Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart — Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

Emily Bryan

10 comments posted.

Re: A Christmas Ball (7:59pm September 21, 2009):

Hi Everybody! I'm really enjoying all the comments and I wanted to let you all know that Alissa Johnson has been trying to get in all day, but she has dial-up and the site keeps timing out on her. But I'm sure she'd want to me to say hi for her and thank you all for leaving such fun comments!

Re: A Christmas Ball (3:03pm September 21, 2009):

Roberta-Thanks for coming by!

Beverly--Well, happy birthday! My nephew's is the 26th and my sister always has to work at making sure it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.

Vikki--Thanks for sharing!

Re: A Christmas Ball (3:00pm September 21, 2009):

Kimberly--When we lived in NC, we used to go to the Festival of Lights each year at Tanglewood. It was beautiful.

Leslie--Do you suppose the Sesame Street Bert and Ernie got their names from ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE?

Rosemary--My favorite Danny Kaye movie is still THE COURT JESTER, which has nothing to do with Christmas but just thinking about his antics makes me smile!

Alyson--Or make up words! My oldest daughter used to sing "Oh, McFun it is to ride a wongy, wongy sleigh!"

Re: A Christmas Ball (2:55pm September 21, 2009):

Pat--An almost Christmas wedding. My family actually has a tradition of Christmas weddings. My parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were all married on Dec. 25th. As if there wasn't already enough going on that day!

Carrie--I've never seen THE BISHOP'S WIFE. I'll have to look for it.

V--Never had duck. Love cranberries! ;-)

Re: A Christmas Ball (2:52pm September 21, 2009):

Sandy, I bet if you volunteer to organize a Christmas pageant, your church would let you. It's a ton of work, but they are always delightful. (I'm assuming everyone has read that Christmas Classic THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER! If not, put it on your list and read it aloud to a young person in your life.)

Josie--I like Mary, did you know? too!

Sherry--I have 3 younger sisters. I too was drawn into the vast Santa conspiracy after I learned the truth.

Re: A Christmas Ball (2:47pm September 21, 2009):

Maureen--Teenagers! They even want to sleep in on Christmas Day!

Jane S--I'm so glad someone made a difference for your family that year!

Sometimes those skinny Christmases make us all the more appreciative. One year my DH and I sold our class rings so we'd have money to buy presents fo our girls. I never had so much fun shopping as that year.

Re: A Christmas Ball (2:44pm September 21, 2009):

Jane--Whatever leads to more presents!

Pam--Thank you for sharing that bitter-sweet memory. My grandma was a "secret ingredient sneaker" too. She was so acclaimed for her icebox rolls and such, I think she wanted to make sure no one could ever make them quite like she did.

Penny--I'm looking forward to your Klaus series!

Armenia--A family Christmas with everyone present is a rarity nowadays. How delightful!

Re: A Christmas Ball (2:40pm September 21, 2009):

Carol L--How wonderful about your daughter's remission! Truly the best gift. Hope she's still doing well.

Re: A Christmas Ball (7:02am September 21, 2009):

What a hoot! Thanks for sharing, Susan!

Re: Divorced, Desperate and Deceived (7:12am July 22, 2009):

Do you ever get questions about your lovescenes? Once I was asked if there were "personal benefits" to my relationship with my DH because of my writing them!

Great post, Christie! Loved GOTCHA!