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For me, Christmas has always been a time of remembering, even when I was very small. I love to look through old photos and remember past celebrations with nostalgia and joy. I grew up in the 1950s, and in those days, Christmas wasn’t quite complete without a cowboy outfit under the tree. Here’s my brother…
Book Winners for December 2013!!
Congratulations to Jim Birch and Karen Cliett Teesdale who have each won a copy of our 2nd Give-away book for December 2013, SAINTS AMONG US by Ann Marie Rodgers!! Jim says that his favorite Christmas food is iced sugar cookies, although he has to stay away from them! Karen loves snickerdoodle cookies and cornbread stuffing,…
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Merry Christmas!!
To all of you, from all of us of the Harrison Household, Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah !
Christmas 2015
We’ve enjoyed — perhaps the better word is endured — some unusual Christmases in the past. The most memorable was the year my husband fell off the roof on December 23 and broke 11 ribs, his back and his forearm. Add internal injuries and you know we spent the Christmas holidays in the intensive care…