A Literary Christmas Celebration presents Maurice Gray
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Quirky Traditions
Christmas has always been special to my family. Since I was a boy, I can remember the anticipation of the celebration to come.
Once my sister and I outgrew the frantic need to get up at dark-thirty to open presents, we and my parents would sleep in on Christmas morning (unless it fell on Sunday- that meant we’d go to church like every other Sunday). For non-Sunday Christmases, we would get up around ten AM and straggle downstairs. We’d open gifts, grab some breakfast and then get out of Mom’s way so she could finish cooking for the dozen or so relatives who would come for dinner around 3:00 or so. We’d try to offer help, but ultimately we’d be exiled from the kitchen so that Mom could get things done more quickly 
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A Literary Christmas Celebration presents Linda Beed
Christmas all month with WrittenVoicesBlog.com. Over the next few days, we will meet the Damascus Road Authors. Join us Monday, December 8th on WrittenVoicesPodcast.com as we discuss books, Christmas memories and more with the Damascus Road Authors.
Christmas Traditions
Linda Beed
Our desire as a family has always been to keep Christmas centered around Christ. In order to do that my husband and I along with our extended family sought to create traditions that are fun and can be passed on to our generations.
There are three traditions that the Beed family holds dear. The first is the exchanging of Christmas ornaments. Each year our children have received new ornaments. When they married they received their ornaments as one of their wedding gifts. They now share the tradition with their children.
A Literary Christmas Celebration presents Marilynn Griffith
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Christmas Sauce
by Marilynn Griffith
Ink-black night stretched out like a sheet above the Chevy Skylark. I wiggled in the passenger’s seat. It was Christmas Eve, and we were late. My mother eyed her watch.
“We’ll be there soon honey. Just relax.”
Anxious to obey, I turned and counted the gifts packed in the backseat. Who could use thirty-two packages of talcum powder? I wanted to ask, but Mom’s intense gaze at the road made me think better of it.
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A Literary Christmas Celebration presents Jeanette W. Hill
Christmas all month with WrittenVoicesBlog.com. During the month of December, we will feature an author or writer who will share their favorite Christmas memory or thoughts with us. Remember to treat a family member or friend to a great gift – purchase the books featured!
My Christmas Memory
By Jeanette W. Hill
It was my nine month old daughter Camille’s first Christmas. I remember her chocolate brown skin and curly hair sitting by the Christmas tree. She had a cold and was cranky which was not attributed to her cold. We snapped photos as her older sister excitedly jumped around all the presents with her name on them.
INTERVIEW | Shelita Williams
Shelita, describe yourself for our visitors.
I grew up in the city of Detroit, in a physically and mentally abusive environment surrounded with drugs and alcohol. As a result I became a very violent and hostile teenager. I had a very low self-esteem and the decisions that I made in life reflected it. When I was 24 I met the Man of my dreams, Jesus Christ! He changed my life and even though I have been through the fire, you can’t tell and I don’t smell like smoke! Glory be to God!
I have many hats that I wear. Being a Christian is my first and far most important hat. Without Christ and the principles of the Word of God as my foundation, I could not do or be anything. It’s in Him that I live, move and have my being. Secondly I wear the hat of being a mommy! I’m a single parent, my daughter Amber is 12. She is beautiful, intelligent and the light of my life! She is the main reason why I strive to be all that God has called me to be. I want to be an example of a Godly woman, a woman who knows and shows that there are no limits in Christ!
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