title: Mary and Her Miracle: The Christmas Story Retold
author:  Barbara Cawthorne Crafton 
description: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is a popular preacher, retreat leader, and writer. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader&amp;rsquo;s Digest, Episcopal Life, and other publications. She is the author of many books, including The Courage to Grow Old, Let Every Heart Prepare, Some Things You Just Have to Live With, The Sewing Room, Living Lent, and Mary and Her Miracle. She lives in Metuchen, New Jersey.
zlib_text: > > ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS
  
  > DEBORAH M. HATHAWAY
  
  Copyright © 2020
  
   _On the Second Day of Christmas_ by Deborah M. Hathaway
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this book
  may be reproduced, transmitted, or distributed by any part or by any means
  without written consent of the author.
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  Published by Draft Horse Publishing
  
  ©Copyright 2020 by Deborah M. Hathaway
  
  © 2020 Cover Art by Ashtyn Newbold
  
  © Cover Photo by Martha Keyes
  
  First Printed Edition, November 2020
  
  This book is a work of fiction. All character names and personalities are
  entirely fictional, created solely in the imagination of the author. Any
  resemblance to any person living or dead is coincidental.
  
  ISBN 978-1-7334820-6-6
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Books by Deborah M. Hathaway_
  
  >  _Dedication_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _