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The Christmas Sweater

The Christmas Sweater

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Authors: Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason F. Wright
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 251 reviews
Sales Rank: 125

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 284
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.3 x 1.2

ISBN: 141659485X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416594857
ASIN: 141659485X

Publication Date: November 11, 2008
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Also Available In:

  • Kindle Edition - Christmas Sweater
  • Audio CD - The Christmas Sweater
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

If You Could Change Your Life by Reversing Your Biggest Regrets, Sorrows and Mistakes...Would You?

#1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned radio and television host Glenn Beck delivers an instant holiday classic about boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the true meaning of the gifts we give to one another in love.

We weren't wealthy, we weren't poor -- we just were. We never wanted for anything, except maybe more time together....

When Eddie was twelve years old, all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. Although his life had gotten harder -- and money tighter -- since his father died and the family bakery closed...Eddie dreamed that somehow his mother would find a way to have his dream bike gleaming beside their modest Christmas tree that magical morning.

What he got from her instead was a sweater. "A stupid, handmade, ugly sweater" that young Eddie left in a crumpled ball in the corner of his room.

Scarred deeply by the realization that kids don't always get what they want, and too young to understand that he already owned life's most valuable treasures, that Christmas morning was the beginning of Eddie's dark and painful journey on the road to manhood. It will take wrestling with himself, his faith, and his family -- and the guidance of a mysterious neighbor named Russell -- to help Eddie find his path through the storm clouds of life and finally see the real significance of that simple gift his mother had crafted by hand with love in her heart.

Based on a deeply personal true story, The Christmas Sweater is a warm and poignant tale of family, faith and forgiveness that offers us a glimpse of our own lives -- while also making us question if we really know what's most important in them.


Customer Reviews:   Read 246 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Life Changing!   January 7, 2009
R. FENGER (nebraska)
This is the best book I have read in years...it pulls at your heart strings and teaches you so many of life lessons we have let slide.
I have sugested it to many poeple and give it as gifts....everyone who has read it has said the same thing.
A must read!



5 out of 5 stars Now my favorite Christmas Story!   January 6, 2009
Debra S. Roundtree (AZ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book will go do as an all time favorite Christmas story and is a must read!


5 out of 5 stars Good Reminder about the Spirit of Christmas AND Life   January 6, 2009
Mom of 2 in Ohio (OH, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I still have about 40 pages to go with this book but I have laughed and cried. well written, direct style with sense of emotion. We all need a reality check sometimes about what is REALLY important in our lives and this book reminds us in a short easy read.


5 out of 5 stars The Christmas Sweater   January 6, 2009
M. Brooks (Nashville, TN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful


The Christmas Sweater is a very good little Christmas story. It is well written and easy to read.
Mr. Beck seems to write from deep within his heart.
I highly reccoomend this book as a pre-Christmas gift as I did with my friend.
Do have the tissues ready.



5 out of 5 stars Great Book for All Ages   January 6, 2009
M. Schrampfer (Merkel, TX USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I loved The Christmas Sweater. I bought one for each of my grown children. I think it would be great for all children to read.

 


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