25 Days, 26 Ways to Make This Your Best Christmas Ever
Written by Ace Collins
Narrated by Fred Stella
3.5/5
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Ace Collins
Ace Collins is the writer of more than sixty books, including several bestsellers: Stories behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, Stories behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, The Cathedrals, and Lassie: A Dog’s Life. Based in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, He continues to publish several new titles each year, including a series of novels, the first of which is Farraday Road. Ace has appeared on scores of television shows, including CBS This Morning, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, MSNBC, and Entertainment Tonight.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is meant to help reduce the stress that Christmas can bring, but really, it’s good advice for any time stress threatens to overpower you. For example, it can help you feel better when you are dealing with being isolated at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though intended for reading a chapter a day in Advent, it’s too good to just not continue on once you’ve started. I liked several aspects of the book, but the one I liked best was the author’s many references to Christmas carols and songs. He emphasizes the importance of the lyrics, the history of the songs, and how even current secular songs had, at one time, religious connotations. He gives examples of things you can do to connect to others, to alleviate feelings of loneliness, to make and preserve familial ties, to come to appreciate things that you formerly disliked, and more. This is a book that each time you read it, and you will want to read it again and again, you will come away feeling a bit better and ready to face new challenges.