Celebrate the Christmas season with a powerful true story that embodies the spirit of service, love, and light.

Storyteller Elizabeth Gibson shares the deeply moving personal narrative of "Finding Christmas On Candy Cane Lane" detailing her years-long friendship with Mary Ann and Corrine in Los Angeles. She paints a picture of devotion, as she and her roommate sought to bring happiness to the mother-daughter duo who had spent much of their lives homeless and struggled with severe personal challenges.

The most profound moment occurs on Christmas Eve, when Elizabeth takes Mary Ann, a "much sinned against person" confined to a wheelchair by a devastating attack, on a drive to Candy Cane Lane in Woodland Hills. As they slowly roll past magnificent synchronized light displays, a truly miraculous moment unfolds:

• Mary Ann's eyes light up with the joy of a six-year-old seeing Christmas for the first time.
• As the car pauses before a stunning nativity scene, the radio serendipitously begins playing "Silent Night."
• Elizabeth and Mary Ann sing the carol together, generating a "wonderful, warmth, peaceful, dynamic, incredible feeling of joy"—a joy Elizabeth describes as profound as witnessing the original Christmas star.

Though tragedy later robs Mary Ann of the memory of that evening, Elizabeth carries the flame of that experience, using it as the gold standard against which she measures all Christmases.

Tune in for this beautiful story that offers the golden key to having a truly magical Christmas: sharing the experience with those who need it most.

Elizabeth Atkinson Gibson is a member of the Utah Storytelling Guild, for more information on the guild, check out their website at https://www.utahstorytellingguild.website/

Elizabeth Atkinson Gibson is a professional storyteller, to find out more about her work, check out her website at https://www.thetellerist.com/

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