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A Midnight Clear, Selected Family Christmas Stories by Newbery author Katherine Paterson writes a collection of short stories for young readers.  The copy that I read has five selected Christmas stories, I believe that there are a total of twelve, so I’d like to track the other ones down.  Katherine’s husband John is a pastor, and each Christmas Eve he would read a original story to his congregation written by Katherine.

The stories illustrates the true meaning of Christmas.  In one a girl scout is assigned a service project to visit a woman at the retirement home, and she finds that she’s not anything like she expected.  In another, a little girl is sent to live with her disinterested grandmother.  The farmhand gives her a little lamb that ends up being the star at the local nativity play.  And in yet another, a father learns the true meaning of Christmas when he stays home while his family goes to Christmas Eve mass.

I enjoyed these Christmas stories, they would be great for young readers who may feel like they are now to old for Christmas picture books.  I’ll try to track down the others for Christmas next year.

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