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1 “There are things poor people know that others do not. All kinds of things. The list is very long, and I don’t know them all. But I do know some of them. One of the things poor people know is that at eight o-clock on Christmas Eve all over the world, the men who sell Christmas Trees simply walk off their rented spaces and begin their own Christmas celebrations. They just leave behind the unsold Christmas trees....” Excerpt from the opening of The Tree Nobody Wanted: A Christmas Story The story of “The Tree Nobody Wanted” is part remembrance, part fable, part miracle.It is a story about family values long before that term became fashionable and was taken over by politicians for their campaign speeches. In this case a “family” is just a boy and his grandmother. It is a story about hope in hard times and great happiness growing from small things. It is a story about youth and old age. It is a story about rejuvenation and rebirth. It is a story about things that are not supposed to happen, but do. Some people call things like that “miracles.” Above all, it’s a love story--of a special kind, and that is the other part of the miracle. 5-1029 Tom McCann Tom McCann is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling nonﬁction book, An American Company: The Tragedy of United Fruit (Crown, 1976), and the novel, Earth Angel, published in 2002. He is also a playwright and has written several screen and teleplays. McCann is a television producer who has produced prime-time docudramas for both network and public television. He was born in Brooklyn and now lives in Boston. merrimackmedia.com/go/the-tree-nobody-wanted An Inspriational Story for the Entire Family by Best-Selling Author Tom McCann “...VERY ENGAGING AND HEARTFELT... IF SOMETHING IS NURTURED, IT CAN GROW POWERFULAND BEAUTIFUL... BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS WILL LIKE IT.” - BILL O’REILLY, AUTHOR Fiction Publisher: Exeter Press Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches Hardcover:42 pages, $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-9797407-0-1 FIC000000 FICTION / General JUV000000 JUVENILE FICTION / General JUV017010 JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebra- tions / Christmas & Advent “A VERY TOUCHING AND COMPELLING PIECE.” - Anita Shrieve, author

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