A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts

Is your December cluttered? Does Christmas leave you fretting instead of singing "Joy to the World"? 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 "Cookie Canister" recipes. Read about families who experienced Christmas firsts. This is a book to help you uncomplicate Christmas, rediscover the real source of joy and usher in the celebration of faith, family and a Savior. This book is written by six wellknown authors Cathy Messecar, Trish Berg, Terra Hangen, Brenda Nixon, Karen Robbins and Leslie Wilson.Trish Berg is a national speaker and author of Rattled and The Great American Supper Swap.She has been a featured speaker for MOPS International and Hearts at Home and interviewedon ABC, Focus on the Family and Midday Connection. Trish lives in Ohio with her husband,Mike and their four children. www.TrishBerg.com.Terra Hangens articles appear in dozens of magazines on subjects including Biblegardening, penguins, flowers and herbs, bicycle soldiers and prayer. A contributing authorto Rainy Day Book and the garden columnist for www.positivelyfeminine.org, she and herhusband live in coastal California, where she enjoys gardening while her cats nap in the sun.httpterragarden.blogspot.comCathy 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.www.CathyMessecar.com httpstainedglasspickup.blogspot.comBrenda 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 understandchild development and parenting issues. She is the author of The Birth to Five Book ConfidentChildrearing Right from the Start (RevellSpring '09), a speaker, media personality and educatorand offers free discipline tips at www.BrendaNixon.com.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 andLake Erie Living Magazine and has contributed to several compilation books. Karen lives withher husband, Bob, in Independence, Ohio. www.KarenRobbins.comLeslie Wilson pens a weekly humor column, Reality Motherhood and makesthousands laugh each year through Hearts at Home, MOPS and Early Childhood PTAs. Shesa contributing author to the Groovy Chicks Road Trip series, Chicken Soup for the Mother ofPreschoolers Soul and dozens of parenting magazines. Visit www.RealityMotherhood.com.Read less