People celebrate Christ's birth in many ways through their foods, traditions, and customs.

Whether it's music, gift giving, family gatherings, special recipes, parties, programs, decorating, puzzles, books, movies, church services or a combination of these that make your holiday season special, we hope you will slow down and take time in your countdown to Christmas to enjoy the inspiring stories offered by these 27 authors.

You might even discover a new tradition to add to your own.

Contributors:

Becky Alexander, Lola Di Giulio De Maci, Diana Derringer, Loretta Eidson, Darlene J. Ellis, Peggy Ellis, Ellen Fannon, Lydia E. Harris, Bonnie Lasley Harker, Sandra Merville Hart, Hans Jurgen Hauser, David Holland, Helen H. Hoover, Yvonne Lehman, Andrea Merrell, Norma C. Mezoe, Jane Owen, Kayleen Reusser, Tammie Edington Shaw, Kathryn Skinner, Carole Sparks, Pamela L. Stein, Gina Stinson, Nanette Thorsen-Snipes, Beverly Varnado, Dianalee Velie, Tammy Whitehurst