Clarksville Family Magazine — December 2008
The December 2008 Clarksville Family Magazine draws lessons from a hummingbird, beats the holiday bloat, and wishes Chester a merry Christmas.
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The cover feature, “Lessons Learned from a Hummingbird,” offered a gentle, reflective meditation drawn from nature — a moment of calm amid the holiday rush, and the kind of thoughtful piece that gave the year's final issue its heart.
“Merry Christmas, Chester!” brought the magazine's beloved recurring chipmunk into the holiday spirit, a family-friendly favorite that kept the youngest readers laughing, while “Real Estate Hints” offered practical guidance for the housing market.
The health pages helped readers “Beat the Holiday Bloat” with strategies for the season's indulgences and addressed winter skincare with “Itchin' in the Skin You're In.”
The recurring departments round out a December number that balances reflection, holiday whimsy and practical health — a warm, gentle close to the year that invites readers to slow down and find meaning in something as small as a hummingbird while still navigating the season with ease. It captured the magazine's enduring gift: quiet meaning and family fun held within the very same pages.
The hummingbird meditation traced its author's love of the birds back to a Chattanooga childhood — a mother and grandmother who always kept the feeders full, the one-part-sugar, four-parts-water recipe learned before she could pour her own milk, and the arrival of the Ruby-Throated hummingbirds each May that once marked the start of a whole summer of riding bikes and taking it easy. The male's green feathers and red throat, she wrote, fit the picture of an American Christmas far too well.
Table of Contents
- Lessons Learned from a Hummingbird (p. 6)
- Beat the Holiday Bloat (p. 10)
- Merry Christmas Chester! (p. 11)
- Real Estate Hints (p. 12)
- Itchin’ in the Skin You’re In (p. 13)
- Holiday (p. 15)
- Marketplace (p. 29)
Regular Departments
- Giving Back (p. 8)
- Faith & Family (p. 16)
- The Fridge (p. 20)
- Coloring Contest (p. 22)
- Parent Groups (p. 28)
- Network (p. 30)
