The Advent Calendar

By: Stark, Susanna D.

While other children eagerly await Christmas without a care in the world, nine-year-old Lena stands in front of the town ice rink every day, selling candied apples to help her family, burdened by bitter poverty. Then, one snowy evening, she gives her last apples and her only warm scarf to an unknown beggar. With this selfless act, Lena sets a magic in motion whose existence she had never even suspected. The very next morning, a mysterious Advent calendar appears in front of their modest home. Behind its doors, no ordinary gifts await, but miracles that seem to know the deepest wishes of her heart. Lena does not dream of magnificent dresses or toys. She wishes only for her mother to recover, for her father to find decent work, and for their estranged family to be reunited.

As snowflakes cover the town, a Christmas story begins-a story of sacrifice, hope, and a love stronger than any hardship.

For sometimes the greatest miracles arrive quietly. And change someone's life forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DGKX55T1
• ISBN13: 9798227681195
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Susanna D. Stark
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"