I'm not going to say a lot about the content of this book as each story is wonderful. There are thirteen short stories all set at Christmas. They feature a variety of people from a department store watchman, a lonely widower, a pregnant teenage runaway, a political prisoner in China, a grieving mother, a privileged American, and even Mary and Joseph. Each of them has lost something of their Christmas cheer and/or faith and something happens to bring back the true meaning of Christmas. This is a faith based book and I absolutely loved it. I can't believe it took me so long to read this book, but I know it will be one that I will revisit again. Katherine Paterson wrote these songs for her pastor husband to use from the pulpit and I can just imagine sitting in those pews listening to these stories. This would make a perfect book to use as an advent study. I recommend it to anyone looking to read about personal Christmas Experiences and how they affected people.