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December 21, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. Christmas is almost here, and I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait. I love Christmas. So many fun things happening, not to mention not having to go to school for almost two weeks! Since I had some time on my hand and I love Christmas, I asked …
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca The stories some of you sent me of special Christmas memories has been a gift to me. Some of the stories made me smile. Some brought a tear. But the thing that connects many of the stories …
Have you been shopping to find the perfect gifts for your loved ones? Sometimes that perfect gift is illusive and sometimes even when you think you’ve found the very thing that will most please someone, the gift doesn’t live up to expectations. That’s when we try to believe it’s the thought that counts. But sometimes we wonder what they were …
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – Gilbert C. Chesterton It may be a little late for Christmas gifts although I still have my tree up with the lights on. (Not looking forward to the dismantling and packing away decorations job.) But the fancy paper and ribbons …
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. ~Thomas S. Monson Have you ever made homemade gifts for the people on your Christmas list? Sometimes that happens because we …
I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus that He said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35 NKJ) Did you ever get one of these Lifesavers Books for Christmas when you were a kid? I did and I remember …
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. (Burton Hills) That’s what many of the people who are sending me Christmas stories with their entries into my Christmas Giveaay are saying. Family and friends – that’s the best thing about Christmas. But sometimes gifts come into …
Under my Christmas tree you will generally find at least one book wrapped up for each child and grandchild. Not my books. They can have one of those any time they want, but while a few of them do read my books, others in the family have different reading tastes or might not be old enough for a book without …
December 29, 1965 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky for the last time in 1965. In a couple of days I’ll have to start trying to remember to put 1966 on all my papers. I can hardly believe it’s almost a new year. I’ll be 15 next year. 15! That’s a while away since my birthday isn’t for months …
“We give gifts to remember the best gift we’ll ever receive, Christ. None of the gifts can top that, but we still enjoy being on the look out for something to make our loved ones smile.” ~Kathie When I do a giveaway where I invite you to share stories with me, I’m always so blessed by the comments and stories you …