The little book attempts to collect in one volume some of my Christmas favorites from around the world. Some of them may also be yours; others may be new to you. With the joy and gaiety of Christmas also come the fond memories of stories, passages, poems and carols read and heard by us; memories which are always fresh within us and help us feel young and full of optimism all year round.
Norman Vincent Peale
Born in Ohio, USA, in 1898, Norman Vincent Peale grew up helping support his family by delivering newspapers, working in a grocery store, and selling pots and pans door to door, but later was to become one of the most influential clergymen in the United States during the 20th-century. Educated at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University, he went on to become a reporter on the Findlay, Ohio, Morning Republic prior to entering the ministry and went on to author some 40 books. Peale confessed that as a youth he had 'the worst inferiority complex of all,' and developed his positive thinking philosophy just to help himself.
Norman Vincent Peale
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