Seven years ago Harrison wrote a short story for our family—a homemade gift in a tight-budget year. The next year he wrote another one. Not content to write alone, he urged all of us to start writing Christmas stories in December, and a tradition was born. This year we’ve collected our five favorites in one place: Tales of the Glories. I contributed the recipes and short vignettes between each chapter. Because nothing pairs with a good story like a plate of Christmas cookies hot from the oven.

From the back of the book:

What if there's more to Christmas than lights and gifts and food and fellowship? The Watters family presents an anthology of stories wrestling with the way we approach Christmas as people with broken expectations in need of redemption. There are recipes for cookies to eat while you learn about the lost spirit of Christmas, what the elves are up to, the world where it is Christmas all the time, the story behind “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” and what happens to the Nice family at Christmas time.