I know I’m a bit late in the day of Christmas with this post. Just a few last-minute bits I came across with nice, storied elements for the holiday:
These American Lives, edited by Ira Glass, tell of ordinary lives “with an 
untold tale.”
In the Huffington Post Religion section, readers tells stories of experiences that made the holidays holy. “They range for heart breaking to heart warming and reminded us that the reason for the season is family, friends, fun and faith,” an editor’s note says. Here’s the list:
Kathleen Hidreth — A Christian Toddler Narrates a Hanukkah Tradition
Ana Josephs — How I Found Christ in Christmas
Elizabeth Bastos — A Christmas Story
Gayle Ashbach — The Holy Season
Nandini Pandya — Merry Christmas From a Hindu
Mark Pfeifer — On Christmas Eve, Homeless at the Hyatt
Rev. Ellen Cooper-Davis —Little Holies
Keith —Darkest Before the Dawn
Sister Rebecca Mead, OSB, SPP — Through the Eyes of a Child
David Currier — Christmas in Mexico
Frenika Mudd — My Holy Holiday Story
Nichelle Wrenn —An Atheist Thanksgiving and Christmas
Frankie Trice —Yule: A Pagan Feast
Melinda L. Wentzel — The Warm Fuzzies
Michael L. Ruffin — The Christmas Play
Harsha Sharma — How the Story of Hanukkah Inspires me in Interfaith Social Action
A podcast from Create Your Life Story notes that “Christmas and the holiday time that we have at this time of year, is often about family, catching up and talking about what has been happening over the past year.” The podcast encourages folks to “spend time with your family members to ask those interesting questions to understand and show your interest in their lives.”
Hope you and yours are enjoying a splendid and blessed day of celebration!
