tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19206969.post5662113987297899949..comments2023-06-05T04:12:50.793-04:00Comments on TURBULENT TIMES: If Christ had not come!Dr. Trudy Veermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06387816814113205082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19206969.post-69604736942342165882011-12-24T12:06:00.224-05:002011-12-24T12:06:00.224-05:00The Christmas card text is simply a paraphrase of ...The Christmas card text is simply a paraphrase of the short story "If He Had Not Come" by Nan F. Weeks as published in 1938 by Harper & Brothers in the book <i><b>Christ and the Fine Arts</b></i>. In the original story, the dreamer is a boy, who went down his village street on Christmas, finding stores and businesses open, but no church, hospital or police department. He wakes to Christmas bells, and his mother saying, "Merry Christmas!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com