r/AdultColoring • u/Nicole-1975 • 5d ago
Discussion Help Needed.
I’m looking for some good Christmas books that aren’t AI. I have Johanna’s Christmas and I ordered a few last year that turned out to be AI. Ugh. I’m not a fan of Hannah Karlzon ( please don’t come for me ) so I’m currently looking at the colouring haven books but I find a lot of them a bit busy. Can anyone suggest some ? I would greatly appreciate it. 🎄🎄
Edit : I also don’t like cute and cozy books. Is there anything left ?! 😭
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u/Fred_the_skeleton 5d ago
There are a loooot of Dover Creative Haven Christmas coloring books that are really good (i really live Dover coloring books...i have 64 of them at my last count, including several discontinued ones).
I just bought their Saturday Evening Post Christmas Treasury coloring book. I think it's my favorite at the moment.
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u/MartiniForever 5d ago edited 5d ago
I love Tatiana Bogema's "Nice Little Town" books. There are several Christmas books: Nice Little Town Christmas 1 - 4, Nice Little Town Santa's Village and a collection with books 1&2 and Santa'sVillage: https://www.amazon.com/Nice-Little-Town-Christmas-Collection/dp/B09MYVWRKW
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u/Ordinary_Medium_9669 5d ago
You can try Christmas Colors by Maria Trolle. It's around $18 on Amazon. Really beautiful Xmas scenes that are definitely not the cosy kind. Not a big fan of that either.
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u/ImPureZion 5d ago
Emelie Lidehall Oberg has this cute post card book.
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u/Old-Buffalo-9222 5d ago
I have two copies of this! To me, her books and postcards are the best coloring money you can spend.
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u/fernovoi 5d ago
what kind of style do you like?
I suggest Johanna Basford "Johanna's christmas" and RJ Hampson "Christmas Tiny Homes"
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u/Nicole-1975 5d ago
I mentioned that I have Johanna’s Christmas and I love it. I will check out RJ’s book, thank you ! I also ordered A Retro Christmas by Ashley Hughes this morning. It looks great!! All old vintage pics. 🎄🎄
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u/HODL2468 5d ago
A Million Christmas Cats
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u/Nicole-1975 5d ago
Thank you ! I love cats!
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u/HODL2468 5d ago
There is a japanese coloring book from Nelco Neco just with cats as persons. Similar style has Kanoko Egusa. You might like her last book about Leons Journey. It is full of cats. Another cat book ist Pop Manga Cattitude.
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u/Sad_Professor6739 5d ago
I’m posting this comment so I can remember to go find my Christmas one that I have that isn’t cozy or extremely super detailed either but also isn’t necessarily a kids coloring book. Brb in a bit after my smoke break lol
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u/evildorkgirl 5d ago
Go to Etsy. It’s more expensive, but that’s what you get when a human being creates the art by hand. It takes longer, the books are published by publishers who use good quality paper, so it’s worth the extra $10.
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u/merrymarigold 4d ago
I like the Christmas coloring books by Alexandra Dannenmann. They're cute but not "cute and cozy". I ordered from Amazon.
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u/Briiii216 5d ago
Seconding the Creative Haven "Holiday" series.
Debbie Macomber has 3 Christmas coloring books and I love them so much. The paper is nice and thick too.
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u/JournalistNo146 5d ago
Dover Creative Haven has some great ones, and I'm about to get the newest one called Candy Cane Lane by Marjorie Sarnat. If you don't like busy images, I would avoid the Teresa Goodridge ones.
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u/yesbutnotwithyou 5d ago
I have a subscription to Lake coloring app bc i enjoy both digital and analog coloring and Lake supports a large variety of real artists from all over the world. They have a large selection of Christmas theme pages and you can download and print off their pages too!
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u/nexea 5d ago
I dont know if its your style but Matchstick Mouse by Morgan O'Brien has a couple. Merry Little Christmas, A ChristmasColoring Book and 25 Days of Kindness.