[bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:26:50 -0500
Yep she wrote Deck the Halls which is in the collection. And a good book.
Actually I stand corrected she wrote two.
Silent Night which was about a boy who is kid napped by an evil man trying
to get back at his girlfriend, and the people who help them reunite on
Christmas Eve, well, not exactly all that happens but a truly great read I
highly recommend it!
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
Hi, Susan! I would love to read "Yes, Virginia" when you have time to
submit it. By the way, I didn't mean to imply that any of you need to drop
what you're doing and scan books for the season. <Smile> My intention was
to have a little fun and find out some of your favorite holiday reads.
Having said that, there's always room for more, so scan away! <Smile> By
the way, didn't Mary Higgins Clark write at least one novel with a Christmas
theme?
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Mangis" <suemangis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 4:23 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
> Well, Last night I downloaded a couple of Christmas books. I have two
> books
> with stories and songs, a collection, and a paper bak called "Yes
> Virginia".
> I'll try to start scanning at least one of them. and let you know when
> it's
> ready for validation.
>
> Sue Mangis
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: December 12, 2004 11:58 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
>
>
>> Hi, Mike! Very well-said! I've been enjoying the holiday movies so much
>> this year, for some reason. I was thinking last night about how this is
> the
>> one time of the year when you can find TV programming that consistently
>> communicates good things--sacrifice, unselfishness, overcoming obstacles,
>> changing a cynical perspective, etc. So, now I'm off to eat lunch and at
>> least start scanning another Christmas read to add to that growing
>> collection. <Smile>
>>
>> Jana
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:38 AM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
>>
>>
>> > Jana
>> >
>> > So there's a Mitford Christmas book with Father Tim? I gotta find time
> to
>> > download and read that?
>> >
>> > A lot of good books have been mentioned. Perhaps what impresses me
> about
>> > Christmas literature is a recurring theme of the underdog prevailing,
> poor
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>> > more important than earthly wealth, values triumphing over possessions,
>> > and similar themes. Out of whack priorities are replaced by
>> > substance,
>> > and a sense of right replaces pompousness.
>> > We see this in all sorts of titles from the classic Christmas Carol to
>> > even in Rudolf the Red-Nosed Rheindeer where the much laughed and
> scorned
>> > animal becomes the prized lead team member on the sleigh.
>> > It is too bad that we cannot maintain that same theme in our lives the
>> > remaining 49-50 weeks of the year where seemingly earthly messages
>> > dominate the biblical one.
>> > Perhaps the message in these books, some straightforward and other
>> > subliminal, can become internalized in how we treat each other,, choose
>> > what we choose, and all the rest from Dec 26 on.
>> >
>> > While I don't recall in which of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books it is
>> > described, there is a sobering picture of Christmas in one of them.
>> > The treat of eating an orange, simple homemade gifts, no 4-figure
> costing
>> > gifts, et al.
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