The Gifts of Nicholas: My Christmas Wish

By A.P. Roberts

The true message of Christmas can help build a more successful and happier you. In this Christmas story, St. Nicholas reaches out to Jim who begins to question many things about his life. While attempting to unravel a mystery, Jim finds himself recalling his childhood and becoming an unwitting student of Kris Kringle's. The inspirational poems,

• Language: English
• Publisher: A.P. Roberts Books
• Release date: Aug 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781955403146

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Contents

Dedication

Christmas Can’t Be Far Away

The Song of This Night

Christmas the Season

Dreams

Dreams Are Magic

The First Christmas Visit

My Christmas Wish

The Season to Me

The Second Christmas Visit

Once upon a Christmas

Now Upon Each Christmas

Now Once Each Christmas

The Journey of Nicholas

The Songs of Christmas

The Third Christmas Visit

Kringles Are

Why

Poppa Santa Claus

Christmas Is?

The Secret of Christmas

Appreciate

Snows of the Sun

Appreciate Snows of the Sun

Giving

Author Biography

About the Author

Dedication

To my daughter

Who makes her parents proud

Her courage contagious

To my son

Whom I have inspired

Who in turn inspires me

To the love of my life

Who opened my heart

And sings my song

To my parents

My sisters and brothers

They journey with me

To those who have taught

That I should learn

To all those who thought me watching

To all those who thought me listening

I definitely was

So many people have touched my life

And planted seeds

One such seed:

There are no such things as problems

There are only opportunities

This book is for all of you as you have shaped my way

Christmas Can’t Be Far Away

Once a year, every year, we decorate our lives with the spirit of Christmas. It is that special time of year when we open our hearts and rinse our minds. In this festive season, we treat all of our senses and delight as others do the same. Within these pages, you are invited to recall the joy and that special something Christmas has given to you.

Read each passage, enjoy each image, and create new and lasting memories. Learn more of Nicholas, the bishop of Myra, how he became such a boundless success. He can reach inside you, caress your heart, and share his magic, the magic that has now made one day each year very special. That one day has evolved into the Christmas season and more.

Saint Nicholas and Christmas touch us all. Even those who don’t celebrate are affected by them. Some of their universal methods and tools of success and happiness are here for the learning, so that you might take them into your life. Use them to change or enhance your journey through life. Then you will know that Christmas can’t be far away.

The Song of This Night

On this eve of joyous Noel,

Silhouettes flashed against the moon—

Reindeer, a sleigh, and the jolliest of elves.

In fine speed they swiftly passed,

Then faded softly into the night.

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