“Many kids today aren’t aware of a connection between Christmas and Easter beyond candy, presents, and that they are both holidays,” stated local children’s picture book author Mike Agrelius. “That’s why I wrote my little poem, Christmas Bunny, which later became a stocking stuffer and Easter basket book.”
Agrelius has written and published 3 other children’s books, including HEAR WHAT’S HERE, ELEPHANT GLUE, and WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR GOAT. He has also created a dozen board games and card games.
Father of 4, stepdad to 6, and Grandpa to 17, Agrelius wanted to tell the story behind the two holidays in a fun way about a bunny who liked to celebrate Christmas all year long. The story has become a book published and marketed by emergingbookshelf.com.
Agrelius does occasional book signings (including one at the Sandy Barnes & Noble on Friday, March 27, from 2 to 5) and sells the books online via his publisher’s website. You can follow him on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mike.agrelius).
The text for the book is reprinted here with permission from the author. Mike has also supplied us with two coloring pages that you may copy for a coloring opportunity for your littles this holiday season.
Click the link to download each one.
Christmas Bunny decorating Christmas Tree Christmas Bunny
Christmas Bunny might sound funny
It makes sense if you see it through
Holiday seasons have their reasons
And this one is especially true
There was a rabbit who got in the habit
Of dressing for Christmas all year long
He liked decorating, cheerful salutating
He liked every kind of Christmas song
Some thought it absurd, this Christmas nerd
Didn’t fly, build toys or pull a sleigh
But Christmas Bunny was no dummy
He knew a lot more than he would say
Still, that fluffy “elf,” couldn’t keep to himself
The truth of this amazing story
The Babe in the manger would be no stranger
To sorrow, pain, then glory
The gift Christ gives, is that He lives
And because He does, we will too
There’d be no Christmas without Easter
Christmas Bunny knows it’s true
m. agrelius, copyright 8/25
This story was inspired by a message from Gordon B. Hinckley entitled, The Wondrous and True Story of Christmas, wherein he says, “There would be no Christmas if there had not been Easter. The Babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be but another baby without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection.”
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