Fifteen years ago Gary wrote a fictional story about his oldest grandchild when she was five. He read it to her that Christmas Eve and gave it to her as a present. It was such a hit, he promised to do the same for each grandchild. That story and the promise became the genesis of Grandpa Noels Stories.
Twenty-three grandchildren and twenty-one stories later (one year he combined four grandkids into two stories), Grandpas stories are woven into the fabric of their holiday festivities. Despite the growth in both numbers and physical size, the family still crowds into the family room on...