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The best gifts are the ones that don't come wrapped! Gifts of home, of family and friends, of love...Can This Be Christmas? On December 24, a crowded train is taking holiday travelers home for Christmas. But because of a snowstorm, this group of strangers ends up spending Christmas Eve together, stranded in a small New Hampshire station. Despite the cold and discomfort, they create an impromptu celebration that reminds them all what Christmas really means.
First publish date: November 1, 2002
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Debbie Macomber
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