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12 Pearls of Christmas: Home COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMASby Virelle KidderMy mother had remarkable zeal for Christmas. Weeks in advance, she would come home from teaching school and bake late into the night. I helped clean the house and decorate the tree while my older...

LISTENING FOR CHRISTMASby Deb Kalmbach I used to be the queen of over-commitment, and December brought out the worst in this malady. It was as if I were poised at an imaginary starting line, and when I flipped the calendar page, I was off and running–the...

12 Pearls of Christmas: Life BeautifulLife Beautifulby Margaret McSweeneyDuring a quiet moment after Thanksgiving, I started reading my parents’ stack of love letters that I recently found in a storage box. As a Christmas gift to you, I would like to share my...

12 Pearls of Christmas: Gifts of Purpose Too Precious to Wearby Sarah SundinOne Christmas when my mother was a girl, she received a string of pearls from her father. Since her parents were divorced-an unusual situation in the 1950s-she treasured the pearls as a sign...
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