Description

An incredible number of Americans have discovered Mitford to be always a favorite home-away-from-home, and numerous visitors have long pondered what Christmas in Mitford could be like. A glimpse is provided by the eighth Mitford novel, supplying a meditation on the very best of gifts: the present of one’s center. Because he was a child, Father Tim has lived what he calls "the life span of your brain" and has hardly ever really learned to savor the job of his fingers. When he finds a derelict nativity scene that's suffered the indignities of time and neglect, he imagines the excitement in the eyes of his wife, Cynthia, and chooses to attempt the challenging task of rebuilding it.