It would be a meager Christmas this year for Mama and her five small children. Recently widowed, Mama could get work only occasionally, but the little family was rich in the love and affection they shared with each other. The older girls, Betty and Rosie, did the housework when Mama was away, and with Lili, the middle child, then looked after Ben and the baby, Sooch.

But on Christmas Eve, the little family spent an anxious evening that turned into one of the most extraordinary and memorable Christmases of their lives. Marguerite de Angeli's host of fans will welcome this fresh warm story of a valiant little family who shared all of the household chores, family problems, and pure, old-fashioned love.

From the dust jacket