A Cup of Christmas Cheer, Volumes 3-4

A Cup of Christmas Cheer #3-4

by Barbara Andrews, Mona Hodgson, Liz Johnson

A Cup of Christmas Cheer is a delightful collection of original fiction written just for Guideposts readers and hand-picked by the editors at Guideposts to make your Christmas merry and bright. Each story offers the perfect opportunity to take a short break from your holiday planning and escape into an uplifting adventure. Everything you love in heartwarming Christmas fiction is in A Cup of Christmas Cheer — faith-based plots, captivating writing, lovable characters and hopeful endings that warm you from head to toe. You’ll love the way these stories whisk you away and how each has a heartwarming Christmas message of redemption, forgiveness, hope, and faith.

The books are available exclusively from Guideposts Books.
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484 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Barbara Andrews wanted a career she could combine with motherhood and four children. She made her first sale to Highlights for Children, when her children were in kindergarten. Barbara Andrews is the author of 20 romance novels under her own name. Her daughter Pam grew up within earshot of her mother's manual typewriter. Pam majored in journalism in college and later worked as a reporter. Pam married with with Mr. Hanson, a college-professor, and they created a family. Barbara teamed up with her daughter after the birth of Pam's first child, Erik. They published their books under the pseudonyms Jennifer Drew and Pam Rock. For several years their partnership was long-distance, fueled by high phone bills! They make writing a lot easier these days. So does the fact that mom and daughter share digs in West Virginia, along with Pam Hanson's husband and their two sons, Erik and Andrew. Barbara is the mother of four and the grandmother of seven.

Reviews

[Deborha Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This two book set was such a pleasure to read. Each author created a story that helped me to relive Christmas over and over again. You can look forward to several totally different story lines in these two volumes. They are all short stories with huge messages of hope, love, faithfulness….the list goes on. I highly recommend A Cup of Christmas Cheer no matter what time of year it is. It is an accumulation of feel-good stories that will touch your heart and soul. I look forward to reading them again one day.


I’d like to thank Carrie Fancett Pagels for sending me my set of A Cup of Christmas Cheer, her story was one of the highlights of Volume 1. Even though these books were given to me, I was under no obligation to write a positive review.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading both 1 & 2 of these books for 2013. I won them in a site contest. One of the authors, Marilyn Turk, sent them to me. Her story, one about a lighthouse, was very enjoyable. "A Stranger's Visit to the Lighthouse" was a story from Guide Posts, where someone was helped by a washed ashore angel of sorts. I also enjoyed reading one by Johnnie Alexander Donley, whom I met through ACFW MBT.

[Vera Godley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely collection of stories (mini-novellas) by assorted authors that leave the reader with a warm-fuzzy feeling that speaks to the goodness of people and happy endings. Set during Christmas in past years, each story is a gentle, clean read.

I was gifted the book by a special friend.

[Gayle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read all the volumes in this set. Volume one last year and finished volumes two and three this year. It is a series of heartwarming short stories surrounding Christmas events. A little boy who is shipped via parcel post on a train to see his Grandparents and sisters when his parents can't afford to
pay for his ticket. A quilt made for a Grandmother from her husbands old clothes as a Christmas gift. There are eight stories in each book Just sweet little heartwarming stories and so fun to read during this hard time of 2020. I'll put them back on my shelf and read them again next year.

[Kaye Wingo · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful book

[Bonnie Roof · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received A Cup of Christmas Cheer, Volume 3 from Debbie Lynne Costello as a gift - such wonderful heart-warming stories from the 8 authors involved - I loved it!!

In Debbie's story, "The Letter" - it is 1945 and the journalist husband of Jennifer Davis, Richard, was missing and presumed deceased 3 years prior. Jennifer has had no contact from her in-laws in those 3 years - her mother-in-law unhappy her son didn't marry the girl she had chosen for him and feeling Jennifer beneath her high-society standards. Yet, for the sake of Richard - who had always wanted Jennifer and his parents to reconcile - Jennifer decides that she and her children will spend the Christmas week at her in-laws house.

"The Letter" is a heart-warming story of family that will touch your heart and stir your emotions. A story of forgiveness and the realization that people/situations aren't always as we perceive them to be, a story with a wonderful unexpected ending.

Kudos to Debbie Lynn Costello on "The Letter" - an inspiring story of love!!

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed these two volumes of A Cup Of Christmas Cheer put out by Guidedposts. I was sent the two volumes by Debbie Lynne Costello, author of the short story in volume 3, The Letter. Each story focused on a value we should have at Christmas time. Debbie's story was from the stories of Christmas past; from Savannah, GA in December, 1945. It's a story of reconciliation and acceptance of the people in our families that don't quite seem to fit in. I recommend these two volumes as great Christmas gifts. There are 16 short stories, all by different authors, in the two volumes. It's a great way to try out new authors and see if you want to read more of their books. Thanks, Debbie, for sending these books to me!

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won these books as part of a goodreads giveaway. They were wonderful. Definitely feel good books. I'm sure I will read them again next Christmas although they could be read at any time.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. A series of uplifting Christmas short stories published by Guidepost. I thoroughly enjoyed sprinkling these little stories in throughout the holidays. A nice little series.

[Mimi Bowen]

#3

[NancyInWI · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read Volume 3, a standalone book which isn't in the PBS catalog.
Some heartwarming, old fashioned stories, some better than others.