PagineThe best free Christmas read-alouds and bedtime Christmas stories for kids — warm, rhythmic and cosy, for Christmas Eve, the classroom or a snowy night. Great for Santa Claus storytelling and family reading.
Our rhyming early readers are made for reading aloud:
A gentle counting story — count the snowflakes from one to ten!
Read aloud →🎄The smallest reindeer worries she’s too little to help — until Christmas Eve.
Read aloud →Free to read online, a chapter a night through December.
Dim the lights, get comfy, and use a gentle voice. Pause before the exciting bits, let children guess what happens next, and invite them to say repeated lines with you. Keep it short and sweet — a chapter or a picture book a night builds a lovely holiday reading ritual. For more festive picks, see the full Christmas collection, and for other seasons our holiday collections.
Short, warm and rhythmic, with a comforting ending — perfect for winding down in December. Rhyming stories let children chime in on repeated lines, which builds early reading.
Yes — every read-aloud here is free to read online, and our original stories can be printed too.
Try our original early readers and gentle picture books like A Kidnapped Santa Claus — calm, cosy and just right before sleep during the holidays.