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|  | | Decking the Halls The Folklore and Traditions of Christmas Plants
Share the pass-along stories and legends ofour traditional Christmas plants with your family and friends. Decking the Halls is a delightful collection of the customs,legends and even the superstitions of the most popular holiday plants.
With so many customs and traditions during the Christmas season, we seldom pause to wonder and ponder about how and why they began. Christmas has more traditional plants, with their accompanying legends and symbolism, than any other season of the year.
Holly, ivy, mistletoe, poinsettias, the Yule log, and the most popular and recognized of all - the Christmas tree - each has its own fascinating legend and history. Many customs and traditions of the season are surrounded by an aura of mystery and magic.
Drawing from ancient Druid, Celtic, Norse and Rom | |  | | Find Your Happiness
101 inspirational stories about finding your purpose, passion and joy
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div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">From finding your purpose and counting your blessings to discovering the joy of giving and pursuing your passion, the 101 stories in i>Chicken Soup for the Soul : Find Your Happiness/i> explore the ways people from all walks of life looked within themselves and | |  | | Finding My Faith
Finding your Faith, the newest book in the Chicken Soup for Your Soul series, includes a story by Oklahoma author and long-time gardener, Linda Allen.
span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Allen's story, "Love Notes in the Garden," shares how her time in the garden helped her faith grow along with her plants. Allen credits her love of gardening to her great-grandfather, /span>span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">a Cherokee Strip pioneer, and her grandmother, a life-long Oklahoman. Other stories in the book tell how faith is an individual discovery, showing up in a miracle or an everyda | |  | | Menagerie at the Manger
Enjoy the delightful stories of Menagerie at the Manger with the children in your life or the child in you. Each of the traditional animals at the Nativity shares its special role on that holy night.
Did you know that sheep were once not fleecy but shaggy animals with long strands of tangled wool, that long ago the robin had no red breast, but was just a plain brown bird?
How did they become the animals we recognize so easily today?
Packed with fascinating information, i>Menagerie at the Manger/i>/b>, is perfect for discovering more about holiday animals. And it is a handy resource for answering questions about why certain animals and Christmas traditions are the way they are.
Its companion book, i>Decking the Halls - The Folklore and Traditions o | |  | | Our Fathers Who Art in Heaven
Filling the gap left by a deceased father is difficult. This book creates a bridge for those left behind. Written by individuals whose fathers have passed, Our Fathers Who Art in Heaven provides true stories of inspiration and hope.
The leadership and life lessons from these dads will help you realize and appreciate what all fathers continue to teach us. The principles these authors share will bring a smile to your face as you think of your own father.
p style="text-align: center">i>When you give someone a book, you don't give him just paper, ink, and glue. You give him the possibility of a whole new life. ~ /b>/i>Christopher Morley/b>
| |  | | The Power of Gratitude
Chicken Soup 101 Stories about How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life. "Trifle or Treasure" shares how a simple, hand-held pencil sharpener brightened and eased the work of a Bolivian nurse.
| |  | | The Ultimate Birdlover
Whether your passion is for birds of prey or companions that play, you'll delight in these extraordinary stories about birds of all kinds.
Excerpt from i>The Best Things in Life /i>by Linda Allen:
div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">My wildlife habitat provides hours of G-rated entertainment for me and my family. Each species has its time of the day when it is most active and claims the yard as its restaurant or cafeteria. Cheeps, chirps, chatter and an occasional squawk entertain us throughout the day as the birds “talk” to each other. It is our background music until evening when the chorus of frogs, crickets, locusts, and the neighborhood owl take over. /div> | |  | | The Ultimate Christian Living
Life can be a challenge in many ways - one filled with hope, faith, charity, and devotion. In The Ultimate Christian Living, you'll find true accounts of service to others, challenges faced and overcome through faith.
| |  | | The Ultimate Gardener
A collection of gardening stories, memories, wisdom and advice including "must-know" information about landscape design, planting tips, and gardening with children and pets.
strong>Excerpt:/strong> Gardens are more than just pretty flowers and tasty vegetables and fruits. More than 82 million households or 71 percent of the U.S. population gardened in 2007. These people know that spending a little time in the yard tending a vegetable or flower garden, planting a tree or shrub, or mowing a lawn not only makes for a more beautiful and healthier world, but creates a more relaxing, peaceful, and connected life in our families, neighborhoods, and country.
Enjoy the stories about the joys and challenges of gardening with per | |  | | Time to Thrive
If someone had told me five years ago that I would be living happily ever after on a small farm in western Oklahoma, I would have adamantly denied the possibility. Back then, I was a confirmed city girl with no plans to change.
However, times change and life changes you along the way in ways you never thought possible. Here I am today, happily living what I claimed improbable and impossible and loving every moment!
| |  | | Tis the Season - Select Stories of Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction
Regardless of religious inclinations, the Christmas season often serves as a period of reflection. As the temperature drops and snow falls, we seek warmth within our homes, and we turn within ourselves to contemplate our place in this world. This is the tie that binds all the stories in this collection together: the search for meann in our everydy lives, as well as the true nature and spirit of the holiday season.
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