title: A Christmas Trilogy
author: P. J. Mckenzie
description: P. J. McKenzie is a professional engineer who enjoys photography, art, science, golf, fishing, and especially writing. He and his wife of over forty years, Andrea, have three children and six grandchildren.
zlib_text: ******In The Spirit of…Christmas** ****
  
  ******By Linda Goodnight** ****
  
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  ******Contents** ****
  
  ******Chapter One** ****
  
  ******Chapter Two** ****
  
  ******Chapter Three** ****
  
  ******Chapter Four** ****
  
  ******Chapter Five** ****
  
  ******Chapter Six** ****
  
  ******Chapter Seven** ****
  
  ******Chapter Eight** ****
  
  ******Chapter Nine** ****
  
  ******Chapter Ten** ****
  
  ******Chapter Eleven** ****
  
  ******Chapter Twelve** ****
  
  ******Chapter Thirteen** ****
  
  ******Chapter Fourteen** ****
  
  ******Chapter Fifteen** ****
  
  ******Epilogue** ****
  
  ****_****__**Chapter One**_ _ ****_****
  
  ******L** **** eaning over the steering wheel of his blue-and-gray Silverado,
  Jesse Slater squinted toward the distant farmhouse and waited. Just before
  daybreak the lights had come on inside, pats of butter against the dark frame
  of green shutters. Still he waited, wanting to be certain the woman was up and
  dressed before he made his move. She had an eventful day ahead of her, though
  she didn’t kn