"I hope you don't mind," Greer said as she passed the potatoes. "Since you were here and Brett has to leave again in a few days, we thought that we'd celebrate some Christmas with one another. Of course, Santa Claus won't come until Christmas morning " She looked at Gray as he smiled. " but we thought that we could have a celebration, anyway. Kind of like Christmas before Christmas."

"Sounds wonderful!" I agreed as I slipped a chicken leg onto my plate, along with some mashed ...