Based on a Swiss legend
Each Christmas Eve Anne-Marie dreams that she will be the one to give the perfect gift to the St. Julien's Christ Child to make him smile and to make the catherdal's silent bells to ring. Since their installation two-hundred years ago, the bells have never rung. This year Anne-Marie plans to bestow the Christ Child an exquiste shaw she has created. The village is also enlivened with the news that the Prince of Aragon, Don Carlos, will be joining their Christmas Eve tradition and will be giving the Christ Child the best gift.
As she and Barry, her St. Bernard, run errands for her mother and prepare for Christmas, she encounters various individuals with whom she trades objects, until she is left with a crudely carved sheep to give the Christ Child.
Although the story was predictable, I enjoyed it. Throughout the story, my Type-A personality became exasperated with Anne-Marie's day-dreaming and her lack of focus to complete tasks.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed via ILL.
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