title: Christmas Presence
author: Ann Dorian Brice Hunt
description: A spiritual masterpiece. Everyone on the spiritual path will be profoundly transformed by it. -- <i>Ben Gilberti, author, "A Letter From Moses"</i><br /><br />This unique retelling of the Biblical account of the birth of Jesus should be part of everyone's Christmas celebration. -- <i>Margo Lemieux, The Sun Chronicle</i>
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  Dear Reader,
  
  
  
  
  
  First and foremost, thank you for downloading this special promotional e-book
  edition of The Christmas Shoes. When this book released ten years ago I had no
  idea it would become a movie for CBS Television, that it would be the first in
  the series of Christmas novels or that I would receive countless e-mails,
  letters and Facebook comments about how the book touched people’s lives. I am
  grateful for each of you.
  
  
  
  
  
  When you’ve finished reading The Christmas Shoes, I hope you’ll take a moment
  to read a few chapters from my newest book, which you’ll find in the back of
  this e-book. The Christmas Note is the story of an unlikely friendship between
  two women, Gretchen Daniels and Melissa McCreary.
  
  
  
  
  
  Gretchen has recently relocated to a small town with her two children to be
  closer to her mother, Miriam. After spending years moving around as a
  soldier’s wife, she’s attempting to build a new life in a new community. A
  mysterious young woman,