Personal essayist and motivational storyteller Kathryn Beisner joins the “Chicken Soup family” as a contributing author to Christmas Virtues. Her humorous and poignant story, “Flashing Back,” reflects on the annual holiday photo ritual in the section highlighting love.

Christmas Virtues is designed as a gift book or family keepsake to be used as a holiday tradition. This beautiful hardcover features seven virtues that are traditionally associated with Christmas, each one is illustrated by four to five all-new heart-touching stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul®, bringing the magic of the season to light.

Kathryn… We too did the family line up in front of the fire place while dad did the complicated photos…and you're right....the importance of creating our own traditions is so important!
- S. Mills, Washington