Keeping Christmas

Author : Kathleen Stokker
Publisher : Borealis Book
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000067947287

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This book brings home the stories and origins of the treasured customs which Norwegians use to celebrate the Christmas season. Norwegian immigrants carried with them centuries-old folk tradition, which they held especially dear at Christmas time, remembering family members left behind. But the US, the immigrants and their descendants met the newly evolving traditions of the commercial American Christmas, a powerful homogenising force in a nation of immigrants. Stokker describes and traces the development of folkways on both side of the ocean, from their origins to their practice today. With fascinating details, with scores of accounts of ancient and modern Christmases, with recipes and photographs, this book reminds Norwegians and Norwegian Americans of their connections to each other and explains how their celebrations differ on this joyous family holiday.

Author : Dan Walsh
Publisher : Revell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0800721195

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For the first time since their children were born, empty nesters Judith and Stan Winters spent Thanksgiving without the kids, and it's looking like Christmas will be the same. Judith can't bring herself to even start decorating for the holiday; her kids always hung the first ornaments on the tree, ornaments they had made each year since they were toddlers. Sure they were strange-looking--some could be called downright ugly--but they were tradition. A tradition she's heartbroken to miss this year. With Judith refusing to decorate the bare spruce tree in their living room, Stan knows something must be done. And his only hope for saving the holiday is found in a box of handmade ornaments. Fan-favorite Dan Walsh invites readers to enjoy this nostalgic Christmas story that celebrates all of our most cherished seasonal traditions, especially the importance of family. Readers will join in remembering the things that make their own Christmas season so special.

Author : James A. Hopwood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532695377

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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year—or at least we want it to be. Too often our celebration of Jesus’ birthday is overwhelmed by bright lights and tinsel, overspending and overeating, plus constant chatter about a “war on Christmas.” Can’t we do better than this? There are two Christmases. One is sacred. One is secular. The two have clashed in one “culture war” or another for 1,700 years. Christmas is not (as some falsely claim) a pagan holiday, but pagan-influenced traditions are part of the seasonal clutter. Keeping Christmas is about helping you find joy in a season of excess and strife. Part survival guide, part history, part cultural commentary, and all laced with spiritual reflection, this book is about how you can celebrate in ways that are most meaningful to you and your family. It’s not easy to thread your way through the Christmas maze. But if Ebenezer Scrooge could learn to keep Christmas well, so can you. Maybe it’s time to reinvent Christmas. Maybe we can get it right this time.

Author : Allison Pittman
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493427680

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Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is second only to the nativity story itself when it comes to public consciousness. Just as Jesus Christ changed the world on the night of his birth, so Ebenezer Scrooge changes during a single night of supernatural visitations. In Keeping Christmas, novelist and Dickens enthusiast Allison Pittman offers 25 readings for advent, seamlessly bringing together the Word of God and the words of A Christmas Carol. This contemplative, entertaining read is the perfect companion for those dark winter nights as we eagerly anticipate the coming celebration of Christmas when, like Scrooge, we are given the gift of reflection, repentance, and life anew. Beautifully packaged and highly designed throughout, Keeping Christmas is sure to become a treasured family tradition--much like the reading or viewing of A Christmas Carol.

Author : Jeanne La Rose
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467036344

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The author's son, Steven, is the main character in this story, in which a boy's despondency as the family's Christmas tree comes down and the holiday season ends inspires his mother to offer a practical solution for keeping Christmas alive all year.

Author : Marisa Carroll
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Romance fiction
ISBN : 9780373364749

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Keeping Christmas by Marisa Carroll Pdf

When Katie "Smith" and her baby boy, Kyle, appear at the Owens family home one night during a snowstorm just weeks before Christmas, it seems a cruel twist of fate. Katie looks exactly like Jacob Owens's dead wife'and Kyle could be his son! At first Jacob wants nothing to do with the mysterious woman. But before long, Katie accomplishes what no one had thought possible'she breaks through Jacob's grief, giving him back his joy for life. But how long will she stay' Katie is obviously running away from someone, though she won't say who. Whatever happens, Jacob vows to keep her and Kyle safe with him'at least until Christmas.

Author : B. J. Daniels
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426861819

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Keeping Christmas by B. J. Daniels Pdf

A PI hired to find a wealthy Texan’s daughter finds himself falling for his pretty prey in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author. Ten years ago Dixie Bonner was the favorite wild child of a powerful Texas oilman. But after uncovering a dark family secret that cast suspicion on everyone close to her, she took off for a new life and never looked back. Chance Walker is the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring her home by Christmas. But after catching her, he can’t decide if she’s a blackmailer or a victim. Is he tempted to protect her because she’s telling the truth—or is he falling for her? Holed up in a remote Montana cabin with the bad guys closing in, two stubborn souls need to trust each other if they hope to survive the season.

