Max Lucado - A Fruitcake Christmas

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CHRISTMAS Story by Troy Schmidt
Illustrations by GlueWorks Animation
Based on the characters from the series
Max Lucados Hermie & Friends Text and art copyright 2005 by Max Lucado.
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Based on the characters from the series Max Lucados Hermie & Friends.
Summary: After Hailey and Bailey show Iggy and Ziggy Cockroach the true meaning of Christmas, all of the garden insects share some of Grannypillars famous fruitcake.
ISBN 1-4003-0545-4 (hardcover picture book)
ISBN 1-4003-0546-2 (hardcover board book)
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Based on the characters from the series Max Lucados Hermie & Friends.
Summary: After Hailey and Bailey show Iggy and Ziggy Cockroach the true meaning of Christmas, all of the garden insects share some of Grannypillars famous fruitcake.
ISBN 1-4003-0545-4 (hardcover picture book)
ISBN 1-4003-0546-2 (hardcover board book)
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Christian lifeFiction. 2. ChristmasFiction. 3. InsectsFiction. 4.

FruitcakeFiction.]
I. GlueWorks Animation. II. Title.
PZ7.S3565Fru 2005
[E]dc22 2005010584 Printed in China
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Email us at: comments@hermieandfriends.com This is how God showed his love to us:
He sent his only Son into the world to give us life
through him.... And God gave us this command:
Whoever loves God must also love his brother. and the busiest. and the busiest.

There were trees to decorate, cards to send, gifts to wrap, and Grannypillars fruitcake to makeall before the big Christmas Eve celebration. Everyone was helping. Well, almost everyone... The richest bugs in the garden, Iggy and Ziggy Cockroach, never took time for Christmas. They even made Freddie Flea work harder than ever. Christmas just slows you down, Ziggy growled.

Bah, humbugger, Iggy snarled. Behind the cockroaches trudged poor Freddie, carrying a heavy load of fruit and nuts. The Ladybug twins, Hailey and Bailey, asked Hermie, Howd Iggy and Ziggy get so rich? All year long they grab up food and take it to their mansion, Hermie said. Theyre so greedy, theres not much left for anyone else, Wormie added. Then Hermie and Wormie remembered: It was almost time to watch the ants move Grannypillars scrumptious fruitcake to the center of the garden. Lets go! said Hermie.

And off they went to Grannypillars. The twins went to tell their mother about Iggy and Ziggy. Maybe they dont understand what Christmas is all about, Lucy Ladybug said. You mean making wish lists and getting gifts? Hailey asked. And eating fruitcake? Bailey added. No, Lucy said.

Christmas is not about fruitcake or getting and giving. Its about Jesus. At Christmas we celebrate Gods gift to us, Lucy said. God sent His Son, Jesus, to the earth, and whoever loves Him will get to live in heaven forever. Wow! God must really love us, Hailey said. He does. Meanwhile, Hermie and Wormie had reached Grannypillars. Meanwhile, Hermie and Wormie had reached Grannypillars.

She usually had lots of delicious food to eat, but not this year. Those greedy cockroaches, Iggy and Ziggy, had taken almost all the fruit and nuts for themselves. But somehow Grannypillar had managed to make her famous fruitcake as big and tasty as ever. As the ants carried Grannypillars Christmas fruitcake to the center of the garden, all the bugs gathered to watch and cheer. Tomorrow would be Christmas Eve, and everyone would meet to sing songs and eat fruitcake. That night, Al and Art guarded the cake while everyone else slept.

But WHOOPS! K-Smack... K-Smack...Kerplunk! Al and Art accidentally bumped into each other. And while no one was guarding the cake... It Disappeared! The garden friends were flabbergasted. This had never happened before. Who could have done such a mean and selfish thing? It must have been the cockroaches! said Milt the Caterpillar.