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The Christmas Spirit

Name: The Christmas Spirit
Author: Donna Sikes
ISBN: 9781301426508

By Donna Sikes

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The elves in Santa's workshop are having problems with the oven. Will they get it repaired in time for Christmas? Will they let it dampen their Christmas spirit? Read this bedtime story and find out.

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PublisherDonna Sikes

Release dateOct 15, 2012

ISBN9781301426508

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Donna Sikes

Donna has been writing poems and short stories most of her life. In 2012 she began writing books. A Heart To Believe is her first published work via AuthorHouse. Charli's Angel is her second, via Smashwords. Book II of A Heart To Believe, Flowers In A Mason Jar, will be published, via Smashwords, in December of 2012. A Children's Christmas story is being published via Smashwords in November of 2012. Donna lives with her husband, Allen, in Georgia. They have three children and six grandchildren. They are raising two grandchildren, since their daughter passed away in 2010. Besides writing and raising grandbabies, Donna is now retired.

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