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A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts: Stories to Warm Your Heart and Tips to Simplify Your Holidays
Is your December cluttered? Does Christmas leave you fretting instead of singing quot;Joy to the Worldquot;? In A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts, discover how to bring harmony to this busy month. Tips for family traditions, connecting generations, children, gift giving, how to grow myrrh and much more. Try the scrumptious quot;Cookie Canisterquot; recipes. Read about families who experienced Christmas firsts. This is a book to help you un-complicate Christmas, rediscover the real source of joy and usher in the celebration of faith, family and a Savior. This book is written by six well-known Cathy Messecar, Trish Berg, Terra Hangen, Brenda Nixon, Karen Robbins and Leslie Wilson. Trish Berg is a national speaker and author. She has been a featured speaker for MOPS International and Hearts at Home and interviewed on ABC, Focus on the Family and Midday Connection. Trish lives in Ohio with her husband, Mike and their four children. Terra Hangen's articles appear in dozens of magazines on subjects including Bible gardening, penguins, flowers and herbs, bicycle soldiers and prayer. A contributing author to Rainy Day Book and the garden columnist for Positively-Feminine.org, she and her husband live in coastal California, where she enjoys gardening while her cats nap in the sun. Cathy Messecar is a newspaper columnist, author of The Stained Glass Pickup and speaker. She lives on Leaning Tree Acres Farm with her husband, David, in Montgomery, Texas. Brenda Nixon, M.A.as the former parenting expert for Kansas City's Fox4 Noon News, she speaks to issues affecting today's families, helping parents and professionals understand child development and parenting issues. She is the author of The Birth to Five Confident Childrearing Right from the Start, a speaker, media personality and educator. Karen Robbins, freelance writer and speaker, is also a world traveler, SCUBA diver, Mother of five and the grandmother of six. She writes regularly for Positively Feminine.org and Lake Erie Living Magazine and has contributed to several compilation books. Karen lives with her husband, Bob, in Independence, Ohio. Leslie Wilson pens a weekly humor column, Reality Motherhood and makes thousands laugh each year through Hearts at Home, MOPS and Early Childhood PTAs. She's a contributing author to the Groovy Chicks Road Trip series, Chicken Soup for the Mother of Preschoolers Soul and dozens of parenting magazines.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2008
About the author
Cathy Messecar
9 books4 followersCathy Turner Messecar, born in Nashville, Arkansas, has lived in Texas most of her life. Married to David, they will celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary in July/2007.
She and her husband reside in Montgomery, Texas, the birthplace of the Texas flag. From their rural farm, Leaning Tree Acres, they own and operate a trucking company, delivering rock and alfalfa. Cathy and David have two children and four grandchildren and one due in December. Cathy says, We live on the farm together. We eat some meals together . . . We are the Waltons.
She has taught womens Bible classes for over 25 years. She also speaks at retreats and organizations such as garden clubs, Retired Teachers and MOPS.
A freelance writer, she has written for the Houston Chronicle, Christian Woman, Sisterhood, Power for Today, Christian Mirror Webzine and the Pen & Sword Newsletter for the Amy Foundation. Her inspirational writings appear in other devotional compilation books.
She is in her sixth year of writing an inspirational column for the Friday religion section of The Courier, Conroe, Texas, and has received a Roaring Lambs award from the Amy Foundation for one column. Cathy has received the award of Competent Toastmaster from Toastmasters International (speakers club), and is working toward the silver award.
Her first book The Stained Glass Pickup published by Leafwood Publishers/ACU Press is currently available online and in bookstores.
Cathys interests include family and friends, and snooping around antique fairs, collecting old linens, serving tea from her teapots and cups, and of course, writing.
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She and her husband reside in Montgomery, Texas, the birthplace of the Texas flag. From their rural farm, Leaning Tree Acres, they own and operate a trucking company, delivering rock and alfalfa. Cathy and David have two children and four grandchildren and one due in December. Cathy says, We live on the farm together. We eat some meals together . . . We are the Waltons.
She has taught womens Bible classes for over 25 years. She also speaks at retreats and organizations such as garden clubs, Retired Teachers and MOPS.
A freelance writer, she has written for the Houston Chronicle, Christian Woman, Sisterhood, Power for Today, Christian Mirror Webzine and the Pen & Sword Newsletter for the Amy Foundation. Her inspirational writings appear in other devotional compilation books.
She is in her sixth year of writing an inspirational column for the Friday religion section of The Courier, Conroe, Texas, and has received a Roaring Lambs award from the Amy Foundation for one column. Cathy has received the award of Competent Toastmaster from Toastmasters International (speakers club), and is working toward the silver award.
