First, I think I need to talk about the author's humor. Anybody who has heard Brad speak knows he has a great sense of humor. He is candid about his own faults and weaknesses, but he writes about them in a way that is not demeaning to himself, but rather humorous. I think my favorite story he told was a time he got on a line at the last minute, full of packages for Christmas. He happened to sit down next to Gene R. Cook of the Seventy. He informed Brad he had passed right by the prophet, who was sitting up front. Brad's reaction was concern that he had probably whacked the prophet with his many bags. Just read the book. The way he tells it is hysterical.
But the best part of this book were the messages that Brad shares regarding parts of the Christmas story, or symbols of Christmas. For example, he talks about Christmas trees, and how they remind him of four other trees important to the Savior's mission: the trees of the Garden of Eden, the trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, the cross, and the trees in the Sacred Grove.
Another thought he shared that I found really interesting was the star that the wisemen followed to find the Christ Child. The sign of a star does not appear anywhere in the Old Testament, and yet the wisemen clearly understood this to be a sign of the Savior's birth. This alone proves there is more scripture than what is in the Bible. We don't know who these wisemen were, but we know they had access to scriptures which are not available to us.
I enjoyed every chapter of this book, and it is rightfully selling out quickly. I'm grateful that the author was willing to share so many personal experiences and insights. This book can only enrich a person's Christmas.
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