The Christmas Victory

Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

This is a historical tiction novel which covers the years 1860 to 1909 and deals with the lives of H.W. Longfellow, his son, Charles and Mark Twain. What do the lives of Henry Wadsworth. Longfellow and Mark Twain have in common? The answer is that both of their lives contained terrible tragedies from which they eventually found real hope and spiritual meaning—at least in this novel. This book is about one little sermon and one, even littler poem, and how, fictionally, they may have influenced and given hope to, not only the author of the poem, Henry W. Longfellow, but also his son, Charles, and Mark Twain, whom Charles meets. Though suffering tragic losses, these all eventually find hope and spiritual fulfillment.

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I, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 1943 to a Christian family and accepted Jesus at an early age. In Jr. High School, I became interested in writing and drama. I wrote poems, articles and a few short stories, and plays. In college, I won second prize in a contest with a Biblical short story, which now forms part of my first novel, “Of Such Is The Kingdom, A novel of the Christ and the Roman Empire,” published in 2003. In 2010, I wrote the sequel, “Of Such Is the Kingdom, Part III, Power and Persecution, A Novel of the early Church and the Roman Empire.” I also wrote a Sci-fi novel, “Impossible Journey, A Tale of Times and Truth” and a non-fiction book, “Principles of the Kingdom." I graduated from Clearwater Christian College in 1970 with a B.A. degree in Bible-Literature, and from Biblical School of Theology in 1974 with a M. Div. Ordained in November, 1974, I served as assistant pastor/Bible teacher in several churches. I also served in a foreign-student ministry, where I met my wife, Berenice Carett from Venezuela. In 2014 I wrote an American historical novel, called "The Christmas Victory."

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Still more on "No Christmas"

Here's the rest of Chapter 1. This excerpt picks up where the previous one on "No Christmas" left off. Again we see a stark contrast between Henry's attitude and that of his children, as he acknowledges their thoughtfulness in using the tree outside instead of bothering him, but then ignores them and lost in his own thoughts, and, on Christmas morning, goes through the motions and refuses to be cheered up.

Book Excerpt

The Christmas Victory

Henry was trying to concentrate on his new book, when noticed the children taking the box of decorations and gelatin cup lamps outside. He wondered what they were up to, so he asked: “Children, where are you going with those things?”

“We’re taking them outside to decorate the tree outside the window.” replied Charles.

“Yes,” added Mary Alice, “we didn’t want to bother you about cutting down a tree for the inside.”

Henry smiled. “Well, that’s quite thoughtful of you children.” Then, as they continued out the door, his thoughts went back to his book, and then back again to Fanny.

He managed to buy a few gifts for the children and, they made some token gifts for him and they exchanged them in the living room, on Christmas morning, while viewing the live decorated tree through the window. But, somehow, for them it just wasn’t the same, and for him, his heart just was not in it. They tried to cheer him up, but he would have none of it.

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James Michael Becher

The Christmas Victory

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