At Christmas the Heart Goes Home by Marjorie Holmes is a compilation of articles that the author wrote for Woman’s Day Magazine, the Washington Star and other periodicals over a period of forty years. These are short, inspirational stories about the magic, love and brotherhood of Christmas. There is a touch of yesteryear about these stories as they seem to reach back to before the years of internet and cell phones. They tell of times when the whole family went out to cut a Christmas tree, paper chains were hung as decorations, and Christmas wasn’t complete until the family was together and church was attended.

I took my time with this book and I did enjoy it and the warm feelings it evoked, but at the same time it was a little sweet for my taste. If you are a lover of Christmas and love reading happy books of comfort and spiritual joy then I think you would enjoy this book of holiday stories with titles like “Take Time For Christmas Memories”, “Beauty In Your Own Backyard”, and “The Secret of the Christmas Tree”. ( )