Last week I got a wonderful surprise in the mail! It was the day before Thanksgiving and it had just crossed my mind that I would love to have a Christmas devotional to read through with my kids this year. I've had friends who've read through Benjamin's Button and Jotham's Journey over the years (both of which I haven't read but have heard good things about). But, I wanted a devotional that would take us into the Word and talk about Christmas. In the mail, I received just that! Shepherd Press published a new Christmas devotional for families this year. It is titled Why Christmas? Barbara Reaoch wrote 25 days of daily devotions. So, you can begin with it on December 1st, which is what we'll be doing. For each day, Ms. Reaoch has written a short talk/devotional, identified a truth to focus on, given several questions to discuss, a verse to memorize, 1 of 4 hymns to sing, and a biblical term or word to explain. These devotionals would ...