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Loving My Actual Christmas
- An Experiment in Relishing the Season
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: christianaudio.com
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $20.99
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Publisher's Summary
The Christmas season is a particularly difficult time for women to slow down and relish what's right in front of them. An annual marker for many, it is a holiday that can often remind us how life is not going as we'd planned. Our family relationships remain strained, our finances stretched, and our schedules stuffed with too much to do in too little time.
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