Project Gutenberg 2008-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 54 Phillips, Ethel Calvert 1882 1947 22019686 Christmas Light Reading ease score: 88.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Christmas Light" by Ethel Calvert Phillips is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young girl named Naomi, who lives in Bethlehem during the time surrounding the birth of Jesus. It explores themes of faith, family, and hope, focusing on Naomi's journey from blindness to sight, which serves as a metaphor for understanding and faith in the broader context of the Christmas narrative. The opening of the book introduces us to Naomi and her life in a little garden in Bethlehem, where she finds joy in her flowers and dreams of digging a well. We learn about her loving family, particularly her supportive brother Ezra, and her longing for adventure and recognition in a society where girls are often overlooked. As Naomi's character develops, she faces the heart-wrenching challenge of losing her sight, which shatters her world. However, the initial chapters hint at her resilience and the significance of the Messiah's arrival in her life, foreshadowing the extraordinary transformation that will ultimately restore her vision and faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas stories PZ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 143873 143852 2024-10-12T04:31:24.268012 2023-09-12T08:07:51.611936 text/html text/html 142593 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 262960 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 275562 2024-10-12T04:31:27.493019 application/epub+zip 274820 2024-10-12T04:31:24.867010 application/epub+zip 79168 2024-10-12T04:31:24.558977 application/epub+zip 328872 2024-10-12T04:31:29.759947 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308959 2024-10-12T04:31:27.145053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 113950 2022-09-13T03:37:20.231901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123975 123769 2024-10-12T04:31:23.752051 2023-09-12T08:07:51.285952 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123773 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47829 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 123765 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47811 2021-01-04T13:47:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20866 2024-10-12T04:31:31.001994 application/rdf+xml 7029 2024-10-12T04:31:24.620968 image/jpeg 1302 2024-10-12T04:31:24.590975 image/jpeg 273694 2024-10-12T04:31:24.294024 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog