Cozy Little Christmas

Some holiday traditions are big and busy. This one is small and quiet. Cozy Little Christmas is a bold, large-print coloring book that lets you slow down and enjoy the season one page at a time. Light a candle, pour some cocoa, and color your way from the first Advent candle to Epiphany on January 6.

The 50 original pages follow the season in order. You’ll start with Advent wreaths and St. Nicholas Day, then move through Santa Lucia, the winter solstice, Christmas Eve by the mantel, and Christmas morning under the tree. After that come the Twelve Days of Christmas, from the partridge in a pear tree to the twelve drummers drumming. There are enough pages to color one a day from December 1 to January 6, with extras to spare.

The designs are made for relaxing, not for proving anything. Most pages show one big, friendly subject with clean black outlines and wide open spaces: a steaming cocoa mug, a poinsettia in full bloom, a nutcracker, a red fox in falling snow, a kitten asleep in a gift box. A few medium pages and three detailed scenes give you something to settle into on the big days. You don’t need any art experience, and most pages take a single evening.

Every page is a full 8.5 × 11 inches and printed single-sided, so markers won’t bleed onto the next design and you can remove finished pages to frame, display, or tuck into a holiday card. The book includes a test-your-colors page, a Quick Start guide, and a free Bonus Pack of extra pages. It’s made for teens and adults who want a calm holiday ritual, and it makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who could use one too.

One page a day, from the first Advent candle to Epiphany.