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Christmas Spirit Rediscovered by D.E. Haggerty | Day 20 | Advent Calendar
Read more: Christmas Spirit Rediscovered by D.E. Haggerty | Day 20 | Advent CalendarDay 20 | Advent Calendar Christmas Spirit Rediscovered by D.E. Haggerty Like nearly everyone, I loved Christmas as a child. The presents! All the fun playing with my cousins. And the food! Oh yes, the food. But somewhere, somehow, Christmas lost its glamour. One year, I even wrote a long…
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Once upon a time, in a dark wood by M.L. Kappa | Day 19 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Once upon a time, in a dark wood by M.L. Kappa | Day 19 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 19 | Advent Calendar Once upon a time, in a dark wood by M.L.Kappa Little Red fumbled at the door latch with clammy hands. It seemed stuck. Behind her she could hear panting as her grandmother struggled with the heavy blankets. She’d always hated the bristly old thing, who had…
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Some more Christmas Spirit! | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar
Read more: Some more Christmas Spirit! | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar4th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | The Advent Calendar Some more Christmas Spirit! If the 5 posts that were published so far for the very special Sunday of Advent weren’t enough Christmas spirit. Then you might want to check out the following links. Overview of last year’s Calendar…
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Christmas Lights by Lucy Brazier | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Christmas Lights by Lucy Brazier | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 20164th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Cherished by Sarah Brentyn | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Cherished by Sarah Brentyn | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 20164th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Christmas, 24x7x365 by Trent McDonald | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Christmas, 24x7x365 by Trent McDonald | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 20164th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Priceless Gifts from a Homeless Stranger By Russ Towne | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Priceless Gifts from a Homeless Stranger By Russ Towne | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 20164th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Christmas Lights by Willow Willers | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Christmas Lights by Willow Willers | The Sundays of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar 20164th Sunday of Advent | Day 18 | Advent Calendar Today is a special day for this Advent Calendar, instead of having two guests the calendar will be home to many contributions, by contributors who have been part of this year’s calendar or will be part of it in the…
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Unmasking Santa Claus by R.A. Kerr | Day 17 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Unmasking Santa Claus by R.A. Kerr | Day 17 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 17 | Advent Calendar Unmasking Santa Claus by R.A. Kerr I was eight years old when I learned Santa Claus was not real. Yes, I know. Eight years of age is pretty old to be blindsided by this news. And it came from my little brother.
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The Longest Day by Trent McDonald | Day 16 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: The Longest Day by Trent McDonald | Day 16 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 16 | Advent Calendar The Longest Day by Trent McDonald I had been awake for quite a while, staring into the blackness in a place outside of time, when I heard my brother whisper, “You awake?” “Yeah,” I answered. “What time is it?” “Don’ know. It’s still dark, though.” We slowly…
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What Christmas means to me by Judy Martin | Day 15 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: What Christmas means to me by Judy Martin | Day 15 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 15 | Advent Calendar What Christmas means to me by Judy Martin What Christmas means to me Fairy lights all twinkling Baubles on the tree Homemade decorations That’s what Christmas means to me
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Gift of the Magi by Urszula Humienik | Day 14 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Gift of the Magi by Urszula Humienik | Day 14 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 14 | Advent Calendar Gift of the Magi by Urszula Humienik “What are you reading?” “The Gift of the Magi. It used to be my favorite story to read this time of year… but I don’t know. Now it seems too simplified. Maybe life back then was simpler. People didn’t…
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No Star in All the Heavens by Russ Towne | Day 13 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: No Star in All the Heavens by Russ Towne | Day 13 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 13 | Advent Calendar No Star in All the Heavens by Russ Towne The story of the star that sits atop our Christmas tree goes back over nearly forty years. I was a young single man whose business was failing. Finances were very tight. I had enough money to…
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Christmas Star by Sue Vincent | Day 12 | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Christmas Star by Sue Vincent | Day 12 | Advent Calendar 2016Day 12 | Advent Calendar Christmas Star by Sue Vincent Christmas Stars I had been pottering round aimlessly when I ‘should’ have be doing dire things to the inner realms of a turkey and creating havoc in the kitchen. That year however, for the first time in my adult life,…
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Bedazzled by Teresa Karlinski | The Sunday’s of Advent | Advent Calendar 2016
Read more: Bedazzled by Teresa Karlinski | The Sunday’s of Advent | Advent Calendar 20163rd Sunday of Advent | Day 11 | Advent Calendar Bedazzled by Teresa Karlinski Dolores studied the bedraggled excuse for a tree. Branches drooped instead of bouncing proud and wide. What once passed for needles, the sparse boughs presented bristles and wire. The bottom limbs collapsed tired and spent, sweeping…