I got a jump on the holiday season by reading “The Nativity Collection”; six short stories surrounding the Christmas season by Robert J. Morgan, a pastor from Nashville, Tennessee. This is the first of Pastor Morgan’s writings that I have read, and I was touched, moved and amused.
The stories range from a depression-era family who spend their Christmas Eve with an old woman who believes she has been re-united with her long-lost family, to a modern day honeymooning couple who discover the basis for true love before it is too late. A surprise awaits you at the end of “Sugarplum and the Christmas Cradle”. You will find yourself with a tear in your eye at times and laughing out loud at others. Mr. Morgan is a talented and creative story-teller.
Mostly, what you will find here in this collection of short stories is wonderful additions to add to your family reading time. If you haven’t already established such a thing, you now have a good reason to do so. Start with “Ollie” this Christmas and start a new tradition with your family and you will find yourself looking for every opportunity to sit and read aloud with your children, grandchildren or anyone you can find who will sit still long enough to hear these heartwarming tales of the holidays. Let me be the first to wish you and yours Merry Christmas!
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