This story was a quiet, holy gift the Lord placed in my heart, and sharing it with you feels like offering a piece of that grace.
From The preschool classroom to the tender path christ opened up for me
I believe traditions tell the stories our hears never forget. I am Erica Bruton, "The Nail of Noel is my way of keeping the true meaning of Christmas- Christ's Love shining gently in homes year after year. The Nail of Noel was born from a deep longing for families to not just remember Christmas, but to feel its miracle-to hold it in their hands, carry it in their hearts, and let it settle into their homes.... one verse at a time, one tender movement of the nail, one savior who came down in love.
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Visionary & Creator
Childlike faith is trusting God with an open heart, simple belief, and wonder.
Child-like Faith
In the middle of a busy season, this tradition creates space to slow down. It gently draws families back to the manger, the cross, and the wonder of a Savior who came near.
Quiet Heart
The Nail of Noel begins with a simple invitation—to receive the story of Christmas with open hands. Not rushed, not complicated, but ready to hold onto the truth of what Jesus came to do.
With Open Hands
I believe this nail can gently lead hearts back to the true meaning of christmas...
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE
“In her unexpected presence, Christ found room to reshape our hearts and the family we would one day recognize as His work.”
When I was seven years old, God placed a fourteen-year-old girl named Tanya into our family. My parents opened the door, and suddenly she was there — scared, brave, older than me, and carrying a story I couldn’t yet understand. But that day, without ceremony or warning, she became my sister.
I didn’t know then that God was handing me a gift. At seven, you don’t recognize miracles when they walk through your front door. You don’t realize that someone arriving as a stranger will one day become your safe place, your steady anchor, your inspiration. You just know your world shifted… and somehow, it felt right.
As I grew, I watched my parents welcome her with the kind of love that doesn’t make sense unless you know Jesus. A love that chooses, gathers, and repairs. A love that looks like grace with skin on. And through Tanya, I learned that family isn’t bound by birth — it’s bound by God’s hand and God’s timing.
This book carries that truth inside it. Because long before I was an adult writing stories about faith and redemption, God had already written one into my own life. And when I was seven, He wrote her name — Tanya — as the gift I didn’t know would become my inspiration.
My Sister was The gift god gave me as a child...
and The inspiration he knew i Would need as an adult.
Six months from something He placed in my heart to something I can hold—Christ carrying me through it.
His story through my hands
Illustrations arrived in mid-August, and by the end of September, every page and palette was finalized.
On October 7th, production began on the first print run.
I held the finished book in my hands on November 4th…
and celebrated my very first book signing on November 5th.
A whirlwind of grace, creativity, and God’s timing — and the
sweetest beginning to The Nail of Noel.
The Nail of Noel Journey
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