Operation Santa

Their letters melted her heart...

Edith Hilton has been climbing her way up a ladder that no other woman has climbed, so she's got no time for family, even on Christmas. It's 1912 and Edith runs her life like she runs New York's busiest post office... like a clock.

But when she uncovers a smuggling ring run by her colleagues, she's suddenly transferred to one of the post office's most remote locations, deep in West Virginia's Appalachia Mountains.

Shocked by the backwards culture, the bugs, the trees and the man she's forced to share space with, as she sets up shop in the tiny corner of the town's General Store, Edith is sure she's been sent to hell.

But the most unexpected thing happens as she becomes part of this strange and wonderful rural mountain community... she discovers the importance of compassion, the joy of helping others, and the wonder of true love.

And as letters to Santa pile up from a community of children who have never had their prayers answered, she embarks on a mission, "Operation Santa", to provide Christmas gifts in answer to the kids letters.

Operation Santa began in 1912 and continues to this very day, in US Post Offices around the country.

A heartwarming true story. - Advanced Reviewer

Fans of Elf and The Holiday will love this inspirational book.