A character can't say hi without Macomber telling us why he said hi. how can people read this stuff on an regular basis? Every single word or action is explained in the prose. The movie version is more 'wholesome' of course, right? Return to traditional values, when train sets were the epitome of ultracool. For the curious, instead of the male lead being all 'we shouldn't get the Intellytron robot' and being vindicated when it's recalled, the male lead in the book is all 'I bought us 500 Intellytrons against the advice of our buyer' and is vindicated when it's the hot toy of the season.
The best thing I can say about it was that it was a quick read.The television movie was better.The movie changed some key details. And it was after I'd watched it on television over Thanksgiving. I put a hold on this in Overdrive while I was in the mood to read Christmas books.
Next to making children happy, she likes nothing better than helping others-and that includes doing a bit of matchmaking! If she can figure out how to afford it….įortunately, it's Mrs. Holly's widowed brother is in the army and won't be home for Christmas, but at least she can get Gabe that toy robot from Finley's, the one gift he desperately wants. She wants to give her eight-year-old nephew, Gabe, the holiday he deserves. Because they need a Christmas miracle to keep the business afloat. Now Christmas means just one thing to him-and to his father. And her boss is none other than…Jake Finley, the owner's son.įor Jake, holiday memories of brightly wrapped gifts, decorated trees and family were destroyed in a Christmas Eve tragedy years before. Miracle!) is working in the toy department at Finley's, the last family-owned department store in New York City. This Christmas, Emily Merkle (call her Mrs.
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