STORY SUMMARY
Esther Bolick is known for baking her famous and very expensive orange marmalade cakes to give to people for Christmas. She and her husband, as soon as the Christmas Eve service is complete at Lord's Chapel, deliver the cakes to seven of her closest friends and neighbors. (all of these people appear in the beloved Mitford series books).
Her husband Gene begins to question not only the expense of baking all these cakes, but also if certain people are "worth it". So of course, not Esther is questioning and complaining about the people she bakes for. Some of them just haven't fully pleased her and many have disappointed her. Maybe she should save the expense and work.
However, a Christmas carol, shows her the reason and the meaning for gift giving. That carol is sung by the children and it's "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
This song really touches Esther and she turns back to being generous.
MY THOUGHTS
This isn't a deep book but it's a simple, heart-warming novella/short story written by a beloved author.
The characters are always fun to me and the simple truths that being generous towards people...even ones who are different from you...is one of the real meanings of Christmas.
This point is put across quite well in this beloved story.
In my opinion, this book is appropriate for ages 7 and older. (my daughters loved it when I read this to them at Christmas time when they were younger).
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest, I rate this a 10.
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