{"product_id":"2940158790461","title":"A Christmas Tale and Other Stories","description":"Christmas is a time for miracles, and in each of the stories in A Christmas Tale and Other Stories, wondrous things happen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•A blizzard, a wreck, and two Samaritans show an estranged mother the way back to her children and to faith. \u003cbr\u003e•Beggars outside an upscale L.A. church and a young girl teach the congregation the true meaning of Christmas. \u003cbr\u003e•A girl encounters an angelic messenger after wishing on an heirloom ornament and learns her mother's secret, a secret that has shaped both their lives. \u003cbr\u003e•Ever-burning Christmas lights annoy Mrs. Emory's neighbor, until the woman learns that Mrs. Emory's son has been MIA for forty years. On Christmas Eve, both learn of the son's death--and the eternality of the spirit. \u003cbr\u003e•An unemployed laborer finds a fat wallet and a gray kitten during a snow storm. The money will make a memorable Christmas and a better life for his two children, but can he live with his conscience? \u003cbr\u003e•A reticent legal secretary who attends the firm's annual Christmas party discovers, with the help of a magical corsage, how her life has impacted people in the past and the present, but also learns that the future is hers to shape. \u003cbr\u003e•A Scrooge-like CPA is pressed into service as an emergency foster parent just before Christmas. His two small charges prove that money is secondary to kindness and love. \u003cbr\u003e•An out-of-work drifter robbed and abandoned by a trucker is rescued by a passing Samaritan. When a disabled child disappears, he and the townsfolk search through a blizzard to find the boy. A mysterious voice leads him to the boy; his faith is restored.\u003cbr\u003e•An old man confined to a nursing home is visited by guides who, through revisiting his past, show him that a hardened heart can be softened by empathy and unconditional love.\u003cbr\u003e•An upwardly mobile executive reconnects with her long-lost sister and children when she volunteers at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving. When her sister contracts a potentially fatal infection, she realizes that family and love mean more than possessions.\u003cbr\u003e•After a slip on the ice, a judgmental woman suddenly can \"hear\" others' thoughts and learns hard lessons in empathy and understanding.\u003cbr\u003e•A widow takes her frustration and fear out on her three children, who must find a way to bring Mom back to them. (An early version of this story appeared in Grit magazine in 1998.) \u003cbr\u003e•New bonus story: A misbehaving angel risks receiving his golden halo to save a child's life.","brand":"Jan Weeks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104193822960,"sku":"2940158790461","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158790461_p0.jpg?v=1764124078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158790461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}