The Red Suit Diaries: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith - Hardcover

Butchart, Ed

 
9780800718145: The Red Suit Diaries: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith

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A disenchanted marine discusses how he rediscovered his faith through his jobs as a holiday Santa Claus and a refurbisher of medical equipment for the disabled, describing how he met his wife and worked to spread a message of Christian love to others.

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Ed Butchart has been Stone Mountain's official Santa Claus in Atlanta, Georgia, for thirteen years. He also runs a year-round workshop and ministry, Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, which refurbishes wheelchairs and medical equipment for those in need. As president and founder, Butchart has helped change the lives of thousands.

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To: Kids of all agesFrom: You know whoYou don't have to wait for Christmas to open this package! Inside, professional Santa Ed Butchart shares how as a once-hardened Marine he found God and began to serve others in inspiring ways. You'll be transfixed by the adventures of this real-life Santa: -discover the joy he spreads in his year-round workshop, refurbishing medical equipment for the disabled-delight in the sweetest of secrets children whisper in Santa's ear-warm your heart with Santa's story of how he found "Mrs. Claus"You'll also enjoy Santa's personal mail, written from hopeful kids who tell Santa their good deeds and ask for some interesting things in return.From laugh-out loud funny to unforgettably moving, The Red Suit Diaries shows how everyone can celebrate the spirit of Santa-and how you can keep Christmas in your heart every day by nurturing a childlike faith that lasts all year round.

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With a flowing beard of white, rosy cheeks, jolly laugh, and generous spirit, Ed Butchart is Santa-even without the red suit. This professional Santa has won hearts across the country, partly because of his day job. When not listening to children whisper secrets and wishes into his ear, Santa fixes and provides medical equipment for disabled people in need around the world. It all started more than 20 years ago when he changed the light bulb of a friend with cerebral palsy. Humbled by the huge difference a small act of goodness can cause, Butchart has since helped more than 50,000 disabled people and touched the lives of more than 500,000 adults and children who have placed their Christmas requests with him.Woven throughout The Red Suit Diaries is a faith and a love of giving that energizes Butchart's mission to spread joy to children of all ages in the name of Christ. No wonder even the most skeptical say, "I believe." Ed Butchart, an official Santa in Atlanta, Georgia, runs the year-round workshop and ministry Friends of Disabled Adults and Children. As president and founder, he's helped change the lives tens of thousands of disabled people by refurbishing wheelchairs and medical equipment. Butchart's professional Santa Claus career spans 13 years. He is married to Mrs. Claus (Annie), and they have

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ISBN 10:  189226210X ISBN 13:  9781892262103
Verlag: New Visions Press, 1999
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