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The Christmas House
Christian contemporary fiction
The Christmas House
An Amish family enters the Christmas season carrying unresolved relationships and decisions that cannot remain hidden behind familiar holiday routines. A home filled with traditions becomes the setting for relatives to confront disappointments, hopes, and changes that will shape what family looks like after the celebrations end. As old hurts soften, the characters must decide whether reconciliation requires returning to the past or building something new from it. Lewis offers a gentle Amish Christmas story centered on family, faith, forgiveness, and the quiet work of making room for one another.
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Community conflict between Amish residents and Englisher neighbors; severe snowstorm and power outage; food scarcity for a family during the outage; Christian/Amish faith and gentle romance.
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Spiced Christmas Cocoa
Velvety chocolate suits a wintry evening with a book.
What you'll need
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.How to mix it
- Whisk the cocoa and sweetener into the hot liquid until smooth. Add remaining flavorings, heat until steaming, and pour into a mug. Add any listed topping.
- Garnish: As listed.
- Glassware: Mug.
Cocktail Pour · 21+
French 75
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A slow-sipping glass of wine suits a wintry evening with a book.
What you'll need
- 1 oz gin
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 1/2 oz simple syrup ↗
- 3 oz brut sparkling wine
- Ice for shaking ↗
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How to mix it
- Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice. Strain into a flute and top with sparkling wine.
- Garnish: Lemon twist.
- Glassware: Champagne flute.
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