[bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:54:52 -0600
Good morning, Ron! <Smile> Actually, I believe that several of the Little
House books include Christmas stories. I love the one about Mr. Edwards
playing Santa Claus. I think it may be in "Little House On The Prairie."
By the way, last night I scanned "Christmas Every Morning," by Lisa Tawn
Bergren, and "Tidings Of Peace," by Tracie Peterson. I'll get them
validated and submitted ASAP! Sometimes I wish I could just quit my job and
work for Bookshare! <LOL> Have a great week, everyone!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Miller" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Holiday books
> Good morning all, I believe that Little House In The Big Wood, the first
> book, has a description of their Christmas together.
>
> It may be one of the subsequent ones, however.
>
>
> Ron Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Pietruk [mailto:pietruk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 6:38 AM
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
>
> 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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