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    <body><![CDATA[I did not expect to like this book, but I read it in an evening and found it both moving, touching and inspiring. Really made me remember what the holiday season is all about. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was written by our friend Kevin Milne.  This is a great story that everyone will love.  I highly recommend it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kevin Milne's first novel, <em>The Paper Bag Christmas,</em> is a sweet little volume that tugs on your heartstrings at the same time that it tickles your funnybone. The writing style is occasionally (rarely) a little awkward, but for a first novel it is relatively smooth and palatable. Without revealing too...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44542803">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If there was ever a year when we needed a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas, this is it.  The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne is just the book to help us reflect on that.<br/><br/>The book opens on the day after Thanksgiving with Mo and Aaron Alan going to the mall to visit Santa. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38323281">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Every Christmas season there are several wonderful, inspiring novels published. I read one each year to get in the spirit, in addition to returning to old favorites. My new book this year is The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne. The first thing that caught my eye after seeing it was a Christm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78806569">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably the best Christmas book I have ever read! I strongly suggest you read this book! It made me cry the last couple of pages, but the rest of the book you will laugh out loud!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though Christmas is over, I'm glad I took the time to read this sweet story.  Having a friend with a young daughter who has been frequenting the children's hospital made this story even more emotional to read.  One of my favorite chapter headers from this book quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: &quot;The o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41763415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loced this book. It reminds us of the real spirit of Christmas which is so hard to find in the hustle bustle of the season. it is the story of two brothers who want everything for Christmas and a Santa who says he will give them something wonderful that they didn't know they wanted if they would b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46248749">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A contrived parable on the true meaning of Christmas. This is what I get for grabbing a skinny book with a pretty cover! Maybe if I read it on Christmas Eve it would put a glow in my heart and a tear in my eye, but not on Super Bowl Sunday.<br/>I think young  teens might like this, maybe even middl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45067433">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I Loved This Book!  it made me cry.  The true meaning of Christmas is alive and well in this book.  Anyone looking for a good Christmas uplifter this one is for you.  A wonderful wonderful story - a bit sad in a few parts but wonderful.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book to read to or with older kids.  The story starts with kids who are skeptical about Santa and greedy with their Christmas wish lists.  There are many lessons to be learned throughout the book.  I loved this one!]]></body>
    
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