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Christmas Eve: The Nativity Story in Engravings, Verse, And Song
Christmas Eve is the perfect time to create family traditions, and we've made it more meaningful by creating Christmas The Nativity Story in Engravings, Verse, and Song.
Christmas Eve brings you the classic nativity story through scriptural verse, beautiful artwork, and music with accompanying lyrics that make it enjoyable to celebrate this joyous season with loved ones. It is the perfect way to gather the family and read the story together.
"And the angel said unto them, Fear for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:10-11).
Illustrated with original engravings.
Includes sheet music
Contains scriptural verse from the King James Version of the Bible
Carole Taylor is an illustrator, artist, and calligrapher. She holds degrees in zoology and art from Brigham Young University and resides in Utah.
Lezle Williams lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband and daughter. She specializes in relief printmaking and is the owner of Laughing Crow Studio.
Christmas Eve brings you the classic nativity story through scriptural verse, beautiful artwork, and music with accompanying lyrics that make it enjoyable to celebrate this joyous season with loved ones. It is the perfect way to gather the family and read the story together.
"And the angel said unto them, Fear for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:10-11).
Illustrated with original engravings.
Includes sheet music
Contains scriptural verse from the King James Version of the Bible
Carole Taylor is an illustrator, artist, and calligrapher. She holds degrees in zoology and art from Brigham Young University and resides in Utah.
Lezle Williams lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband and daughter. She specializes in relief printmaking and is the owner of Laughing Crow Studio.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published June 27, 2005
About the author
Gibbs Smith
40 books4 followersUtah, USA-based publishing company.
See also: Gibbs M. Smith
Gibbs M. Smith always wanted to be a history professor. But while in pursuit of his master’s degree, Smith wrote a dissertation on Joe Hill–American labor martyr, proletarian folk hero, and songwriter–that profoundly changed his life. After the book was published by the University of Utah press and made into a movie, Gibbs started entertaining the idea of starting his own publishing company. While riding a cable car in San Francisco and contemplating this venture, he wrote Alfred Knopf a letter. "In my view, he was the greatest publisher in America," reflects Smith. Knopf wrote back with words of encouragement; later they spoke over the phone. Gibbs now had the inspiration needed to embark upon this extraordinary entrepreneurial adventure. In 1969, Gibbs and his wife, Catherine, started the company known today as Gibbs Smith, Publisher. With $12,000 in cash earned from the Smiths’ work on the movie Joe Hill, the company published four initial books, which would be used as supplementary texts in college history classes. The first few years were tough, as Gibbs and his wife, Cathy, ran the company out of their studio apartment in Santa Barbara.
In 1973, the company relocated to Utah, where Gibbs and Cathy reinvested profits back into the business and lived on savings. They spent the first summer there converting an old barn (built in 1916) on the family farm into offices. It was a race against time, as the barn had no roof and winter was rapidly approaching. During that summer they also managed to publish a new textbook, Utah’s Heritage. This proved to be a very wise decision, as the company’s textbook division provided financial stability during the early years.
See also: Gibbs M. Smith
Gibbs M. Smith always wanted to be a history professor. But while in pursuit of his master’s degree, Smith wrote a dissertation on Joe Hill–American labor martyr, proletarian folk hero, and songwriter–that profoundly changed his life. After the book was published by the University of Utah press and made into a movie, Gibbs started entertaining the idea of starting his own publishing company. While riding a cable car in San Francisco and contemplating this venture, he wrote Alfred Knopf a letter. "In my view, he was the greatest publisher in America," reflects Smith. Knopf wrote back with words of encouragement; later they spoke over the phone. Gibbs now had the inspiration needed to embark upon this extraordinary entrepreneurial adventure. In 1969, Gibbs and his wife, Catherine, started the company known today as Gibbs Smith, Publisher. With $12,000 in cash earned from the Smiths’ work on the movie Joe Hill, the company published four initial books, which would be used as supplementary texts in college history classes. The first few years were tough, as Gibbs and his wife, Cathy, ran the company out of their studio apartment in Santa Barbara.
In 1973, the company relocated to Utah, where Gibbs and Cathy reinvested profits back into the business and lived on savings. They spent the first summer there converting an old barn (built in 1916) on the family farm into offices. It was a race against time, as the barn had no roof and winter was rapidly approaching. During that summer they also managed to publish a new textbook, Utah’s Heritage. This proved to be a very wise decision, as the company’s textbook division provided financial stability during the early years.
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September 12, 2015
This is the best book to read on Christmas Eve. It is the story of the first Christmas and it takes the text directly from Luke in the Bible. Christmas hymns and carols are included in just the right spots. The songs (nine) are printed as sheet music so you can sing/play along. There are also beautiful b&w scratch art pictures included. It is to be read and sung cover to cover for the perfect mix of text and music and pictures. The cover is red cloth and the pages are very nice and thick. Such a great addition to our family's holiday traditions!
November 9, 2015
This story taken from Luke 2 is an excellent book to read and sing with the family at Christmas time. The pictures, verses and Songs are great and I found myself reading and singing along and thinking of our upcoming Christmas season. Can hardly wait to share the story this with my young 12 year old Grandson and then to sing the songs with him and the family. Was especially excited about the drawings.
January 2, 2012
We read this book every Christmas Eve as a family and I just love the family tradition. The story is taken straight from Luke 2 with Christmas hymns interspersed. It's a great way to remember the reason for the season as a family.
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