A TREASURY OF OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS STORIES
Hard to believe, but here it is: Christmas in My Heart, book9. They keep coming because so many readers like you find it inconceivable to enter another Christmas season without a new Christmas in My Heart transfusion.
Oh, `tis true that the now "old" collections are still treasured, are reread again and again, becoming in a very special way Christmas velveteen rabbits, all the dearer for their dog-eared coves and creased pages. Yet at the same time that the first eight collections are returned to, there is an innate need to expand the core collection, to greet with delight new writers with fresh approaches and, even more significant, to listen once again to writers now believed to us-each additional story by such a writer but deepens the bond, that voice that can never be stilled as long as we refuse to let it die.
That is the magic of Christmas in My Heart!
Stories in this book include: A Rose in Winter, The Bells Didn't Ring, Bulger's Friends, The Forgotten Friend, Like a Candle in the Window, plus 10 more.
What is Christmas? Christmas is a state of mind, a time of year when the heart is magically softened and the soul reaches out to others. A time when the cold of the season is offset by the warmth of the joy within.
But no mere things, possessions, or money can call froth than inner joy. It is Christ our Lord, and the memory of His birth on earth, that results in this annual outpouring of love for all those whose lives intersect with ours.
For it is not receiving but giving that gives meaning to our Christmases. Giving without anticipation of reward or even recognition. Giving because the fullness of joy within us runs over the rim and splashes happiness on all who are in our vicinity. So this Christmas, let us open up the floodgates of our hearts and flood this sad earth with Christian joy.-Joe Wheeler.
