I'm trying to find a book/series of books that I read when I was younger.
The first book is rather normal, but a young boy has some special "power" which I can't remember. The series actually goes through some Arthurian legend style references, with Arthur's son eventually living with the boy? Near him? The boy has a mentor who helps him with his power as he battles...evil?darkness?
The symbol that looks like a sun cross (circle with a cross in it) was pretty prevalent throughout the books. I recall that in the first book, person (the mentor? Someone related?) carved Christmas ornaments for children of this family, including the main character. Except the main character got one of those symbols carved for him instead of initials, like everyone else got. Christmas was an important time, as well as talking about yule logs. Not certain if there were other Christian themes as well.
Hopefully ya'll can help me figure this one out.
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I haven't read them in a while, but that synopsis seems familiar.
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Sequence/dp/0689829833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318458362&sr=8-1
For ACTUAL awesome Arthurian legend young adult lit, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave series is another one my mom and I (and my fiance since I introduced him to it) have also adored. I'm quite certain it's not the book you're looking for (though it's been a while since I read the series myself as well), but you'll probably like it if you liked the book you're talking about.
My all time favorite book.
I went to see this movie, not realizing that it was based around the books I read as a kid. I didn't realize it was based around those books AFTER seeing it, either, though I had the niggling feeling something was up. Didn't realize till months later.