Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1854228 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Apparent Losses Become Wonderful Gains and Lessons!
This book makes a wonderful Christmas gift for the adolescent or young adult who is not yet fully comfortable with experiencing Christmas as an opportunity to give and to love.

Christmas Lost & Found is a book of simple, timeless lessons that any child will experience in the process of growing up. The stories are built around Christmas experiences, and help a child go beyond initial conceptions of Christmas as being all about receiving. The gift to us as readers in this heart-warming book is in rediscovering the experiences of learning to give and to appreciate giving when others do it. For older children and young adults, these stories will help them to make those same discoveries for the first time.

The format of the book is simple, yet effective. You begin with something the author lost "I LOST . . . ." Then you move to something the author gained "I FOUND . . . ." On the facing page, the loss and found points are turned into a lesson. These are beautifully written and will evoke many heart-felt memories of past Christmas seasons. The stories progress in age from thinking about Santa Claus as a young child to starting celebrating Christmas with one's new spouse.

Here is one of my favorites to give you a flavor of the book:

"I LOST countless hours practicing 'The Little Drummer Boy' so I could play it just right for my grandma."

If you are like me, these stories and lessons will move you and help you enjoy the Christmas season sooner and more often. You may even want to consider if you have the budget to give this book to yourself as a gift, as well. That might make Christmas shopping a lot more fun for you!

After you have finished thinking about these lessons, you might want to ask yourself what you have learned about the Christmas spirit that is not in this wonderful book. Write out the lost and found parts and the lesson in similar style, and insert them on some pages in the back of the book. You can do this with the person you give the book to, if your relationship is a strong one. I always liked home-made presents the best, and this is a way to give a very personal one by including a little of yourself through your own stories.

Have a wonderful Christmas, always!

If you do not celebrate Christmas, may you have a joyous celebration of your most cherished beliefs every day!