From all of us to all of you, may you have a lovely Christmas! Whatever your celebrations, we hope you have a delightful day, and we hope you get a chance to sit down with a great book. Enjoy these scenes of the season.

Brad Craft, bookseller at University Book Store and nwbooklovers columnist, all decked out for Christmas Eve

One of four boxes of donations from Queen Anne Book Company and its customers for Seattle Children’s Hospital. Third Place Books also donated to the book drive organized by The Neverending Bookshop.

Queen Anne Book Company’s loyal doggie customers Frank (right) and Bean (left) visited the store in their Christmas Eve finery.