WWW: Christmas Stories

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Christmas Stories. And while I am going to focus on Christmas because that is what my family celebrates, I certainly invite you to focus on stories relating to your own winter holiday celebrations.

Last year, I shared the story of My Magic Christmas. It is still my favorite story from my childhood and I love remembering it through my child's vision of the time. I hope you will take the time to go and read it.

But I know there are more stories that make Christmas magical for others. The Christian story of Christmas itself is miraculous and magical. A poor young girl has an angel appear to her to tell her she will become pregnant with God's baby and she and Joseph will marry and raise this child. Can you even imagine? Put that into today's society and it's the story of a high schooler who made a mistake with her boyfriend and is trying to cover it with some wild story! These days, Mary would get locked up for psychiatric treatment for hallucinations and delusions of grandeur. Joseph's family would demand a paternity test... wonder how those DNA results would look...

I love hearing Christmas stories. Whether it's a magical Christmas from your childhood or a tradition that started with your family, your children or something humorous that happens every year... Christmas is a time of storytelling and sharing and magic.

I've dug up a few Christmas stories from bloggers to share with you. But I'd really love it if you would link to a newly written story on your blog or an old post on your blog that shares your own favorite Christmas story.

The Playpen's "A Time for Tradition"

Half Past Kissin' Time's "As The Holidays Roll Out"

C. Beth Blog's "Christmas lights... a holiday memory"