Synopsis
Every Christmas is an opportunity to rediscover the true meaning of the season, and the miracles that are the greatest gifts
Twelve-year-old Katie Williams has already received an extraordinary holiday gift this year, passed down from her great-grandmother. Katie has been blessed with second sight. So far her visions have helped her avert tragedy, and brought her beloved long-lost Uncle Charlie back to the family—but can they help keep him there?
Charlie has a lot to be thankful for this Christmas. He's back in his hometown and ready for a fresh start. A job as the local mall Santa Claus seems like a good way to begin—until his misguided past comes back to haunt him, dashing his hopes for the future.
Can Katie help keep her uncle's dreams alive? Christmas Eve will tell, as the love and faith of friends and family—along with a dash of frankincense and myrrh—ignite a powerful magic within every heart a magic that may bring one man the greatest gift of all.
Publishers Weekly
A group of travelers get to know one another under unlikely circumstances in Saperstein and Samerjan's slightly supernatural and hokey holiday tale. After a flight is canceled, the stranded passengers get a lift from a Good Samaritan, but when the van breaks down during a snowstorm, the group searches out shelter and happens upon a remote cabin, where they meet Joshua, who knows far too much about their private pasts. In coming together to create a Christmas Eve they all will remember, they put their ghosts to rest and learn to trust and love their fellow man once again. Saperstein and Samerjan, unfortunately, have a clumsy touch, and their too deliberate handling of characters' traumas really curdles the eggnog. (Oct.)
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