It is a cold, snowy Christmas Eve on Mill Street, and little Frances Rosalie Murphy yearns to begin the celebration. But not without Uncle Ambrose. Every year, it is Uncle Ambrose who makes Christmas sing with his eloquent fiddle and his soaring songs about the angels.

But as evening wears on with no sign of her uncle, Frances Rosalie fears that he may be in trouble. The snow can be deadly for a lame man with a crippled leg, and even Uncle Ambrose’s warm heart and fiery spirit are no match for the driving wind and cold. “Oh God, please take care of Uncle Ambrose!” prays Frances Rosalie. Yet as snow falls ever deeper, it seems that nothing short of a Christmas miracle will bring Uncle Ambrose safely home.

This mysterious story is a family legend shared with Frances Ward Weller by her grandmother Frances Rosalie. Warmed by the glowing watercolors of Robert J. Blake, who also illustrated Weller’s Riptide, this book perfectly captures the wonder of the Christmas.

From the dust jacket