title: The History of Christmas: Reading With a Purpose
author:  Jake Henderson 
description: Jake Henderson is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK, where he earned a BA in History Education. He also has a Masters Degree in History Education from SWOSU, which he earned in 2004. He has taught US History, World History, AP Government, US Government, Geography, Oklahoma History, and Psychology at the High School level for more than ten years. He currently lives and teaches in Woodward, OK. Robert Marshall also graduated from SWOSU where he earned a BA in History Education. He has taught U.S. History, World History, U.S. Government, Geography, Oklahoma History, World Studies, Art, and Music Appreciation at the middle and high school levels since 1999. He currently teaches at Blanche Thomas High School in Sentinel, Oklahoma.
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  Cooper
  
  
  Tate Family Holidays 4
  
  
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  Cooper © 2019 by Hope Ford. All Rights Reserved.  
    
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.  
    
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  Chapter 1
  
  
  Christmas 2018
  
  
  Cooper
  
  
  I pick up the envelope on my desk and look around the room thinking surely
  this is a joke. I never receive mail, except for maybe once a month from my
  mom. Every