Thank you to all the authors who participated in the 2008 Advent Calendar Countdown. A big thanks to our readers who stopped by to visit or blogged about the posts on your blogs.
Have a Blessed Christmas and be on the lookout for a ton of book reviews next week!

Family Traditions
My focus on family traditions has changed frequently over the years.  During my childhood, when we lived on the farm, my mother would order our gifts from a Sears Roebuck catalog, and we never expected more than one gift. It was always a pleasure when my brother and I searched for a Christmas tree. [...]

Have you ever dreamed of having the perfect Christmas? I know I used to. I wanted all my family having a good time together making presents, baking, making candy, finding just the perfect tree, decorating it and the house, cooking special meals and never a cross word spoken. That was why I could relate so [...]

We are giving away a copy of Robin’s book Engaging Father Christmas.  Leave your email address in the comment section to be entered. A name will be drawn Tuesday.
Missing Jesus
by Robin Jones Gunn
When our kids were little, my mother-in-law gave us a nativity set she bought in Italy many years earlier. Mary and [...]

We are now 3 days away from Christmas. Last week went by in a blur. A lot of our reviewers are getting their books reviews in for 2008.  I wanted to jump in an announce the winners of the Week 2 Book Giveaway.
Winners are…
Pam Williams
The 1st Heartsong Presents Mysteries Package

Of Mice [...]

Tia McCollors – CHRISTmas is my absolute favorite time of year. Above all, I can’t help but thank God for the gift of His son Jesus Christ. Christmas morning is always one of the most peaceful days in my house, despite the excited chatter of family and the squeals of my two and a [...]

Catching My Gingerbread Man
by Dee Stewart

I placed my last Gingerbread Donovan in the basket when the phone rang.
I checked my watch. 6:30pm. The party started in thirty minutes. I didn’t have time to drive, let alone talk. Yet I checked the caller ID anyway. Thank Goodness I did. It was Mama and she would have [...]

 
One of my favorite Christmas traditions involves both Advent and Christmas Day. We always gathered around the table after supper dishes were cleared to read from a special Advent book, light the candles and sing Christmas songs. Every night, we would come together as a family and share in this special time. Quite often, [...]

Christmas Memories from Missy Tippens
Christmas is an amazing time for family bonding, mainly through the traditions we establish. When I was a child, my family had some wonderful traditions, one that might seem a bit odd to some people. Most people envision cozy fireside home-cooked meals. But we would go to Pizza Hut every [...]