Trading Christmas
Debbie Macomber
Mira, Sep 29 2015, $9.99
ISBN: 9780778318293
“Trading
Christmas.” Since her Harvard student
daughter Heather is unable to visit her, widow schoolteacher Emily Springer
decides to cross the country to see her in Boston although she is concerned
over costs. She arranges over the internet
to swap houses with Harvard History Professor Charles Brewster who hates the
Yuletide holidays. To Charles' bah
humbug chagrin Leavenworth, Washington including Emily's home comes out of a
Christmas catalogue. Meanwhile, Emily's
friend Faith Kerrigan travels to Leavenworth to spend time with her while
Charles' brother Ray travels from New York to Boston to spend time with
him. Adding to the mix-up is that
Emily's daughter is in Florida. As the
two couples (Emily and Ray, and Charles and Faith) fall in love, each learns
the real meaning of the holiday that miracles occur.
“The Forgetful Bride.” Even
though they have not seen each other in two decades, Joseph tells everyone that
Caitlin is his wife. When
she was eight and he ten, her older brother “witnessed” his sister and his best
friend “marrying”. Upset with Joe, Cait
insists to him (and herself) she loves her boss Paul. Joe says she loves him and on Christmas Day,
he plans to kiss his bride.
With a plot similar to the 2006 movie The Holiday, though released
earlier (in 2004), Trading Christmas is an uplifting holiday tale that uses
coincidences to make the point that miracles exist when love blossoms. The reprint of the 1991 Forgetful Bride is a
“second chance” holiday romance, but Joe’s constant contention grows cold and
Cait’s irritated reaction seems over the top of the Space Needle.
Harriet Klausner
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