I received as a Christmas gift today from my granddaughter, the book,
God Rest Ye Merry Soldiers (A True Civil War Christmas Story) by James McIvor. As I began reading it and learning about the soldiers at Christmas time during the second year of the war, I wondered how Mandy's father and uncles endured being away from home at this time.
- Where were they?
- What were the troops doing?
- What was Christmas like for Mandy and her family back home?
These are ideas to research. I might not include them in my present story,
Papa Goes to War. But perhaps I could make a Christmas story of them. What do you think?
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