The Trees of the Dancing GoatsScholastic, Incorporated, 1996 - Christmas stories During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle. Based on a memory from the author's childhood. |
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