3Dec |
A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit
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- ISBN13: 9781595230621
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“The first Christmas was a simple one. So simple that it had all the makings of a first-class disaster. It’s a miracle it turned out well at all. In fact, that’s the whole point. It really was, and remains, a miracle–the greatest miracle of all time. And it really was simple.”
-Mike Huckabee
Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, competition, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee (who was a pastor before getting into politi… More >>
A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit
Something different from Mike Huckabee, as this book doesn’t contain much about politics. It’s interesting to read about Mike Huckabee’s past Christmases, which sometimes were very humorous, and sometimes sad too.
Rating: 5 / 5
I enjoyed this book very much, since I am a fan of Huckabee’s Fox News show, I really felt like he was here, reading the book to me! I like books with messages and in these difficult times…I agree with Mike, It is time to get back to the basics and remember what Christmas is All About. Would make nice Christmas Gifts
Rating: 5 / 5
Mike, you had the audacity of giving all the obese people hope when you lost 500 pounds. The dream ticket for 2012 would’ve been Huckabee/Palin. However, Maurice Clemmons is your Willie Horton. Say good-bye to 2012 as you have no political future. I will enjoy watching your talk show. Overall, the book was great and very inspirational. Its time to wage war on the War Against Christmas.
Rating: 5 / 5
“A Simple Christmas” by Mike Huckabee is a great read on how the author remembers past Christmas seasons in his life and how he believes simplicity is the best way to celebrate Christmas (being with family and friends, reflecting on Jesus’ birth, and avoiding the crass commercialism that so dominates the Christmas season today).
The book contains around 12 chapters with the following chapters and themes:
1. Patience – Huckabee and his sister’s tendency to open their presents before Christmas and putting them back without being caught by their parents.
2. Sacrifice – What his parents gave up to buy Huckabee a guitar for one Christmas.
3. Loneliness – Huckabee’s family taking care of a bachelor uncle suffering from terminal cancer.
4. Family – Visiting family during the Christmas season.
5. Traditions – Some of the Huckabee traditions observed during the Christmas season.
6. Crisis – When his wife suffered through cancer and was healed.
7. Hope – When Huckabee started classes at Southwestern Theological Seminary.
8. Stability – Huckabee getting a job and his wife having their first child.
9. Limitations – Huckabee humorously describes his mechanically challenged abilities (or lack thereof).
10. Transitions – When Huckabee was a pastor and entered into the political arena.
11. Faith – Huckabee’s elation at being governor while also saddened that his father did not live long enough to see him being sworn in.
12. Rewards – The various rewards the Huckabee family experienced when Huckabee was governor and later when he ran as a Republican presidential candidate.
The book’s narrative flows freely and may be easily read in a couple of sittings. I found myself reminiscing about past Christmas seasons and how I have been blessed myself.
Read and enjoy. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
New York Times bestselling author Mike Huckabee releases a “remember when” book in time for the holidays.
A Simple Christmas takes you back to his childhood memories of the Beatles and putting on lip syncing concerts for the neighborhood to leaving the Governor’s mansion of Arkansas.
There are 12 chapters that deal with one simple idea (i.e. Patience, Trials, etc…) and how his experiences of Christmas personify those ideas.
Not every story has a happy ending, but they all succeed in their purpose which is to help you understand Governor Huckabee’s past and what shaped him into the person he is today.
Huckabee is clever. This book serves two purposes: 1) a book released in time for the holidays that makes an excellent gift. 2) helps Americans feel as if they’ve gotten to know the “real” Huckabee so they will be more inclined to vote for him come 2012.
In any case, A Simple Christmas is a nice read and look into someone’s past and their own story.
Rating: 5 / 5