Around the holiday, I always try to read at least one Christmas story. This one, A Christmas Thief by Carol Lynn Pearson was quite a short one. It was only about 70 pages long, but it definitely portrayed the true spirit of Christmas. The story is about how one family's nativity set disappears. At first it was thought that it might have just been misplaced, but when they notice some sports equipment missing from their garage as well, they decide that it must have been stolen. The daughter immediately suspects the neighbor boy that has been giving her trouble for as long as she can remember, and she wants to go out and demand that he give it back to them. She thinks it wouldn't hurt if the boy got arrested and sent off somewhere as well. Then he wouldn't be able to give her any more trouble.
Her parents luckily, don't let her do that. Her mother wants to find out what happened to the nativity set, but she doesn't want to offend her neighbor if they wrongly accuse her son of stealing it. So they set out on a secret mission to find their nativity set.
One thing leads to another, and the daughter starts to see what Christmas is all about. It is a really good story. My only complaint is that it was only 70 pages long.
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