Keeping Christmas, Allison Pittman
Keeping Christmas, Allison Pittman
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Keeping Christmas
25 Advent Reflections on A Christmas Carol

Author: Allison Pittman

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 3 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2020


Synopsis

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is second only to the nativity story itself when it comes to public consciousness. Just as Jesus Christ changed the world on the night of his birth, so Ebenezer Scrooge changes during a single night of supernatural visitations.

In Keeping Christmas, novelist and Dickens enthusiast Allison Pittman offers twenty-five readings for advent, seamlessly bringing together the Word of God and the words of A Christmas Carol. This contemplative, entertaining book is the perfect companion for those dark winter nights as we eagerly anticipate the coming celebration of Christmas when, like Scrooge, we are given the gift of reflection, repentance, and life anew.

Keeping Christmas is sure to become a treasured family tradition—much like the reading or viewing of A Christmas Carol.

About Allison Pittman

Allison Pittman is the bestselling and award-winning author of several novels, including Stealing Home, Loving Luther, and The Seamstress, as well as the nonfiction title Saturdays with Stella. A four-time Christy Award finalist and two-time RITA finalist, Pittman is the winner of a Carol Award and of the Mentor of the Year Award from American Christian Fiction Writers. A devout bibliophile, Pittman currently teaches English part-time at her church's private Christian school, illuminating the Christian worldview found in all manner of literature, both sacred and secular.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

I really enjoyed this (which is the first of anything that I've read by this author). I really love how she drew out so many wonderful biblical parallels. The ending really made it for me. I loved how she acknowledged this probably wasn't something Dicken's would have approved of, but that God has u......more

My favorite Advent read of the year! Allison Pittman has done a delightful job of pulling out the best nuggets of A Christmas Carol and showing them through the light of Scripture. This deep dive into literature feels more like a treasure hunt than a cruel dissecting of someone's work (which many lit......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

I love to read Christmas/Advent devos in December. This one by Allison Pittman was different from anything I’ve read before. She draws spiritual applications and parallels from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Very unique and interesting as it made me see things I'd not noticed or thought about before co......more