Frankfort, IN: Story: I have just finished your story, The ChristmasJars. What a beautiful story. My son, Anthony, diedfrom suicide 5 years ago. I belong to a BereavedParents Group in […]

Alaska: I am originally from California but I came here toSitka, Alaska to change my life. The first December was so rough for me becauseof the Christmas holiday.It was hard […]

Anchorage, Alaska : December 2010 was our first Christmas Jar and now weare so excited to deliver our 2011 jar. My family savedchange for most of the year and then […]

Clinton Township, MI: It was just over a year ago that my husbandand I found out that our second child hada chormosome defect known as Trisomy 18.This is fatal to […]

Pittsburgh, PA: Since I read the book 3 years ago, we startedour jars. My children are grown and God has been very goodto all of us. We decided to make […]

Downey, CA: I started saving coins in a canning jar in August,2010. By November it was full so I started another. On Christmas Eve I had 1 full jar and […]

Syracuse, Utah: Several years ago my daughter and son-in-lawwent through a financial disaster. They havebeen trying to catch up as they pay monumentalmedical bills and other bills which pile up. […]

Acworth, GA: This is my 3d year giving a Christmas Jar; however,due to the circumstances, the last two were givenbefore Christmas. In 2010, a father with childrenwas separating, looking for […]

Kanab, Utah: We moved from San Diego to Kanab in 2007 and Iwasn’t familiar with the situation of our new wardmembers. I gave my Christmas jar to the bishop andhe […]

Haymarket, Virginia: My daughters and I started our “Christmas Jar”tradition in 2009. The first year we literallydrove around the city of Manassas on ChristmasEve for hours trying to figure out […]