Her first book The Stained Glass Pickup published by Leafwood Publishers/ACU Press is currently available online and in bookstores.
Cathys interests include family and friends, and snooping around antique fairs, collecting old linens, serving tea from her teapots and cups, and of course, writing.
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February 3, 2009
Not Just another Little Christmas Book
With shopping, cooking, recitals, and services all piled on top of our daily chores and tasks, how many of us lose sight of what's meaningful, for days at a time, every Christmas? What if you could have one tool to keep that from happening?
A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts is only ten chapters long, each themed with a verse of the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke. Chapters are then stuffed with categorized features like Family Snapshot, Gingerbread Genealogy, Vintage Poetry and Lyrics, Peppermints for Little Ones, Stocking Stuffer Tradition, Gift for You, Evergreen Thumb, A Few of Our Favorite Things, Trivia Treasures, Bethlehem Star, Morning Star Light, and Word Quilter's Wisdom.
Every reader will be inspired—in each chapter, learn things, enjoy memories, and consider new family traditions. Consider new ways to help the needy with their holiday. I'm not a guy who will be trying out the new recipes, but I hope to be eating them.
A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts should be as much a part of your holiday as the family Christmas-fying their home with wreaths and decorations. If ever there was a book printed for seasonal bathroom reading, this is it; pack it away in that first box you open every year, and then annually, drop it in the reading basket. Young, old, and everyone between will find something memorable in this little Christmas book.
By Frank Creed, novelist and manuscript critiquer for thefinishers.biz
With shopping, cooking, recitals, and services all piled on top of our daily chores and tasks, how many of us lose sight of what's meaningful, for days at a time, every Christmas? What if you could have one tool to keep that from happening?
A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts is only ten chapters long, each themed with a verse of the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke. Chapters are then stuffed with categorized features like Family Snapshot, Gingerbread Genealogy, Vintage Poetry and Lyrics, Peppermints for Little Ones, Stocking Stuffer Tradition, Gift for You, Evergreen Thumb, A Few of Our Favorite Things, Trivia Treasures, Bethlehem Star, Morning Star Light, and Word Quilter's Wisdom.
Every reader will be inspired—in each chapter, learn things, enjoy memories, and consider new family traditions. Consider new ways to help the needy with their holiday. I'm not a guy who will be trying out the new recipes, but I hope to be eating them.
A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts should be as much a part of your holiday as the family Christmas-fying their home with wreaths and decorations. If ever there was a book printed for seasonal bathroom reading, this is it; pack it away in that first box you open every year, and then annually, drop it in the reading basket. Young, old, and everyone between will find something memorable in this little Christmas book.
By Frank Creed, novelist and manuscript critiquer for thefinishers.biz
December 21, 2008
It is a compilation project by 6 different women -
Trish Berg
Terra Hangen
Cathy Messecar
Karen Robbins
Brenda Nixon
Leslie Wilson
What makes this book so charming you might ask? It is full of sweet stories, recipes, trivia, lyrics, poetry, Bible verses and even questions that all 6 ladies answer from their individual viewpoint and all of these things relate to Christmas. Its a beautiful book that would make a lovely present or display nicely where guests can flip through it.
I loved the story of the grade school girl selling Christmas cards door-to-door after her daddy died and my eyes welled up at Trish's story of her Little Angel Girl Ornament. There are recipes I want to try and thoughts that make me think. Overall this is a beautiful book that would be treasured by anyone who loves Christmas.
Trish Berg
Terra Hangen
Cathy Messecar
Karen Robbins
Brenda Nixon
Leslie Wilson
What makes this book so charming you might ask? It is full of sweet stories, recipes, trivia, lyrics, poetry, Bible verses and even questions that all 6 ladies answer from their individual viewpoint and all of these things relate to Christmas. Its a beautiful book that would make a lovely present or display nicely where guests can flip through it.
I loved the story of the grade school girl selling Christmas cards door-to-door after her daddy died and my eyes welled up at Trish's story of her Little Angel Girl Ornament. There are recipes I want to try and thoughts that make me think. Overall this is a beautiful book that would be treasured by anyone who loves Christmas.
November 18, 2008
A Scrapbook of Christmas is full of fresh ideas and practical ways to weave delight into Christmas holidays. Discover how to bring harmony to this busy month. This book has great tips on family traditions, gift giving, connecting generations and so much more.
This hardcover book is very beautifully done and so delightful. It is filled with touching stories that leaves you heart with a warm glow, some tasty recipes and tradition memories both old and new. This would be a lovely gift for anyone for many years to come.
This hardcover book is very beautifully done and so delightful. It is filled with touching stories that leaves you heart with a warm glow, some tasty recipes and tradition memories both old and new. This would be a lovely gift for anyone for many years to come.
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