When Mother Was Eleven-Foot-Four

This beautifully written holiday memoir follows the tradition of The Christmas Box and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It''s the story of the author''s mother, whose romantic nature and love for Christmas left a lifelong impression on her son.

Mother is a tiny woman--4''11''''--except when life demands that she draw herself up to her "full height" of 11''4''''. Christmas is one of those times. Fat...