Seers by Heather Frost – Countdown to Christmas 2011

21 days until Christmas

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Heather Frost was born in Sandy, Utah, and raised in a small Northern Utah town. She is the second oldest of ten children, and she loves her family very much. She graduated from Snow College with an associate of science, and she is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree in English at Utah State University. Heather has always been an avid reader, and reading and writing are among her favorite things to do. She also enjoys playing the flute, listening to all types of music, and watching a wide variety of movies. Seers is her first published novel.

Connect with Heather: WEBSITE | Goodreads BLOG | Seers WEBSITE | Twitter | Facebook

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LDSWBR: What Christmas-related activity would you like to do this year that you have never done before?

HEATHER: I’d love to say something exciting, like skiing down a mountain. But regardless of the fact that I live in Utah—fabled home of the “best snow on earth”—the thought of skiing terrifies me. So I’m going to pick an activity that will keep me firmly on the ground: making a snow fort. Relatively safe, even if a fierce snowball battle breaks out.

LDSWBR: If you could find one book under the tree this year, what would it be?

HEATHER: I would be so excited to find Matched by Allie Condie. I’ve fallen behind the times, and I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve heard some great things.

LDSWBR: What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?

HEATHER: One of my absolute favorite parts about Christmas are all the great stories. My parents started a wonderful tradition that they’ve kept up over the years; reading a couple of specific Christmas stories every night starting December first until Christmas Eve. I remember gathering in the family room with my siblings and listening to Dad read the exact same stories he’d read last year, in the exact same order. And even though we’d all memorized them long ago, there was something exciting about hearing them again. Especially when Dad would take liberties and alter the stories, which exasperated Mom to no end. Stories like “A Christmas Carol” and “The Gift of the Magi” became a hilarious comedies because of his exaggerated voices and impromptu lines he saw fit to add. Other timeless stories became blended together. A childhood favorite of mine was the reference to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” in “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, which happened in these immortal lines, “Away to the window I flew like a flash,/tore open the shutters and threw up the Who Hash.” The only story he never took lightly was the story reserved for Christmas Eve—the story of Christ’s birth.

With colored tree lights glowing in the darkened room, and all the family gathered around to hear Dad read—to me, that’s the ultimate Christmas memory.

LDSWBR: What a wonderful memory. Thank you for sharing it with us. Have a very Merry Christmas, Heather!

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Do you have a favorite holiday story, other than the Christmas story in Luke, that you enjoy reading every year?

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