This anthology provides a wide range of dramatic and worship material for seasonal celebrations. Thanksgiving resources include: Come, See What God Has Done, a Thanksgiving children's event featuring 6 learning centers designed for kindergarten through sixth grade; A One-Act Drama for Thanksgiving; Recalling Our Blessings, a responsive reading and interactive children's lesson; and Is It Still Wonderful?, a sermon for Thanksgiving Day. There are 5 plays of varying lengths, ages, and cast sizes for Christmas, as well as a "hanging of the greens" service, a children's story formatted both as a narrative that can be read and as a play. Copy privileges included.

Written as a resource for children, the text includes an introduction for parents/guardians, but the body of the book is written for children to read themselves. Or, an adult or older sibling can read the book to a younger child. Pastors will find it helpful to keep a quantity on hand to give to people during grief experiences and in grief counseling. Did you know. . . Grief is the normal response of sorrow, emotion, and confusion that comes from losing someone important to you. The word "grief" comes from the same root as "grave." Although many times focused only on emotional responses to loss, grief also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, and philosophical dimensions. Grief responses are influenced by personality, family, culture, and spiritual and religious beliefs and practices. While many who grieve may be able to work through their grief independently, accepting additional support from counseling and support groups may promote the process of healing. The Book of Ecclesiastes reminds us "For everything there is a season... a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance..."