Unwrapping Christmas

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Unwrapping Christmas</em> begins with a bold retelling of the original Christmas story. Then it tells the contemporary story of several individuals and families as they struggle to find meaning and community and love during the Christmas season. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>While it is a story told from several points of view each character is led to helping or knowing Josiah a twelve-year-old boy who gets lost in the mountains near Leavenworth Washington while watching his neighbor Gabriel's dogs Blitzen and Vixen. As Josiah is forced to survive in subfreezing temperatures his father questions himself. Does he have the wherewithal to save his son when he wasn't able to save his beloved wife from cancer? </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Finally it is Gabriel a famous classical guitar player who weaves all the stories together. Music like love touches all even the reader. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Unwrapping Christmas</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a story that holds hope as people reach for community and love during the Christmas season.</span></p><p></p>