New Review and Giveaway: Cole Family Christmas Book
A family affair from start to finish is a great way to describe the book Cole Family Christmas. The book is a true, tender, and wholly unforgettable tale of a coal miner’s family that has been passed down from generation to generation.
Hazel Cole Kendle related this story of a very special family Christmas from her childhood to her granddaughter-in-law and co-author, Jennifer Liu Bryan. Hazel was one of nine Cole children raised in the small mining community of Benham, Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains. Hazel states, “It was my sister Ruble, our family’s storyteller, who passed down to me the story of a magical Christmas when things didn’t go quite as planned… yet that Christmas become one of my family’s most beloved and memorable holidays. I, in turn, told this story to my children, who then told it to their own children.”
The tale follows a special Christmas when the Cole children are allowed to ask Santa for gifts from the Sears catalogue wish book. An unlikely snowstorm set the stage for a holiday in which gifts are given and received that no one could have predicted.
The book was released in September 2008. It is 74 pages long. I had no idea when I decided to do this giveaway that she was from Kentucky. That is where we have mainly lived the past 10 years as I finished high school, college, and met my husband. So, what a great scene for me as I read the book. The book is a great Christmas traditional book that each family can read together every year. It is really cutely illustrated! I picture a fire going and reading this to my little girl and soon to be baby this Christmas with some hot cocoa! Can’t wait to share it with them!
For more information about the book, visit the book’s site HERE.
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My favourite tradition will be the one my family – with a two year old toddler – creates together!
We decorate for christmas the night of Thanksgiving…
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Decorating after Thanksgiving. Last year I tried to pull out something new each day for the kids to put up for decor. Just being with ALL of my kids for Christmas is my goal every year!
We don’t really have any traditions as I might wish. Such as I wish we would go see my parents!
xmas decoarating is always done on Thanskgiving morning – the guys go outside and I stay in and cook. The inside of the house gets decorated on December 1st
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I love making chocolates
I always read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” out loud to the family.
we love baking,decorating and watching christmas movies :)
We have many family traditions that we cherish, so I will just choose one. Every year I get up in the middle of the night to prepare the Christmas stockings and on Christmas, everyone, including my husband, gets excited about it. vidomich(at)yahoo(dot)com
A tradition we enjoy is to have “Santa Mouse” leave little tiny gifts hidden in the tree for the kids. My parents did this for me, and got the idea from the Santa Mouse books. Thank you for the giveaway!
would love to win this!
I love going to the “Love Feast” with my family on Christmas eve.
Me and my sisters get together and bake cookies and candy and we have a blast
We love to see the “snow” fall in Celebration, FL. It is the closest thing we get to snow.
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We go to church on Christmas Eve.
We go to the movies.
My favorite holiday traditions is putting up the Christmas tree and decorating with lights outside.
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