Christmas, A Story by GALE, Zona

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didnt already have Christmas, wed find a way to invent it. Its hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas cant be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it. (Summary by Christine Dufour)