Steve McCarthy – Author of Romantic Fiction

The Man Who Saved Christmas

Ben Harper is working the complaints line on Christmas Eve, soaked in other people’s panic and carrying too much of his own—money worries, overtime, and a little boy depending on him. When a stranger hands him a battered snow globe and he mutters the one dangerous wish in his head—I wish Christmas didn’t happen this year—Ben wakes to a world where Christmas has never existed: no songs, no lights, no shared permission to be kinder, and no memories he never realised were holding him together. To bring it back, Ben will have to face what he’s been avoiding, make things right where it matters most, and discover that saving Christmas isn’t about tinsel or presents… it’s about showing up.

Reviews

Wasn’t sure what to expect from this seasonal tale so was pleasantly surprised. A man, suffering from Christmas burn out, in his job, family life, seemed everything was piling up to make his life a misery. Old memories bringing pain, the loss of a mother, the failure of a marriage, all around Christmas time conspired to drop him in a pit of despair. Meeting a stranger in a bus who gives him a snow globe, telling him to be careful what he wished for, doesn’t stop him wishing that he didn’t have to go through another Christmas day. His wish was granted, not just for him but for everyone else. No festivities at all anywhere just an ordinary working day for everyone, except people thinking something was missing. The story unfolds gently, with him talking to a neighbour about his feelings and her reciprocating in like vein. Between them they rebuild all they recalled about last Christmas days and eventually Christmas is restored, with the promise of a brighter future for them, and a better relationship with all the neighbours too. This author knows how to unpick people’s feelings and thoughts and translate them into story that many of us can associate with.

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