Christmas with Hot Apple Cider - N J Lindquist

Want to warm your soul for the holidays? Unwrap the true meaning of gift giving with a treasure trove of festive tales.

Sometimes, the best gift is a great story. With 62 heartfelt accounts of the true meaning of Christmas, this anthology is sure to fill even the grouchiest Scrooge with holiday spirit.

Christmas with Hot Apple Cider: Stories from the Season of Giving and Receiving is an eclectic collection of true stories, short fiction, and poetry. With 55 featured authors and poets, the anthology provides a diverse and multidimensional look at the traditions, teachings, and values surrounding the birth of Jesus. Be inspired to share your own stories with the world as you discover a fresh appreciation of the holiday season.

In Christmas with Hot Apple Cider, you'll delight in stories about:

• An immigrant family puzzling over unfamiliar North American customs
• Grandparents passing down a family tradition to a young grandchild
• An octogenarian remembering the day receiving a Christmas gift was nothing short of a miracle
• A Jewish child longing to celebrate Christmas
• A teacher witnessing the joy of a simple gift at a Nigerian orphanage
• A writer struggling to create a meaningful presentation about the innkeeper
• An Old Order Mennonite teen experiencing Handel's Messiah live at Massey Hall
• Two women answering a call for help from a remote First Nations community

This anthology boasts inspirational stories you and your family will want to read again and again. If you like the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, strong Christian themes, and stories that make you laugh and cry, then you'll love this must-have stocking stuffer.

Buy Christmas with Hot Apple Cider today to give yourself and your family the gift of holiday cheer!

I'm the creator and publisher of the best-selling Hot Apple Cider books, and the author of the award-winning The Circle of Friends YA series and the standalone novel, In Time of Trouble. Whether I'm writing or speaking, the stories I tell have heart, soul, and satisfying endings. In past lives, I've been a high school Teacher of the Year, a homeschooler, part of several church planting teams, a youth leader, a CE Director, a church planter, a small group leader, and founder and executive director of a national writers group. I've been speaking to groups of all sizes since I was in my early twenties. A few of my favourite themes are hope, creativity, leadership, and making disciples. I've also been teaching writers since 1992 and have a website dedicated to that. Mostly, I love seeing people grow, do what they love, and live joy-filled, meaningful lives. I'm a member of the Writers Union of Canada, Sisters in Crime, Crime Writers of Canada, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, and The Word Guild. My hobbies include reading; listening to music (esp. country); watching baseball, basketball, curling, and ultimate frisbee; and doing jigsaw puzzles. I live in the Greater Toronto (Canada) area. I'm also the author of the Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mysteries (as J. A. Menzies). www.njlindquist.com