Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

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Devilishly scintillating and quite touching… buy and adore this astute, wildly inventive and totally unique book.”— Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle

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Ritual is a way of altering time. By which I mean a way of pausing the endless intrusion of busy life. This was a Traveling Sister read with Norma, Berit, Dana, Nikki,and Holly. The Traveling Sister review of this book and others can be found on their blog at: https://twogirlslostinacouleereading....Unlike the dog in an earlier story, the narrating animal in this retelling of the nativity worked for me. Jesus’ birth was a beginning and an ending: Winterson, Jeanette (2011). Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. New York, NY: Jonathan Cape. pp.17–18. ISBN 978-0-8021-2010-6. OL 16488820W . Retrieved 1 November 2023.

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Jeanette Winterson: 'The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space' ". The Guardian. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021 . Retrieved 3 September 2021. Jeanette Winterson". The Royal Society of Literature. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018 . Retrieved 26 April 2018.

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On 21 December every year, my mother went out in her hat and coat while my father and I strung up the paper chains, made by me, from the corners of the parlour cornice to the centre light fitting.