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b'A knock on the door at Christmas Eve brings a lonely old man and poor waif together on Christmas Eve. Only one gets a present.

J. L. Short lives with his family near Philadelphia and as near as he can tell there are no ghosts living in the house. On the other hand, he is continually harassed by two hounds and two cats. He enjoys reading and writing about history and the supernatural, not necessarily in that order.

Read by Emily Short Steiner, a couple and family therapist who lives in central Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of the author.

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