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Hot Apple Cider

Christmas with Hot Apple Cider

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Want to warm your soul for the holidays? Unwrap the true meaning of gift giving with a treasure trove of festive tales.

Sometimes, the best gift is a great story. The heartfelt stories in this anthology are sure to fill even the grouchiest Scrooge with holiday spirit.

Christmas with Hot Apple Cider: Stories from the Season of Giving and Receiving is an eclectic collection of true stories, short fiction, and poetry. With 55 featured authors and poets, the anthology provides a diverse and multidimensional look at the traditions, teachings, and values surrounding the birth of Jesus. Be inspired to share your own stories with the world as you discover a fresh appreciation of the holiday season.

In Christmas with Hot Apple Cider, you'll delight in stories about:

An immigrant family puzzling over unfamiliar North American customs
Grandparents passing down a family tradition to a young grandchild
An octogenarian remembering the day receiving a Christmas gift was nothing short of a miracle
A Jewish child longing to celebrate Christmas
A teacher witnessing the joy of a simple gift at a Nigerian orphanage
A writer struggling to create a meaningful presentation about the innkeeper
An Old Order Mennonite teen experiencing Handel's Messiah live at Massey Hall
Two women answering a call for help from a remote First Nations community


This anthology boasts inspirational stories you and your family will want to read again and again. If you like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, strong Christian themes, and stories that make you laugh and cry, then you'll love this must-have stocking stuffer.


Buy Christmas with Hot Apple Cider today to give yourself and your family the gift of holiday cheer!


352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2017

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N.J. Lindquist

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Author 12 books81 followers
December 5, 2017
This anthology of true-life stories, fiction, and poetry from 55 Canadian Christian writers is a strong addition to the Hot Apple Cider series.

Memories from the past include tales of Canadian childhood from those born in Canada and children of immigrants making new homes in sometimes-challenging circumstances. Vignettes from the present include what Christmas might be like for the incarcerated, and Christmas celebrations with grandchildren. Short stories include a man who’s decided to live off the grid and a young woman who befriends an immigrant.

The Hot Apple Cider series are heart-warming collections along the line of the Chicken Soup books, but less sentimental. They’re all from Christian authors, but they’re not sermons. Instead, the writers’ faith is the worldview from which they draw their work.

Christmas With Hot Apple Cider is the fifth and newest book in the series, joining three full-length books and the mini-book, A Taste of Hot Apple Cider. I think it’s a keeper, that readers will turn to year after year as part of settling into the Christmas spirit.

[Review copy from my personal library.]
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Author 6 books12 followers
November 13, 2017
This is a delightful read as we enter the Christmas season and I felt privileged to be one of the contributors.
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