An Amish girl without a boyfriend, an Amish boy without a girlfriend, two sets of pressuring parents and a secret scheme to give everyone peace over the Christmas holidays. Susie is still unmarried and getting old, at least in her parent’s eyes. As another Christmas comes around and Susie isn’t courting, her parents start to…
A childless Amish couple, an old book of heartbreaking Christmas stories from the past and a fear that history is repeating. For Katie Lantz Christmas joy is in short supply. As a child Katie dreamed of being given the Amish community Christmas Memory book to record her own thoughts. The Bishop gave the ancient book…
An Amish Bishop’s daughter, a visiting Bishop’s son and the week before Christmas each year. Sadie Kauffman is the oldest of two daughters of the Amish bishop, Omar, and his wife Elizabeth. Sadie is not happy about the bishop visiting from another community and staying over in their home with his wife and their only…
A poor Amish Widow, a heartless wealthy miser and dreams of Christmases from long past. Emma Graber had resorted to working for elderly recluse Amos Hemluth to make ends meet. After her husband died in tragic circumstances over the holidays, leaving her pregnant and a widow aged just twenty, she didn’t know how she would…
Festive joy seems in short supply this holiday season. When a rival appears for her Christmas cookies, Abigail is faced with ruin. Abigail Mast supports her family by selling her cookies in the market. Christmas is her biggest time of year, but disaster was soon to strike. The Troyer family had their sad past, which…
Many young Amish girls’ idyllic dream was a romantic buggy ride at Christmas. But for Esther Miller, the thought of it was nothing more than a nightmare. When Moses King starts showing an interest in Esther, she refuses his advances. But inside, she is torn. She wants a family of her own. But she has…