Ah, the holidays. We just love them. We love everything about them. Well, the positive things that is. We love the cool weather (I say cool, because in Florida, that’s all you get) and for us, it means the end of the hurricane season, and the beginning of something special. We love the hustle and bustle (even though we sweat and fight traffic-at least it is not in the snow!) and the baking and cooking. But we especially love the times together as a family.

Linda Coates (left) has been married to her husband Michael for seventeen years, eight of which she has spent homeschooling their four children. Her love of Christ and her desire for His people to live a more fulfilled life has led her to write the book The 12 Days of Christmas.

Leslie S. Kelly (right) has been married to her husband Don for over thirty years. She is the mother of five children and has been homeschooling for nineteen years. She loves music, especially that which focuses on her favorite thing: worshiping God. When not writing, teaching, or serving, Leslie enjoys cooking, sewing, rubber-stamping, and various other crafts.