Today I’m sharing a post about some of my favorite holiday treats on Avery Olive’s blog as part of Day 15 of her 18 Days of Christmas Giveaways. Check it out for some tasty recipes and sign up to win some great prizes! Hope you are all getting ready for the holidays. I’m nearly there!
Today I’m blogging for Kate Evangelista’s 24 Days of Guest Posts and Giveaways about spending Christmas with my character, Sydney, from Thief of Hope. Would Sydney make a good holiday guest? You’ll have to read to find out: http://kateevangelistarandr.blogspot.com/2012/12/day-7-cindy-young-turner.html.
You can also enter the Rafflecopter giveaway to win an ebook of Thief of Hope.
Wishing all of you who celebrate it a very happy Thanksgiving! I do have a lot to be thankful for. Employment (with health insurance), family, friends, a place to live. A lot of people on the East Coast were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and my publisher, Crescent Moon Press, was among them. It’s going to be a long recovery, and my heart goes out to those who have lost so much. When you live in comfort, it’s easy to forget the things that are really important because these days we are overloaded with stuff. Strip all of that away, and suddenly the stuff isn’t so important after all. So instead of celebrating the holidays by stuffing ourselves with turkey and pie, followed by the gift buying extravaganza known as Christmas, which begins with Black Friday (you couldn’t pay me to go near a mall this time of year), maybe we could focus on the things that really matter. Family, friends, and community are the things that keep us going in hard times. Hold them close and cherish the time you have with them. The stuff can wait.
It’s Day 13 of Avery Olive’s 13 Days of Christmas Giveaways! Stop by and check out my guest post on one of my favorite holiday stories, A Christmas Carol: http://averyolive.blogspot.com/2011/12/13-day-of-christmas-giveaways-day.html. Plus there is still a chance to win some great prizes, including a copy of Thief of Hope!
What are your favorite holiday books or movies? In addition to A Christmas Carol, I love all the old holiday specials, like Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Claymation Christmas. I have them all on videotape and one of these years I’m afraid the videos will no longer work or our old VCR is going to go. So far so good, though!
Check out my guest post on Mysti Parker’s blog about a favorite Christmas memory and another favorite topic–Star Wars: http://mystiparker.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-memory-with-author-cindy.html.
And while I’m on the subject of Star Wars and Christmas, writing the guest post reminded me of the Star Wars Christmas album, Christmas in the Stars, which came out in 1980. Fortunately it wasn’t as elusive as the ill-fated Star Wars holiday special, which I swear I did see on TV but only remember very little. Maybe it’s better that way. Those who know me know how fanatical I am about Star Wars. What can I say, it shaped my childhood!
So for a trip down memory lane, as I sit here listening to the record on my turntable (it still sounds pretty darn good), here’s the playlist:
Side 1:
Christmas in the Stars
Bells, Bells, Bells
The Odds Against Christmas
What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)
R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Side 2:
Sleigh Ride
Merry, Merry Christmas
A Christmas Sighting (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas)
The Meaning of Christmas
My favorites were “The Odds Against Christmas” and “R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Are you a Star Wars fan? Do you remember the holiday album?
It all brings back the wonder and magic of childhood. Let the holidays begin!
Cindy Young-Turner 