Gifts from the Heart: Simple Ways to Make Your Family's Christmas More Meaningful

Written by teacher Virginia Brucker, Gifts from the Heart: Simple Ways To Make Your Family's Christmas More Meaningful lives up to its title by offering ways to celebrate the Christmas holiday centered upon sharing, giving, and community rather than simple consumerism. Chapters cover volunteering as a family, tips for getting organized and freeing up time, ways to reach out to friends and loved ones suffering from loss during the holidays, kid-tested craft projects, ways to celebrate with books and share the gift of literacy, and much more. A number of delicious holiday-themed recipes pepper this welcome antidote to the rampant commercialization of Christmas.

Does it feel like the only meaningful holiday experience you have with your kids involves sitting in front of a TV? Do you want something more for your family? Gifts from the Heart will show you how. This wonderful book has long been a seasonal best-seller in Canada, where Ms. Brucker first created it as a fund-raiser to fight cancer. This book shows you how to take back the Christmas season. It features suggestions for volunteering as a family, tips to offset the "gimmies," and simple, but meaningful traditions and crafts. It's also a great book for families pulling together in the face of misfortune, like a serious illness. This book can help your family create memories worth having and will help you believe in the holidays again. It's a book with a tremendous heart.

What a lovely book, just right for the season! This gentle, charming book reminds us of what the meaning of the holidays really is -- while providing hours of fun activities and recipes. Written by a teacher who knows what appeals to kids and families, it's the one book you need to share with your children and grandchildren the true meaning of Christmas.

Those who believe Christmas truly is "the most wonderful time of the year," will want GIFTS FROM THE HEART on their book shelves. It's a treasure chest chock full of suggestions for celebrating the season. GIFTS FROM THE HEART will make the holidays easier, more fun, and less stressful. This book is the ultimate Christmas manual. It delivers an irresistible collection of fresh ideas covering everything from heart warming family traditions, hand made gifts, volunteering, and creating happy holiday memories. It includes everything a Christmas lover could wish for: creative gift wrapping ideas, holiday recipes, kid-tested crafts, time saving tips, and practical suggestions for coping with Christmas as a single parent or blended family. A special section called "When the Holidays Hurt" provides suggestions for reaching out to the ill or grieving. GIFTS FROM THE HEART makes a great gift for any family with children. Buy GIFTS FROM THE HEART now and plan for the best holiday season you've ever had. And be sure to buy a copy for a friend who could use some help to make Christmas merrier. Marsha Jordan Author of Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter www.hugsandhope.org/pb.htm