Author : Artemesia D'ECCA
Publisher : Phaeton Publishing Limited
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781908420015

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KEEPING CHRISTMAS WELL by Artemesia D'ECCA Pdf

All you need to know about the Season of Christmas - an entertaining Question-and-Answer Guide with over 700 illustrations: The forgotten Seasons of Christmas - the 40 days, the 20 days, the 12 (or is it 13?) days; Christmas and War; Christmas and the Movies; Christmas and the Industrial Revolution - the force that almost killed it; Christmas and Religion - when and where was it made illegal to celebrate Christmas?; Christmas food - Brawn, Boar's head, Plum pudding, etc., and Christmas drink - from Wassail to the Tom and Jerry.

Author : B.J. Daniels
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460321706

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Christmas at Cardwell Ranch & Keeping Christmas by B.J. Daniels Pdf

New York Times BESTSELLING AUTHOR B.J. DANIELS HAS A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU: TWO BOOKS IN ONE! In CHRISTMAS AT CARDWELL RANCH, Tag Cardwell caught Lily McCabe off guard in more ways than one when the two became entwined in a murder mystery. But before they could lose themselves in each other they had to trace a killer. Or risk finding a crime scene under the Christmas tree. In the holiday favorite KEEPING CHRISTMAS, Chance Walker was the cool-eyed cowboy hired to bring Dixie Bonner, a wild child on the run, home by Christmas. But when the bad guys started to close in, two stubborn souls needed to trust each other if they hoped to survive the season.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1708
Category : Christmas
ISBN : BL:A0017403594

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A Discourse concerning the lawfulness and right manner of keeping Christmas, and other Christian Holy-days, by way of question and answer. Intended for the use of Charity School by Anonim Pdf

Author : Offspring BLACKALL (Bishop of Exeter.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1707
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021563877

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The Lawfulness and the Right Manner of keeping Christmas, and other Christian festivals: a sermon preached at the Parish-Church of St. Dunstan in the West, upon Christmas-Day, 1704 by Offspring BLACKALL (Bishop of Exeter.) Pdf

Author : Allison Pittman
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1540900061

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Keeping Christmas by Allison Pittman Pdf

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is second only to the nativity story itself when it comes to public consciousness. Just as Jesus Christ changed the world on the night of his birth, so Ebenezer Scrooge changes during a single night of supernatural visitations. In Keeping Christmas, novelist and Dickens enthusiast Allison Pittman offers 25 readings for advent, seamlessly bringing together the Word of God and the words of A Christmas Carol. This contemplative, entertaining read is the perfect companion for those dark winter nights as we eagerly anticipate the coming celebration of Christmas when, like Scrooge, we are given the gift of reflection, repentance, and life anew. Beautifully packaged and highly designed throughout, Keeping Christmas is sure to become a treasured family tradition--much like the reading or viewing of A Christmas Carol.

Author : Starr Meade
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781433521805

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Keeping Holiday by Starr Meade Pdf

Dylan loves his family's yearly vacation to Holiday and wishes it could last all year. When he finds a flyer asking if he'd like to keep Holiday, he encounters a bigger and better Holiday than the one his family has always visited; he also learns that entering it requires the Founder's authorization. Thus begins Dylan's quest to meet the one of whom people keep saying: "You can't find the Founder; he finds you./He's not just the Founder, he's the Finder too." As Dylan reads of Holiday's origins, he experiences a number of adventures and meets characters who represent the sights and sounds he always finds in Holiday-characters who explain how each of these familiarities points to the Founder's previous rescue of the city's inhabitants. And the more Dylan learns, the more he longs to personally know the one who holds the key to entering the "real Holiday." Writing for elementary-age children and older, author, teacher, and grandmother Starr Meade offers a book that families can read together, discovering along with Dylan how God brings a person to faith. Keeping Holiday is also a charming, insightful way to help children grasp the meaning of the Incarnation.

Author : Anna Counselman,Gunnar Counselman
Publisher : Mascot Books
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 164543706X

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Keeping Christmas Magic by Anna Counselman,Gunnar Counselman Pdf

Shhhh, don't tell! This is the secret, true story of Santa Claus.

Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Christmas sermons
ISBN : OCLC:20969650

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Let's Keep Christmas by Peter Marshall Pdf