title: The Lodge on Holly Road
author: Roberts, Sheila
description: How Santa Gets His Christmas Spirit Back…
  
  James Claussen has played Santa for years, but now that he's a widower, he's lost interest -- in everything. So his daughter, Brooke, kidnaps him from the mall (in his Santa suit!) and takes him to Icicle Falls. She's arranged a special Christmas at the lodge owned by long-widowed Olivia Wallace and her son, Eric. And yet…Brooke wants Dad to be happy, but she's not ready to see someone else's mommy kissing Santa Claus.
  
  Single mom Missy Monroe brings her kids to the lodge, too. Lalla wants a grandma for Christmas, and her brother, Carlos, wants a dog. Missy can't provide either one. What she'd like is an attractive, dependable man. A man like John Truman… But John's girlfriend will be joining him in Icicle Falls, and he's going to propose.
  
  Of course not everything goes as planned. But sometimes the best gifts are the ones you don't expect!