Calligraphy & Fraktur by Carol J. Haile

Paintings by Freiman F. Stoltzfus

A book for young and old alike, The Christmas Story is a retelling of the first Christmas in the setting of the farmlands of a Pennsylvania Amish community.  

Imagine the first Christmas taking place in a different time, a different place.  Imagine Mary and Joseph as members of a Pennsylvania Amish community.  Imagine the Angel Gabriel speaking to Mary in a garden at her Amish farmhouse on a bright day in spring during planting time, telling her that she will be the mother of a child who will be called Jesus.  Imagine.

Taking familiar, timeless and poetic words from the Gospels, author, calligrapher and Pennsylvania German fraktur artist Carol J. Haile, and painter and illustrator Freiman F. Stoltzfus revisit the story of the birth of Christ from a fascinating allegorical perspective.  Using calligraphy and Pennsylvania German fraktur,  the traditional script of the early Pennsylvania Germans, as well as illustrations and paintings of common events experienced in the everyday activities of the Amish people, these two artists have retold The Christmas Story in such a way that you might feel you are hearing it, indeed, for the first time.

Be prepared, when reading The Christmas Story, to be transported to a place of incredible beauty, a place peopled by amazing and capable individuals embarking on a real journey, one that actually happened more than two thousand years ago.  Imagine ...

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Hardbound, first edition published September, 2001.  Sixty 9 x 11 inch pages in full color. Ask for The Christmas Story at your local bookstore or order it direct from Carol Haile.

        Copyright 2001 Firenze Press
        ISBN 0-9711236-0-8
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                Publishers Suggested Retail Price - $27.95
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