Chapter Two of In Search of the Real Spirit of Christmas The debates appear every year like clockwork. The subject? Public manger...

Chapter Four of In Search of the Real Spirit of Christmas I was strolling through a shop in the mall at Christmas one year when I...

Chapter seven of In Search of the Real Spirit of Christmas It was exactly twelve days before Christmas and we were finishing our secret...

Chapter Eleven Ned let his hand drop that held his iPhone and straightened himself out on the floor next to the bed, leaning his back up...

Chapter Ten Ned did something he had never done in his entire life. He closed his eyes and muttered a silent prayer. Then he found the...

Chapter Nine Ned looked at his iPhone as if he could somehow will it to ring again, to bring Jes’ voice back. His mind went numb. He...

Chapter Eight Ned was kneeling on his hands and knees on the grimy shag carpet, his head down, tears rolling down his face, sobbing. As...

Chapter Seven Ned Phillips stared at the blank screen on his iPhone for several long moments. What had just happened? He was...

Chapter Six Ned’s eyes focused dully on the TV screen. The familiar music started and The Miracle on 34th Street began again. What was...

Chapter Five Ned felt a small chill as he reentered the room. He was wet to the bone, and all his clothes were still soaked. The open...

Chapter Four Ned’s eyes were still squeezed tight, his hand still pressing the trigger, but the explosion hadn’t come from his gun. ...

Chapter Three Clang ,clang, clang went the trolley, Ding, ding, ding went the bell Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings as we started...

Chapter Two Ned glanced down at the number on his key. Dim lights above every room door cast only enough light to recognize the numbers....

Chapter One Ned Phillips suddenly realized he was gripping the steering wheel of his car so hard his forearms were beginning to cramp. ...