The Christmas Light

Today you get to meet “Bright” the main character in Dian Cooper’s new book “The Christmas Light”. After being tucked away in the attic for years Bright has a dream that changes his heart.  Welcome to this edition of Newsgram!  When it comes to children’s stories I have to admit that I’m a sucker for the […]

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Today you get to meet “Bright” the main character in Dian Cooper’s new book “The Christmas Light”. After being tucked away in the attic for years Bright has a dream that changes his heart. 

Welcome to this edition of Newsgram! 

When it comes to children’s stories I have to admit that I’m a sucker for the ones that put you in the perspective of the main character, especially what that character is a toy, an animal or a flower and in today’s case a little blue Christmas Light bulb.  Yes, I am a bit a child at heart like Dian Cooper.

Dian Cooper  – My real name’s Carolyn Dian Cooper

She’s an animal lover and an author with a message to share. 

Dian Cooper –  I’m a child at heart. The books that i write are for children and there’s underlying messages for them in a biblical way. 

Dian is most certainly a Christian. She’s written a number of books including: 

Welcome Blessing

Welcome Christmas

Let’s Play Ball

The King Meets Blessing

The Adventures of Blessing part I, II, III and IV

Today we’re talking about “The Christmas Light”. A story that will hopefully remind us of the true meaning of Christmas. 

Dian Cooper – Even though it is Christian based I don’t feel like it’s biased towards the Christian faith because actually Christmas has always been about Jesus’ birthday, I just think we’ve gotten away from why we celebrate Christmas. 

She is right and sometimes it does feel that way. Between the onslaught of holiday themed Rom-Coms released on our favorite streaming channels that follows a very predictable pattern …the holiday bonuses, the elaborate parties and all the marketing messages it can make us lose perspective and in reality it’s not all about Santa Claus and gift getting. 

Dian Cooper  – I’ve watched several little kids get their presents and that’s all their thinking about is what they’re going to get from Santa Clause and that’s not why we celebrate Christmas. It’s part of the joy of Christmas but I feel like our kids have a misconception of what giving is about at Christmas time it’s all about getting. 

So she put her imagination to work and came up with this charming story: 

Excerpt from “The Christmas Light” by Dian Cooper

    “For years, Bright lay in a box in the attic with 

his aunt and uncle, mom and dad, and all his friends,

waiting for Mrs. Smith to come and fetch him. 

He always knew Christmas was near when he saw the first snowflake falling outside through the attic window. It was an octagon-shaped stained glass window with a cross in the middle pane. The sunlight would shine through it in the morning, illuminating a colorful cross on the attic floor. 

He could hear Mrs. Smith singing Christmas carols downstairs in the kitchen while she baked her famousPecan Pies, Pumpkin Pies, 

and Sugar cookies. 

She loved baking, and the smell of sugar cookies filled the air, 

mixed in with the delightful aroma of pumpkin spice and cinnamon. 

The sweet aromas danced their way through the Smith home, all the way up to the attic. Mr. Mouse jumped up into the box where Bright lay tangled up in a web of Christmas lights with his family and friends. “Bright, do you think this is the year? Do ya, hut, do ya?” Mt. Mouse would ask anxiously. 

Bright would glimmer with a slight twinkle of hope

and would always say, “Well, you never know, Mr. Mouse.

Mrs. Smith might remember us this year” And with that tiny sparkle  of hope, Bright would hold on to his twinkle, 

hoping Mrs. Smith would remember him….”

Dian Cooper  – I’m hoping that when I wrote the book and I illustrated the character of Bright that it would draw the children into the cute little character, little sweet faces, and make them want to heir mama, grandma or whoever read them the book. 

I’m sure they will. Dian did all the illustrations herself and they are vivid and colorful — like a children’s book should be. It’s a fun story with a couple of different messages. The first one we talked about, the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of giving but it’s also about hope and family and something else. 

Dian Cooper – There’s an underlying message in there, you know just because we get old doesn’t mean we are thrown away and that goes for our grandparents and elderly parents. They still have a purpose and can shine bright in their own right. 

Okay that too but my favorite message was never give up.

Dian Cooper  – Every child is special in their own way and if they dream they dream never, never, never give up. Never give up. That’s my underlying message in a number of my books. 

All good things. Follow your dreams with passion, respect your elders, learn the power of giving and of course love each other and understand the true meaning of Christmas. It’s a cute story that you can easily see played out on television or in your mind’s eye. 

Dian Cooper  – In our world Christmas time is a time for joy but we also forget about the people that have no families, no joy at Christmas time they find themselves alone. We are never alone. Jesus is always, always with us. 

The Christmas Light, written and Illustrated by Dian Cooper it’s available now online wherever you like to buy books. I would start with her website. DianCooper.net (no E in Dian) because there you can read all about her and experience her full body of work. 

There are also links to many of the popular places like Amazon, Changing Hands and Barnes and Noble in the shows description and that will do it for this edition of Newsgram from Webtalkradio.com

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