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… The young sapling left his home, Hickory Flats farm and forest, to become a majestic Christmas tree. After landing in the home of local baker Sally and saving the forest from development, … holiday adventure comes to an end, as does his vitality.  Spoiler alert: Like all Christmas trees, his trunk begins to seal and a weakened Mert returns to the forest for a long sleep. … numerous readings later, the story still brings tears to my eyes, but also had me asking, can trees really regenerate in this way? As it turns out, the author Bowman did her research. It is …

… intervene during disagreements over where people slept. "Many people slept in the open, under trees, in tents and under the verandas (porches) of our house," he told Catholic News Service. …

… a fine curtain raiser on the visit, but her last line, while true, missed the forest for the trees. She wrote, “And though he may bless our president and beam that knowing smile, his prayer …

… and took pictures of their daily lives – meditating, gardening, driving tractors, swinging on tree swings, feeding their cat. Reese turned her work into a book, Dedicated to God: An Oral …

… after all he had seen and experienced during the war, Motes once spoke of Jesus "moving from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure motioning him to turn around and come off with …

… boasts a pristine, old-growth forest containing almost 100 native oak, tulip, and black tupelo trees estimated to be at least 150 years old, as well as the oldest grotto in the city, which was …

… "We are moving into the future," Berg said. Paul Harris, who worked with Berg in the Christmas tree business prior to his 1999 ordination to the priesthood, traveled from his home in Austin, …

… of life and love and the leavening is infinitely smaller than the mass of fruits, flowers and trees that are born out of it. I believe I have already said that our goal is not to proselytize …

… enough money to take motorbike taxis. Patients attended a Mass and picked “sacred buds” from a tree hung with leaves containing Bible passages offering educational and moral advice. This is a …

… of. … Your daughter's involvement summons the old saw about the apple not falling far from the tree. What does she do? … My youngest daughter, Jessica, 32, recently obtained her doctorate in …