Christmas Eve is the wrong time to be laid off, especially for twenty-seven-year-old Chipper Gaines, with a wife, two kids, and another on the way. A return to the bottle, a crutch in hard times since his homecoming from World War II six years ago, seems Chippers only recourse. But three mysterious encounters that night before Christmas begin Chipper on a journey to healingfor himself and his family. Heartwarming, Christian-based Christmas gift book. Helps readers realize its never too late to put the past behind and begin again. Includes A Personal Note From the Author. Gary E. Parker is an ordained Southern Baptist minister who currently works with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Atlanta. He has authored several books, both fiction and nonfiction, including The Last Gift, a Christmas novella published in September 1999.