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This past week, my Dad (Robert Cottrill) was featured in The Battlefords News-Optimist newspaper in Saskatchewan, Canada.  He’s a regular columnist in this and many other newspapers.  This time they were writing an article about<\/i> him, due to the publication of Discovering the Songs of Christmas<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Due to various issues the book didn’t make it out for Christmas 2009, but of course it’s now ready well in advance for Christmas 2010!<\/p>\n

\"News-Optimist<\/center>
We got a copy only a few days ago, and have really enjoyed it so far!  It’s full of interesting stories and insights – I’ve learnt a lot already.  \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

You can get the book at amazon here: Discovering the Songs of Christmas: Meditations on Our Traditional Carols and Christmas Hymns<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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