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    The Strange Christmas Dream
    The Strange Christmas Dream
    The Strange Christmas Dream
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    The Strange Christmas Dream

    By Patricia L. De Leaon and Rod Hoffer

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    With Christmas approaching and Santa being so busy, he sent two of his elves, Shannon and Clyde to get the Christmas tree he had selected. Unknown to the elves a small family of squirrels, Momma, Emma,Tyler and baby Ava were fast asleep deep inside the big pine tree.
    Emma suddenly wakes up and discovers they are now in Santas house at the north pole and he has a big hairy watch dog guarding the place.
    After meeting Bud, Santa's dog, Emma and Tyler explain to him what has happened and they want to go back home to the meadow by the big blue lake. Bud then went to talk to Santa, but Santa not understanding dog talk, places a magic Christmas spell on him, enabling him to talk in human voice.
    Now Santa, with Bud's help, will need to find a way to get Emma, her family and the big pine tree back to the beautiful meadow by the big blue lake, it might take a Christmas miracle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 17, 2012
    ISBN9781477259504
    The Strange Christmas Dream
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    Patricia L. De Leaon

    Rod Hoffer was raised in rural South Dakota. He has been an over the road truck driver for over 35 years, he hauls refrigerated products across the USA. Thirty-seven years ago he married Judy, his high school sweetheart. They were blessed with two beautiful daughters who on turn blessed them with five beautiful grandchildren Tyler, Shaylin, Pryce, Emma and Ava. Having a great imagination and the love of a good book he decided to write his own stories involving his own grandchildren there by giving them something to remember him by. It was very rewarding and also a lot of fun. Rod's family loved "The Strange Christmas Dream" so much they encouraged him to have it published so everyone would have a chance to enjoy it. Rod, Judy and two very spoiled dogs, Bella and Shorty Mae now call Rapid City, South Dakota their home.

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      The Strange Christmas Dream - Patricia L. De Leaon

      © 2012 Rod Hoffer. All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

      or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 09/12/2012

      ISBN:     978-1-4772-5949-8 (sc)

                    978-1-4772-5950-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914573

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      The Strange

      Christmas Dream

      Written By: Rod Hoffer

      Acknowledgements

      A couple of years ago I wrote Emma’s Summer Adventure. I had so much fun writing about the grandchildren that I decided to write another story for them.Thinking that all kids, young and old, love Christmas, Santa Claus, dogs and cookies. I chose to use these ideas plus three of the grandkids as my story theme.

      I am proud to dedicate The Strange Christmas Dream to my beautiful and very headstrong daughters Marie Ellen and Nichole Lynn, to my gorgeous wife Judy, to the dogs, who are a large part of the family—they’re spoiled worse than the kids. I especially dedicate this story to my five grandkids. You guys are always in my and grandma’s thoughts, you guys have a special place in our hearts.

      A huge thank you to Judy for taking an interest in my story and donating her time into getting The Strange Christmas Dream published into a book. Also a special thank you to Miss Patricia L. DeLeon for creating the great illustrations that bring the characters to life.

      I hope you enjoy The Strange Christmas Dream.

      Rod Hoffer

      It was a beautiful late fall morning. The wind had howled all night, but as the sun came up, the wind died down. Emma and Tyler ran outside to play catch tossing a little bitty acorn back and forth. The morning dew made their tiny feet damp. Come on you two, Momma

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