All the Colors of Christmas

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The best-selling author of When God Made You and When I Pray for You captures the wonder of Christmas in a lyrical exploration of what makes the season so colorful, magical, and personal to our hearts. The bestselling author ofWhen God Made YouandWhen I Pray for Youcaptures the wonder of Christmasandthe joy of Jesus' birthin a lyrical exploration of what makes the season so colorful, magical, and personal. In his trademark style, Matthew Paul Turner celebrates the Christmas season, particularly the colors that infuse theholidayand all the memorable sensations and experiences-including afestivemarket, sledding, and nativity scene-connected to those bright hues.Matthewdrawshis readers into a whirling ribbon of the familiar reds and greens of Christmas, as well as other festive hues, including white, gold, blue, and brown. Christmas is RED. It's a bright shiny sled. It's candy canes, and toy store lanes. It's sprinkles on sweet bread. Christmas is BROWN It's pinecones scattered round... It's a cradle soft with hay And a donkey's gentle bray. It's God within a baby's skin on that very first Christmas Day. All the colors come together when readers are reminded that Christmas is YOU-you're a part of the story, the joy and the glory! Matthew shows us again and again that the holidays are nothing without being with the people we love, celebrating treasured traditions, and making new memories-all in vivid color.

Matthew Paul Turneris a photographer, speaker, and author of numerous books, including the bestsellingWhen God Made YouandWhen I Pray for You. Gillian Gamble is the writer and illustrator of Darcy Daydream, amongst others, living in County Durham with her two young daughters.