Dear Families,
A few mornings ago, Jim and I sat at the breakfast table and visited over coffee and talked about Christmas. Jim wrote down some thoughts to share with the husbands and fathers on the group. So I will relay them.
He writes, "Always remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and that Christ was born on Christmas Day."
He writes about his family as a boy growing up. "When Daddy was alive and we had Christmas, it was like magic was in the air. Daddy loved to sing and he did all he could to give us a happy Christmas. Dad was a Christian and a man's man. A loving family man. Mama would bake at Christmas and make all kinds of things. She let us children pull taffy and make popcorn balls. Mama was the best cook I ever knew. She could make anything taste good. Daddy died when I was 8 years old. And that was the last Christmas I had with him. Mama was never the same. She went on to raise us children alone. But she was never the same."
And Jim concludes, "Dear Husbands and Fathers, make this Christmas a wonderful time for your wives and children. Make every day like Christmas for your families. Connie and I want to wish all of you families represented on here a wonderful Christmas. May God bless you richly as you live in Him. Jim Hultquist. Christmas of 2005."
P.S. Note from Connie: Jim was the twelfth of thirteen children. When his Dad died, there were six children still at home.
