The Christmas List By Chrissie Manby

[amazon_link id=”B00FFAXUKC” target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’The Christmas List’ is a short Christmas ebook from Chrissie Manby.

It’s the 1st of December and Milly Arnold is facing a miserable Noel. Newly single, the last thing she wants to do is join her settled sister and her young family for the first of their traditions: the writing of the Christmas lists. However Milly’s nephews have other ideas and insist she writes a list of her own (with illustrations to help Father Christmas decipher her terrible handwriting). Milly duly makes a request for a bunch of roses, some chocolate and a new pair of shoes. She doesn’t expect to get any of it.

However, that very day, a box of chocolates appears, swiftly followed by the roses. And when Milly wins a voucher to buy a pair of shoes, she begins to wonder if there’s something in this Christmas cosmic ordering after all. She quickly amends her first letter. However, as Christmas gets closer and the items she requested appear in increasingly unexpected ways, Milly starts to worry that Santa might be taking her list just a little too literally…

The last few weeks, we have been in-undated with Christmas short stories and although the stories have all been fabulously heartwarming filled with mistletoe and wine, there was something about ‘The Christmas List’ that for me, made it stand out from the others.

I think because there was a bit of magic injected into the tale, that made the story quite captivating and spellbinding.

The story is about Milly, a girl who is in love with Christmas and is looking forward to Christmas family traditions and most importantly her first Christmas with her boyfriend, Duncan. But sadly, fate deals Milly a cruel hand and she suddenly finds herself a single lady. No longer filled with festive cheer, Milly longs for Christmas to be over, but finds that a bit hard with overexcited nephews and a chimney that seems to grant every wish.

‘The Christmas List’ is a fabulous and enchanting story that I read in one sitting. With a cheerful and kindhearted leading lady, cheeky children and delicious banter and frolics, this short and sweet story makes for indulgent Christmas reading.

You can buy [amazon_link id=”B00FFAXUKC” target=”_blank” ]The Christmas List from Amazon. [/amazon_link]