Review: The Judge who Stole Christmas - Randy Singer

 

Review: The Judge who Stole Christmas - Randy Singer - August 2010

What starts out as a small town community celebrating Christmas in their town of Possum, Virginia with a nativity scene set up in their town will turn to a national news story when they are told that it is against the law to have their nativity scene up during this time. For a few years now Thomas and his wife Theresa Hammond have played the famous Mary and Joseph during Christmas time and many have come to visit the nativity scene set-up and all is well until the pair are served with papers as they have been taken to court over the incident. So begins a long hard journey leading up to Christmas as the Judge won't back down on this ruling and Thomas isn't one to take his faith lying down, he is a firm believer of standing up for what you believe in and that faith will get you anywhere you need to be. Not only did I learn about the smalltown's plight to have their Nativity scene resurrected as Jesus was on the third day after dying on the cross, but in listening to the Judge's arguments in the courtroom , I learnt a bit more about various christmas origins and other religious festivals for various religions. One of the things I did love about this book was the way that the community and even the outside larger US states all rallied around Thomas and that no matter what the judge threw in his direction - his faith and love for the Lord never wavered and in the end his faithfulness and perserverence won out.

If you love Christmas stories with a Godly perspective and Christian tale to them, then check out Randy Singer's The Judge who Stole Christmas.