Bruce The Spruce

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas to all and to all a shine bright! Sending love to you and yours from us and ours on this joyous Christmas Eve. 💚❤️🩷

12/23/2025

From to baby's first bookshelf, from a school assmbly in Brooklyn to a student storytime New Jersey, from the kitchen to the couch, is shining bright this holiday season! Sending so much love and gratitude to all of our friends and family who have made a part of your holiday traditions! ! ❤️🎄💚🎄🩷⭐️

12/05/2025

Readers & Friends,

Tomorrow, I will be so proud to share Bruce's story as part of the Westerleigh Park Tree lighting. It is my first opportunity to read the story aloud in years and to do it as part of a celebration of our beloved neighborhood is more meaningful than I can say.

The story of Bruce the Spruce is, at its heart, a celebration of our celebrations, the memories we make, and the impact even wordless, inanimate companions can have just by virtue of their mere presence and light. Mainly, it is a monument to family.

Populating its pages are illustrations of myself and my loved ones, a choice which started out as a fun idea but in years since has infused the project with a deeper meaning and a more urgent mission. It has imbued me, the steward of its fate, with the knowledge that so long as Bruce's story exists so, too, will my loved ones rendered therein.

At the back of the book, sits my bio. And toward the end of the short paragraph is a tribute to my niece and nephew as well as, "a neurotic weiner dog called Jack." A line that has made it into every bio of my professional life. That's because for 17 and a half years, I was blessed with the most loyal, loving, funny, challenging, noble, and yes, neurotic companion a girl could dream up. Jack was a wire-haired, Yoda-eared, otter paw-footed dachschund-terrier mix (or as I liked to call him, a purebred Nubbins) with a kind disposition and a wild playfulness. He was a beloved member of our family and our love affair with him was instantaneous and infinite. This week, after nearly two decades of loving companionship, our family had to say goodbye our dear little friend.

So if you join us in Westerleigh Park tomorrow (Saturday, December 6) at 3 PM. I am dedicating this most special reading to my darling, Jack. Our wordless, but not at all inanimate companion who shared his light with us for so many wonderful years. Whose presence illuminated our home with a spirit of comfort, fun, and insistent love. Who taught us all so much, with whom we share so many priceless memories, and whose name will live forever as part of Bruce's story and its mission.

With so much love,
A.A. Cristi
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11/22/2025

11/21/2025

Stop by the Moore Catholic High School Christmas Fair tomorrow, November 22, 2025 to meet award-winning author and superfan ! Featuring over 70 local vendors, raffles, Santa and a special performance by the MCHS school choir! 100 Merrill Avenue, Staten Island NY 10314. 10 AM - 4 PM! See you there!
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11/11/2025

Christmas tree season is on its way! 🎄🎄🎄 And what better way to celebrate than with some fan art! We're always so excited to see what tree-riffic stuff all of Bruce's buddies come up with this time of year!

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09/13/2025

It's always a great day when we get to share Bruce's adventure with the community we love! Come check us out this afternoon at St. Michael's Annual Pop-Up Market on Staten Island! Grab your very own signed copy from author and stick around for storytime at 12:30 PM! We have some amazing vendors here selling everything from skincare to jewelry to handmade dolls imported all the way from Mexico! Come today! 🎄❤️🤍💚🎄

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08/09/2025

Happy ! Staten Islanders, come show our book some love at today's vendor fair at Lutheran Moravian on Victory Blvd. Full details in the next slide! 🎄☀️🌈

12/05/2024

An adorable Santa baby named Mason retreats to a sturdy cardboard box with his copy of for optimal coziness! Do you know the true meaning of Christmas trees? Find out more at the link in our bio! 🎄🎁🎅

12/23/2022

Only two more sleeps 'til Christmas and we're celebrating with the world's first cookies! What kind of holiday treets will you be enjoying this weekend???


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