Description: Here are eight Christmas stories -- stories of love, faith, and the wonder of the holiday season, each originally presented as a story-sermon for Christmas Eve.

These earthy tales are loaded with eccentric characters who do unconventional things in out-of-the-way places, but who always seem to discover by luck -- or is it by God's grace? -- the true meaning of Christmas.

We meet Ivan, a former business tycoon living in Skid Row shelters after his life was shattered by the death of his son -- a man who nonetheless finds a redemptive reconnection to his former life, in the strangest of ways.

Another story introduces the imposing Ezra, who is "a little touched", but who reveals the true meaning of giving to a stranded traveler on Christmas Eve -- and then holds him mesmerized with a fascinating account dating back to the crucifixion.

In another, an innocent and eager special child, Jo-Jo Trimble, sends a Christmas card to his friend, a card quite ordinary on the outside but with a handwritten message of such surprising beauty and wonder it takes one's breath away.

These brief, moving stories can be read for inspiration, in family settings, on an airplane or train. They are ideal for anyone who wants to be inspired by the meaning of Christmas and who wants to see the implications of the Christmas story in our everyday lives.

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