Review: What a beautiful, moving Christmas story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2013
What a beautiful, moving Christmas story!  You might never suspect from the cute and goofy cover and title, but this story is much more than a quirky romance.  It is the best kind of Christmas story, one of hope, renewal and second chances, in the manner of “A Christmas Carol” or “It’s a Wonderful Life”.  In the middle of a terrible winter storm on Christmas Eve, the paths of two very different travelers cross unexpectedly and neither will be the same.  When Nick, a jaded, unhappy, man on a very dark mission, is forced by weather to pull over at a rest stop he encounters Kit,  college student & department store elf, a quirky, kind-hearted,  life-loving innocent, he has no feelings other than annoyance when he feels obligated to give the stranded young man a lift.  But what happens during the journey opens his heart and his eyes, not only to the possibility of life and love and joy just when he needs it the most, but also to the surprising root of his own bitterness, and finally to the recognition that it’s not too late to choose a different road than the one he’s on.  It’s a story of Christmas miracles with a hopeful, heartwarming finish that left me feeling a little bit like laughing & crying at the same time.  I read a LOT, and I don’t always take the time I should to review the good ones, but I just had to say how truly happy I am to have read this one!  I would also love to read more about this couple in the future;-)