Jesse Lawson, a legal-aid lawyer who fought the good fight against poverty and injustice, thought Christmas was a time-wasting distraction from the realities of life. But Robin Greer and her energetic seven-year-old son believed Christmas became a promise of all the good things that might touch Jesse's life, if only he'd let them.

Comfort and Joy
by Judith Arnold

Christmas was just another day to Jake Travis, a rough-and-rugged carpenter. But this year a freak accident and a winter storm had him sharing the holiday season with an abandoned baby, a secretive Santa . . . and a beautiful blonde. Was this the year Jake turned from Scrooge to Father Christmas?

Merry Christmas Baby
by Pamela Browning