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Christmas is a Season! 2008

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Want to get lost in a divergent group of Christmas stories that take you all the way from experiencing Christmas in a black out right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an all day flight to NYC and back home to deal with the loneliness of a first Christmas after a divorce to the heat and different traditions of a Christmas "Down Under" in Australia? This book of Christmas stories talks about treasures from Christmas Past to changes of a middle class Christmas to the wonder of a blue-eyed doll when experiencing Christmas as a poor family. No one can think Christmas without thinking of Grandmother, how about a house full of grandmothers and young boy that captures your heart? Even an alcoholic father couldn't ruin Christmas for a spirited girl when her teacher gives her a library card. These stories are different, representing the good, the bad, and the ugly but in the end, the true spirit of Christmas. Twenty-nine authors from eleven states will satisfy and delight you with their Christmas tales.

Just finished this wonderful new Christmas anthology edited by Linda Busby Parker. This beautiful Christmas collection includes twenty eight heartwarming short stories and essays by writers in eleven different states. I plan to recommend it to my bookclub circle. We'll read one story every night til Christmas, with a few to spare, and then try to choose our favorite on Christmas Day. Every reader should find so many stories that ring true to their own personal warm memories of Christmases past or those they've heard in stories from long ago from their grandparents. I particularly enjoyed "Christmas Peddler" by Kentucky writer Mary Popham which reminds me of a cherished event passed down through word of mouth from my parents and grandparents. If you're looking for the perfect new Christmas book to enjoy with your family and friends, or to give as a thoughtful Christmas present, this is it. I highly recommend it and look forward to reading it all over again with my bookclub friends.