Hi friends! Today is the start of a blog party hosted by the lovely Faith of Stories by Firefly. I will be posting every day of the party except Sundays on this blog & my other blog Little Blossoms for Jesus. I hope you enjoy! Be sure to head over to Faith's to read her post and see the other participants' posts. :)
There's also a 12DoC giveaway this year! There’s two prizes, and each winner will receive a paperback copy of Behold by Faith Potts, a pair of fuzzy Christmas socks, a Christmas ornament, and a few other small goodies (magnet, candy, something like that). The giveaway will open on the 14th at 12am and close at 12am Christmas morning. Winners will be announced in Faith's post on Christmas Day. Click here to enter!
The Romance of a Christmas Card
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggins
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggins
Synopsis:
Can a Christmas card be the means that brings two wanderers home to love?
The minister's son, Dick, has left Beulah because his harmless mischief was exaggerated constantly by the gossips of the village. His best friend, David, has left the village and found himself in an unhappy marriage, then widowed and burdened with twin babies. The care of the children falls to his older sister, Letty, and David returns to the world to struggle out a living. The minister's wife dabbles in painting and poetry, and this Christmas she decides to paint Letty and her little cottage and add a few verses. Her cards are strewn across the United States. Will the mention of "the old folks at home" and Letty's wistful face touch the two young men?
My Review:
⭐⭐⭐⭐ & ❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎
3.5 stars & 4/10 hearts. This story is already pretty nostalgic to me, for I’ve read it a couple of times and usually around Christmas! It’s quaint and very beautiful and humorous in parts, though I do not agree with everything. :)
A Favourite Quote: “‘There is always so little spare money in the village that we get less and less accustomed to sharing what we have with others. I want to remind the people that there are different ways of giving, and that the bestowing of one's self in service and good deeds can be the best of all gifts.’”
A Favourite Beautiful Quote: “Winter had melted into spring, burst into summer, faded into autumn, lapsed into winter again,—the same old, ever-recurring pageant in the world of Nature, and the same procession of incidents in the neighborhood life. The harvest moon and the hunter's moon had come and gone; the first frost, the family dinners and reunions at Thanksgiving, the first snowfall; and now, as Christmas approached, the same holiday spirit was abroad in the air[.]”
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “‘Ossian said to Luther the other day: “Maria ain't hardly to blame, parson. She come from a gloomy stock. The Ladds was all gloomy, root and branch. They say that the Ladd babies was always discouraged two days after they was born.”’”
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Wow! This sounds interesting!
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DeleteThis sounds like a good book. :)
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DeleteAww, this sounds super sweet! Thanks for joining the party, Katja :D
ReplyDeleteIt is! You’re welcome! I was so happy to join in :)
DeleteThank you for your review. This sounds like a good book. I love those two quotes you pointed out. Merry Christmas.
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You’re welcome! It is a good one. Awww, I’m glad! I work hard to pick those, so it makes me happy when people like them! Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks for commenting! :)
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