Synopses & Reviews
This collection of one novella and three shortstories captures the traditional, emotional spirit of Christmas and presentsthe spirit in contemporary settings.Holly Day's Caf, the novella, relates the story of thelast day of business at a Kentucky diner. This last day happens to be ChristmasEve. It is also the day of a rare blizzard-one which strands several customersin the diner. What occurs next demonstrates the magic and wonder of the powerand spirit of Christmas.Molly's Santa Claus tells of the drunken homeless man thatsix-year-old Molly literally finds on her doorstep. What follows exemplifiesthis family's true, selfless Christmas spirit. Angel Tree is astory of Christmas promises broken and Christmas promises kept when a busybusinessman comes face to face with his memories of Christmas past. Finally, St. Nicholas of the Neighborhood shows that things have a way ofworking out at Christmas, even when the presents are forgotten in someoneelse's house This collection of Christmas stories for adults is also ideal entertainmentfor families to share together as they count the days until Santa's visit Gerald R. Toner is a great lover of Christmas. He is the author of two otherbooks about the holiday, Lipstick Like Lindsay's and Other ChristmasStories and Whittlesworth Comes to Christmas, bothpublished by Pelican.
Synopsis
This collection of one novella and three short stories captures the traditional, emotional spirit of Christmas and presents the spirit in contemporary settings. Holly Day's Caf, the novella, relates the story of the last day of business at a Kentucky diner. This last day happens to be Christmas Eve. It is also the day of a rare blizzard-one which strands several customers in the diner. What occurs next demonstrates the magic and wonder of the power and spirit of Christmas.
Synopsis
This collection captures the traditional spirit of Christmas in modern settings.