Christmas Stories: From My Family to Yours

By Susanne Sir

Anyone can write a Christmas card. Author Susanne Sir found the practice to be tedious, so she came up with a better idea: write stories that express the holiday season’s magic. She sent out her first story and received rave reviews. Teachers shared it with pupils and parents shared it with their kids. The practice continued and is now shared with the world.

Christmas Stories: From My Family to Yours is a collection of sometimes true and sometimes fictional tales, all tied to God’s love. Sir introduces adorable animals in each anecdote, not from her imagination but from God’s creation. These strories reflect the true spirit of the holiday season but go beyond to discuss unconditional love, friendship, and hope—universal longings that last all year.

What began as a small undertaking for Sir’s family and friends is now available to everyone. Humorous, heart warming, and touched with God’s love, this collection embraces not only the reader but also the true meaning of Christmas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973674313

Susanne Sir

Susanne Sir enjoys paradise with her husband and many of God’s wild creatures. She lives in Miami Shores, Florida. Susanne is also the author of the Georgi Girl Series.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-7432-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-7431-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019914183

WestBow Press rev. date: 10/9/2019

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Characters

Two Sides to a Story

Thank God for Tiny Miracles

Let There Be Peace and Goodwill to All Feathered Friends on the Lake

God’s Family

Home Sweet Home

Thank God There Were Four

The Ugly Duck Came Home for Christmas: God Loves All His Creation

Do Unto Geese As You Would Have Geese Do Unto You: The Golden Goose Rule

God’s Glorious Gift

The Great Chase

My View Is Sunny

Dee Dove

Lucky, the Falling Star

Love Fest

A Cripple

Memories

Previous Writings by Susanne Sir

Murder in the Shores / A Georgi Girl Series

The Fortune Cookie

We Clean Up

Six Hands

The Wheel of Misfortune

Warmth, Joy, and Love

To my sisters, Lita and Ellen,

and my brothers, Nils and Albert, for the memories we have shared sitting around our Christmas tree on Christmas Eve!

To my stars—Greta, Annie, Ripper, Toni, Tori, Teel, SuSu, and Dee. Thank you for sharing!

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they asked; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.

—Martin Luther

Acknowledgments

To the esteemed WestBow Press for publishing my humble work. Thank you!

To Eric Schroeder of WestBow Press who has provided encouragement, wisdom, guidance,