Review: Touching and meaningful Christmas story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2011
Although a short story, this is a wonderful story based on "The Christmas Jars" novella by Jason F. Wright.  Popular in 2005, the Christmas jars story inspired keeping a glass jar on the kitchen counter to collect change in all year, then on Christmas Eve someone else finds it anonymously given to them to put the money to good use and then start a Christmas jar of their own."A Christmas Jar for Santa-A Christmas Jars Story" begins with a few facts from the life of a man who was in the Korean War, came home and married his sweetheart, Pauline.  They wanted children, but that wish wasn't to be fulfilled.  The couple found many other activities to fill their lives with joy and happiness and one year Pauline talked her husband into being Santa Claus for the church.  The man who had always been Santa for the children at church was sick that year, so when the 60-year-old retiree took on the job, he didn't have an idea that it would be for the next twenty years, at least.What this couple accomplished as Santa and Santa's helper and what was given in return is a beautiful story of the Christmas spirit of giving and also receiving with love the joys and the meaning of the holiday.  It's a story to think about and a project to give thought to taking on each holiday for ourselves.