A Return to Christmas

This season something extraordinary is about to reveal itself. A Return to Christmas is an impenetrably, exciting book by Chris Heimerdinger. When you start reading this book you will not be able to stop. Will the Holiday's rediscover something they been without for eight years? We follow the lives of two boys named Chess and Artemus whose paths cross in unusual and unexpected ways. Is it possible that Chess could be Artie's brother? I assure you that this book will leave you at the edge of your seat. We loved it! It was the best book that we have ever read!

My wife recommended me this book. I read the german translation in one day. It's a short but also a great story. I think the most important thing I must say about it: I felt happy when I finished. If you have a sense of family, buy this book. You won't regret!!

A Return to Christmas By Chris Heimerdinger Can you imagine living without the spirit of Christmas? Well, that's just how the Holiday Family lived for eight years, isolated from Christmas until one winter season a miracle happened! When the twin brothers Andrew and Artemous Holiday turned three on Christmas day their lives were forever changed. They both received a toy, a simple airplane toy. When Andrew tried to fly his off a snow bank in near the river he slipped and fell in. The police found his jacket and his mittens lying on the snow. He died on his third birthday and on Christmas day. Every year on December 25th the Holiday Family puts white gardenias on his grave, because he loved them so much. For eight years the Holiday family never celebrated Christmas again, all because one tragedy that happened on that day. Chess Folsom and his Uncle Boone are scam artists and have a police record. They'll lie, steal, cheat and do whatever it takes to get their way. One day Chess went into a Nordstrom Rack expecting to steal something but instead he got a lot more than he bargained for.(8 years later) The Holiday Family decided to take Artemous shopping for his birthday they took him into a store he'd never been into before, Nordstrom Rack, he immediately found some pants he liked so he went into a dressing room to try them on. He slipped of his jeans, and put a pair of khakis on. He left the stall to show his mom the khakis. He saw a boy on the other side of the room who looked similar to him but he ignored it.Chess looked around for something to steal and he say a boy across the store who looked like him he decided to check it out. He found something to steal, a pair of pants! He saw Artemous step out of the stall. He stepped in and put on the new jeans. Just as he put them on Artemous spotted him!The chase was on! Artemous ran as fast as he could, trying to catch the boy that stole his pants. They ran out of the store into the parking lot, Artemous was wearing the khakis that still had the tags attached. He had almost caught him. Just a little bit further, he sped up. A blinding light caught their eyes. A truck came cruising toward them. Then WHAMMN! The truck hit both of them. Artemous rolled down a hill and landed in a bush. Chess didn't move at all, he just lay there unconscious. Chess woke up. He heard a siren, he knew he was in an ambulance, but with who? Then he heard a woman say "hello Artie" and a man say, "how ya' doin' champ" he knew they weren't talking to him. Or were they? So he went back to sleep.Artemous woke up he was in a truck. A truck? His family owned a van. A strange man was driving. He smiled and said, "Chess is that you" Chess? His name was Artemous Holiday. He saw the nearest sign it said Las Vegas 3 milesYou'll have to read the rest of the book to see what happens to chess and artemous!

We saw this book at a bookstore and picked it up since we had really loved his other books. We started reading it at Christmas time and read a chapter a night. Shortly after we got it we found out that Chris Heimerdinger was coming to do a book signing at our local bookstore. We took all of our books by him that we had and had them signed. THen we bought a dozen or so more ARTC and had them signed to our friends. This year we sent them out for Christmas. Everybody raved about it. When Chris signed ours he said there was no way we could wait till Christmas to finish it. We told him we were going to wait. But it turned out we couldn't!! This book is a great, can't-put-it-down, type of book. You'll love it.

I have readmost of Chris Himerdingers books and have enjoyed them all but this one was exceptional. It is a wonderful book, I read it in two hours which is a record for me, and enjoyed every page. It leaves you wondering what is going to happen to the two boys until the last six pages, only then does things start to work them selves out but the suspense does not end till the last page. And the book leaves you feeling good after wards. A great read especially at Chrismas time