Nine Days to Christmas

{{Short description|1959 picture book by Marie Hall Ets}}

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| author = Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida

| illustrator = Marie Hall Ets

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| country = United States

| genre = Children's picture book

| publisher = Viking Press an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

| release_date = 1959

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Nine Days to Christmas is a book by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida. Released by Viking Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1960.American Library Association: [http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018144854/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm |date=2011-10-18 }}. URL accessed 27 May 2009.

In the story, Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata for it.