Remembering Christmas

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Christmastime brings back memories as surely as office parties bring recriminations. The childhood wishes fulfilled (or dashed), the magic of anticipation, fighting over the dinner table. . .these are the ghosts of every Christmas past and present. Remembering Christmas brings together three holiday stories in a sparkling anthology sprinkled with nostalgia.<br><br>It's Christmas Eve in Tom Mendicino's Away in a Manger, and James is snowbound en route from New York City to his West Virginia hometown. While the sight of a familiar Motor Lodge sparks longing for a roadside America of yesteryear, his visions of peppermint stick ice cream are thwarted by a vending machine. But amid the revelry at the local diner, James finds something far more satisfying that will change his Christmases forever. . .<br><br>1991, Michigan State University. Best friends Jack and Kirk are preparing for an end-of-semester party in Frank Anthony Polito's<i>A Christmas to Remember.</i> But there's something unspoken in the airand it's not just the aroma of cinnamon-speckled eggnog.<br><br>In<i>Missed Connections</i>by Michael Salvatore, two childhood friends reconnect in an airport lounge on Christmas Eve. And over cocktail-fueled reminiscences, they reconsider the paths they're onand the roads never taken. . .<br><br>Get what you really want this Christmas, with three captivating stories stuffed with warmth, wit, surprisesand the promise of sweet Christmases yet to come. . .

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