While spending Christmas in London with her family, her boyfriend, and his family, fifteen-year-old Kendra finds herself roaming the city in another scavenger hunt, like the one in New York the previous summer.
Stephanie Plum, a New Jersey fugitive apprehension agent, is met with a plethora of challenges, family-related and otherwise, as Christmas approaches--not the least of which is the appearance of a strange, sexy man in her kitchen.
Santa tells the story of his life, from his childhood in fourth century Turkey to the present, and recounts his experiences with some of his many helpers including Attila the Hun and Teddy Roosevelt.
Christy, a missionary teacher in Cutter Gap, becomes concerned when Ruby Mae, a student who has lived at the mission house since her mother's death and father's disappearance, announces she is spending Christmas at the old cabin with her father.
Thomas spends Christmas in Prague with his grandfather where they buy a carp for Christmas dinner. Thomas feeds the fish and decides he doesn't want to eat him.