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Christmas Reflections
Describes the celebration of Christmas by a family living in the city and one living in the country.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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February 2, 2023
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Tells parallel stories of two families getting ready for Christmas - one from the country, one in the city (country Christmas is homemade, city Christmas is store-bought, with no clear preference or value assigned to either above the other).
Every page ends with a, "just like in the Bible when..." -Mary did.., -the Angels heralded..., -in the town of Bethlehem.., -the shepherds saw.., etc. Entirely scripture-centric. No Santa here. (Still makes me smile that Christmas trees are alright, "Reminds me of God's ever-lasting love.", but of course was a pre-existing Saturnalia/Solstice tradition of sympathetic magic and keeping the 'living green' alive in the dead of winter so that it could be reborn..). It's just an interesting thing to think about - the merging of traditions and overwriting... maybe worth meditating on, rather than waging war over, just sayin'. ;) Do the details matter as much as the Good News?! Heck no. ;)
Lovely, skillful illustrations - sadly in 70s brown and mustard. :S Perhaps the copyright owner could reissue this in full colour? They are gorgeous, but sadly so dated (mostly by colour-scheme, not content - though it was the 70s with 70s hairstyles).
Tells parallel stories of two families getting ready for Christmas - one from the country, one in the city (country Christmas is homemade, city Christmas is store-bought, with no clear preference or value assigned to either above the other).
Every page ends with a, "just like in the Bible when..." -Mary did.., -the Angels heralded..., -in the town of Bethlehem.., -the shepherds saw.., etc. Entirely scripture-centric. No Santa here. (Still makes me smile that Christmas trees are alright, "Reminds me of God's ever-lasting love.", but of course was a pre-existing Saturnalia/Solstice tradition of sympathetic magic and keeping the 'living green' alive in the dead of winter so that it could be reborn..). It's just an interesting thing to think about - the merging of traditions and overwriting... maybe worth meditating on, rather than waging war over, just sayin'. ;) Do the details matter as much as the Good News?! Heck no. ;)
Lovely, skillful illustrations - sadly in 70s brown and mustard. :S Perhaps the copyright owner could reissue this in full colour? They are gorgeous, but sadly so dated (mostly by colour-scheme, not content - though it was the 70s with 70s hairstyles).
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