20+ years ago is nothing more than a tattered, over scratched and sniffed mess! Neither one of us have kids yet but I'm buying one for both us one anyway.

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Summary: My Childhood Favorite
Review: I am so thrilled that this wonderful book from my childhood is now in print again. I can finally share it with my daughter. I don't know if I'm more excited or if she will be when it arrives. Thank you again, you made my day!!!

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Summary: The Sweet Smell of Christmas
Review: I enjoyed this book with my sons at Christmastime.In the years between, I kept it at school and read and smelled it with my students. Now that I've retired, I took a few of my favorite books home with me. I wanted to buy a new, aromatic book since mine is all used up and a few pages are missing. Learning that it is out of print, is a great loss for me all future generations.

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Summary: Classic Christmas scratch & sniff book back in print!
Review: I remember reading this book to my baby sister when she was young; ( she turns 30 this year). About at this time the scratch & sniff stickers where all the rage as well as those smelly food markers! Any way.... I am very pleased that the book has been brought back in print and I love the story. The peppermint, hot coco and orange smell so good. My only complaint is when they redid this classic why they didn't make the scratch and sniff areas larger! They are the original size that they where back when ( the size of a quarter ) and I remember we scratched the sniff right off our book. In todays world where DK publishing in my opinion RULES the Scratch & Sniff books... like Food and the Garden book, why they didn't take the time to make the scratch and sniff areas BIGGER! They have the technology and I am sure none of us who originally owned the books would have complained because they made the smelly areas bigger! That is the only reason that I gave this book a 4 star rating rather than a 5 star. I have a fondness for Patricia Scary and her husband Richard... just make the scratch and sniff areas bigger! It's a cute story about baby bear and his mama and Papa Bear, I just love Papa bear's hat on Christmas morning!

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Summary: The Sweet Smells of Christmas
Review: Please bring back little Bear! This book has been a part of my family's Christmas tradition as long as I can remember. I am the youngest of three and we all agree that it is just not Christmas if we don't read this book on Christmas eve. My siblings are now engaged and married and as the family seperates I was hoping to give them each a copy for this is possibly one of our last Christmasses together. I am really sorry to find it out of print and hope that this book is brought back so that another generation can enjoy the Sweet Smells of Christmas once again. There are certain things of childhood that change the way you view the world as an adult. The Sweet Smell of Christmas is one of those things. This story timelessly captures the innocence of a child's first Christmas. This innocence should be passed on. In a world dominated by marketing this book reminds all of us of the simple joys of Christmas, something that should never be forgotten.

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Summary: Bring back "The Sweet Smell of Christmas"
Review: Scarry's book "The Sweet Smell of Christmas" is something I have had since I was a very small child. My book is worn, the scratch spots have lost their smell and are white from years of reading the book at Christmas time. I now have a 4 year old. We have made it our tradition to bring out this book when we bring out our Christmas tree just as we did at my house when I was small. Every year we have read the book together on Christmas Eve as well as the days preceding. I want my daughter to have her own copy to smell and enjoy just as I did. PLEASE bring back this book.

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Summary: Christmas tradition!
Review: The Sweet Smell of Christmas was a tradition in our house while I was growing up! I could smell the pine as we opened the Christmas boxes from the attic. It's a terrific book depicting a little bear experiencing Christmas through his nose! You can smell the gingerbread as his mom bakes them, the pine of the treee while it's being cut, and the zest of the orange left in his stocking! He gets SO excited about Christmas, it is sure to spark excitment in any child, while engaging their sense of smell. PLEASE bring this wonderful tradition back to print so I can continue it with my family!

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Summary: I Can Still Smell the Smells of Christmas
Review: This book brings back so many memories! When I was growing up as a little girl, my mother would read this book to me. It was always kept in one of our boxes of Christmas decorations that we stored in our attic (to decorate for Christmas). Over the Thanksgiving holidays, Mom would bring it out to read to me. I loved the book so much that I think she read it to me at least once a day every day until New Year's! It was my favorite book in the world! I loved the illustrations of little bear, but my favorite part was the scratch-and-sniff smells. I can close my eyes today and still remember the Christmas smells from the book! Now that I've grown up (I'm 25 years old now.), my mother has put the book in a chest that she keeps all my favorite things when I was growing up. I know the book looks worn now(especially the scratch-and-sniff parts), but I hope to purchase another copy of the book this Christmas to put away and keep for my son(s) and/or daughter(s) in the future. This book is perfect for children. They can smell the smells of Christmastime and will remember it for years to come, just as I have.

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Summary: I Can Still Smell the Smells of Christmas
Review: This book brings back so many memories! When I was growing up as a little girl, my mother would read this book to me. It was always kept in one of our boxes of Christmas decorations that we stored in our attic (to decorate for Christmas). Over the Thanksgiving holidays, Mom would bring it out to read to me. I loved the book so much that I think she read it to me at least once a day every day until New Year's! It was my favorite book in the world! I loved the illustrations of little bear, but my favorite part was the scratch-and-sniff smells. I can close my eyes today and still remember the Christmas smells from the book! Now that I've grown up (I'm 25 years old now.), my mother has put the book in a chest that she keeps all my favorite things when I was growing up. I know the book looks worn now(especially the scratch-and-sniff parts), but I hope to purchase another copy of the book this Christmas to put away and keep for my son(s) and/or daughter(s) in the future. This book is perfect for children. They can smell the smells of Christmastime and will remember it for years to come, just as I have.

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Summary: I Spy an Eye for Good Books
Review: Well, I saved just about all the Christmas books I had as a child so that I can read them to my kids. Every year my daughter chooses The Sweet Smell of Cristmas as her favorite. The bind is torn, probably from opening it so much and all the scratch and sniff stickers are gone, but, I can still smell the pine tree and the orange. Maybe because its been in my head all of these years. She now reads it to me and as she goes on each adventure with little bear, her face lights up. I only wish she can smell the pages like I did. What a wonderful book!!