🏡🌨️ An icy winter, a school bus of students skidded off an icy road outside a small town. Sixteen lives were lost in a single terrible moment.

The Town that Gave Up on Christmas by Maya Wilkins

Free until January 1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GCM3LH91

#contemporaryfiction #christmasstory

as we're going to see the Lion King musical tonight, which we've both seen long ago, partner suggested that today could be a "nostalgia" theme, so to that front, here's a rare recent selfie next to a life-size cardboard cutout my sister had in her yard, before it was destroyed in a storm the evening after this was taken, of a character that my nieces have decided looks exactly like me (and they're not entirely wrong >.>)

#nostalgia #selfie #christmasstory

🎄 Ever wonder about the unsung hero of Christmas? Meet Joseph – the humble, faithful man who trusted God's wild plan despite heartbreak, ridicule, and impossible odds!

Watch now: https://zurl.co/skdty

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This Christmas story is from two years ago, but I don't think the holiday spirit has an expiration date. Does it?

In English:
A Gift for Santa Claus
Santa Claus loved sitting on the veranda, in his rocking chair, warmed by the fireplace, watching the snow-capped mountain peaks and the clouds that adorned them with fantasy and elegance.
On the windows, the ice-embroidered designs were now melting. The windows clearly revealed the enchantment of dawns and sunsets with continuously changing colors.
Winter was about to end, and Santa Claus, the reindeer, and the hardworking Elves of the Woods had rested enough after the great work of the last holidays. Soon, they would need to start reorganizing ideas before another December arrived.
In the warmth of the first spring sun, with nature awakening from the long winter, plans for toys of all sorts began to take shape. In the evening, at sunset, sitting in his favorite chair, he joyfully awaited the arrival of the moon and stars.

... read more

E in Italiano:
Un regalo per Babbo Natale
Babbo Natale amava stare seduto nella veranda, sulla sua sedia a dondolo, al caldo del camino, osservando le vette innevate delle montagne e le nuvole che le decoravano con fantasia ed eleganza.
Sui vetri, i disegni ricamati dal ghiaccio si stavano ormai sciogliendo. Le finestre svelavano con chiarezza l’incantesimo di albe e tramonti con i colori che cambiavano continuamente.
L’inverno stava per finire e Babbo Natale, le renne e i laboriosi Elfi dei Boschi si erano riposati abbastanza dopo il gran lavoro dell'ultime festività. A breve avrebbero dovuto iniziare a riorganizzare le idee prima che arrivasse un altro Dicembre.
... leggi il seguito

https://www.storiesottolestelle.com/storie-per-bambini-da-leggere-e-ascoltare-children-stories-to-read-and-listen/un-regalo-per-babbo-natale

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Ibis you all a very merry Christmas!

And I have a Christmas story to share with you all!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/145626831/
(free access, for all till tomorrow)

#birds #photography #ChristmasStory