Christmas in Idaho - Author’s Statement
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“Christmas in Idaho is a book born of necessity. Christians need to take back Christmas.
Christmas is not, as Dickens would have it, a call for redemption through charity and altruism.
Nor is it a celebration of food, family, or friendship.
Rather, Christmas is a day set aside for the remembrance of an extraordinary intervention in the history of mankind with the power to change the fate of each individual.
Simply put, this book is a distillation of what Christmas means.
It is a faith-filled tale which radiates the wondrous spirit of the season and delivers Jesus as the gift we did not expect.
So with that, I give you back Christmas, and a merry one at that. May it ever be so.”
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Read about how the book Christmas in Idaho came to be, in the author’s own words.
“This book is one of those beautiful and lavish treasures and it’s not aimed specifically at young children. I’d say this is more of a family discussion book. Or a family treasure book. A Christmas tradition book you can discuss with your family and enjoy year after year.”
“I bought the book because I love my Idaho home. I found so much more.”
Christmas in Idaho, a book by Ray Downing. “The book combines a sense of magic and spirituality with a fantastical Christmas adventure like no other.” Book review by Ethan Hunt, Idaho Falls Magazine, December 2022.
Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing, Human Relations Indie Book Award winner.
Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing, Christian Indie Book Awards winner.
Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing, Christian Indie Book Awards finalist.
Ray Downing’s beautiful and inspirational book Christmas in Idaho has won prestigious awards in several categories.
Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing is First Runner Up in the Short Story category in the prestigious Hoffer Book Awards.
Ray Downing’s book Christmas in Idaho took first prize in three categories: Audiobook, Gift Book and Specialty Book.
Christmas in Idaho by Ray Downing, Christian Indie Book Awards finalist.
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…he became the main character in this Christmas adventure of awakening, hope, loss and survival.