One Christmas Lasts Forever

by Robert D. Gaines, Sarah Harris (Illustrator)

Late one Christmas Eve, a man's mind is racing with childhood memories. Restless, he decides to check the Christmas Tree one more time before his wife and two children awaken in the morning. But as he quietly walks down the hall, he hears a faint sound . . . of singing. There are people in his living room . . . his mother and father, grandparents, aunts and uncles . . . the same as they were when he was a young boy. This is impossible, he tells himself, but they are so real and so happy to be with him. And then the room has two new visitors - his own children. "Daddy, who are these people?" the little boy and girl wonder. A story of eternal bonds . . . with a wondrous twist.

Genres: Christmas

28 pages, Hardcover

Published October 24, 2018

About the author

Born into a naval family in 1945, Robert (Bob) Gaines was raised in California, Rhode Island, and Virginia. Even as a child, he had an obsession for recording his stray thoughts into hundreds of notebooks.

After graduating from San Diego State, Bob would spend a decade as an award-winning sports columnist before moving east, eventually retiring from Bucknell University in 2012.

Bob currently resides in the beautiful mountain town of McCall, Idaho where he spends his days writing, hiking, and playing with an energetic goldendoodle, Rocky.

Reviews

[Katy]

Received this one as a Christmas gift from my daughter-in-law, the illustrator of the book. So I might be biased, but this is a very sweet and wonderfully illustrated Christmas book. Love it.

[Rachel Wickstrom]

As we get older we tend to lose our sense of Christmas magic and wonder. One of the things I love about Christmas books is that you can recapture some of the magic that you may have lost over the years. One Christmas Lasts Forever, is unique in that it focuses on an adult’s experience with Christmas Magic. Often through Christmas books, it is a child’s sense of wonder, and belief, that reminds the adults about the Christmas Spirit. One Christmas Lasts Forever, shows us the magic of Christmas through the eyes of a father; the love of family across generations, and reveals that the Spirit of Christmas is never lost, no matter how old you are.

[Janie R.]

I so liked this story, about family, love, and Christmas. Towards the end of the story, you might need to get some tissues.

[Trudy]

Wonderful story for all ages!! A great family gift book.