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Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas: A holiday story from your favorite small town family Kindle Edition

by Susan May Warren (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Owen picked back up on the first ring. “Hey. Sorry. I’m in the middle of something here, so I couldn’t wait. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to make it, Ames. I have a small kerfuffle I’m into here, but, I’ll do my best.”

“Please try. Not to be dramatic, but it might be the last Christmas we all spend together.”


Please…come home for Christmas…

It's Christmas in the winter wonderland town of Deep Haven, and the Christiansen kids are all heading home for the holidays. But no one feels very merry.
  • Grace is worried about her husband's life-changing illness…
  • Eden is facing devastating news…
  • Casper is in over his head (of course!)…
  • Amelia is dodging a walk down the aisle…
  • Owen…well, Owen just nearly died, again…
  • But it's Darek who has news that just might destroy the family legacy.
The trip home for all is filled with secrets, memories and old dreams. But when they discover the real reason they've been asked home for the holidays, it will shake their world. It'll take a disaster for them to discover that home is the place for answers, hope and most of all…miracles.

This year, spend Christmas with your favorite small town family.


Discover more Deep Haven stories

The Christiansen Family Collection
Prequel: Evergreen
Book 1: Take a Chance on Me
Book 2: It Had to Be You
Book 3: When I Fall in Love
Book 4: Always on My Mind
Book 5: The Wonder of You
Book 6: You’re the One That I Want
Book 7: Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas

Deep Haven Collection
Book 1: Still the One
Book 2: Can’t Buy Me Love
Book 3: Crazy for You
Book 4: Then Came You
Book 5: Hangin' by a Moment
Book 6: Right Here Waiting

Deep Haven Series
Book 1: Happily Ever After
Book 2: Tying the Knot
Book 3: The Perfect Match
Book 4: My Foolish Heart
Book 5: Hook, Line, & Sinker (ebook novella)
Book 6: You Don’t Know Me
Book 7: The Shadow of Your Smile
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Susan May Warren is the USA Today best-selling novelist of 80 books. With more than 1.5 million books in print, she is beloved by reviewers and readers around the world. Visit Susan at www.susanmaywarren.com.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09HT9DN8N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SDG Publishing (November 25, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 25, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5064 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1943935548
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Although I attended the U of Minnesota, I’m a woodsy girl at heart. Or maybe I’m an adventurer—having lived and traveled all over the world, including Siberia, Russia as a missionary for eight years. That’s why my characters seem to get into one scrape after another—they’re too much like me! I love God, my family, my country, my church, and feel privileged every day to be able to write stories.

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With nearly 2 million books sold, critically acclaimed novelist Susan May Warren is the Christy, RITA, and Carol award-winning author of over ninety novels. Known for her compelling plots and unforgettable characters, Susan has penned contemporary and historical romances, romantic suspense, thrillers, rom-coms, and Christmas novellas. With books translated into eight languages, she's a USA Today, ECPA and CBA bestseller, and has received numerous starred Publisher Weekly reviews. Library Journal says, "Warren’s characters are well-developed and she knows how to create a first rate contemporary romance.”

Susan is a nationally acclaimed writing coach, and winner of the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Mentor of the Year. She is the founder of Novel.Academy, author of the popular writing method, The Story Equation, and a founding partner of Sunrise Media Group.

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Have you ever read a book that just feels like home?That was Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas for me. @susanmaywarren brought one of my favorite families home for the holidays, and I could not get enough! The drama, the love, the tears, the laughter, the big life moments, the grace, the redemption. All of it brought me back to why I fell head over heels for the Christiansen family in the first place—and wrapped it up in a big festive bow! 🎄🎁🎀
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K. Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect return to the magic of Deep Haven and the Christiansen family
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2021
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The perfect return to one of my favorite families and fictional towns. This book couldn’t have been more satisfying. Talk about a Susan May Warren character reunion! Read late into the night because I had to know what happened with everyone.

I love the way Susan brings these characters to life, takes you along for each person's journey and drops you right into the scene. How does she manage to write from so many perspectives here and manage to draw us into each person's mind so thoroughly, all while maintaining consistency for these characters from the original series? This book is brimming with real life situations, messy emotions, imperfect and yet still lovable characters and robust spiritual truths. I couldn't have rooted harder for everyone if I tried.
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Stephanie McCall
5.0 out of 5 stars Long Title, Short Book, Packs a Big Punch!
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021
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What could be better than Christmas with the Christiansens? At first, it seems a lot of things. You've probably figured it out by now but in case you didn't, I want to warn you. Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas is no Hallmark movie. It is not a warm and fuzzy Rankin-Bass special, rerun of Home Alone, or retelling of A Christmas Carol. Heck, it's not even A Christmas Story (although several people probably almost put their eyes out). No...Have Yourself a Christiansen Christmas is actually...worse and better.

I know, I'm not making much sense. Let me try to sum up. I think here more than in any other Christiansen novel, Susan May Warren gave us real, raw, down and dirty *life.* In 239 pages, every single member of the Christiansen family suffers in some way, whether physical or emotional (and spiritual suffering's a given). Several times, I found myself saying, "There is no way in heaven, on earth, or under the earth, they can fix this." And the Christiansens couldn't. But God could.

That's not to say everything is solved deus ex machina with nice pretty Christmas bows. In fact, to the contrary, you leave the book knowing there are huge changes and rough times ahead. Yet throughout the story, God never leaves the Christiansens. The characters make some timely and hard-hitting points about how God, Jesus the Messiah, is Christmas. They make some thought-provoking statements about the end goal of Christmas being salvation, while the experience of it is a journey.

Indeed, with the Christiansen clan, Christmas is nowhere close to the perfect holiday we all strive for. It's cold. It gets dark. And sometimes it's so hard we don't think we can take it anymore--so we cry out to God and hold on. I especially loved the understated, but vital presence of the live Nativity in the story. There's a spot where one of the male and female Christiansens each remember Mary and Joseph...and I got it. Here, the ladies are experiencing Mary's journey of "let it be to me according to Your Word," while the guys are experiencing Joseph's journey of, "Fear not. Love her. Marry her. Raise them. Be God's man." It is, hands down, the best and most clever spiritual thread I've read all year.

Every character and couple in this novel has a journey and lessons to learn. First of all, more kudos to Susie--it is not easy balancing two couples, much less twelve! But second, thanks for bringing all those journeys together. I learned from every single one of them, although my absolute favorite has to be Grace and Max's moment with Yulia in the hospital. Yulia came from a rough life in Russia, and she's terrified of going backward, losing everyone she loves. When Max and Grace tell her, "You're safe. You're loved. You're not alone"--WHOA. I *felt* that. Conviction time!

And yes, don't despair, Have Yourself does contain some sweet, Christmas-y moments. A lot of them, such as Christmas Eve with Inga and Pop, reminded me of home. And that ending...well, I won't spoil what happens on Christmas Eve, Eve at the resort, but it almost made me cry. I guess because the focus is not on "typical Christmas," when it's there, it feels appropriately sweet, not hokey.

I would normally take a star for a couple of things I didn't like. For one, the twist with John was a surprise, but it felt just a tad manipulative on Susie's part after everything else the characters went through. And although I know Eden's misgivings were mostly about potentially fatal heart defects, I cannot stand the narrative of, "This baby will have Down Syndrome, and on some level, that's something to mourn." It's a personal pet peeve, but moreover, shows how far we still have to go in accepting people with disabilities, and babies with them, as real, equal people with every chance to thrive and have places in the world.

But I'm not taking a star away. Yes, because Eden and Jace had real reason to fear their baby might die, and that is a time to mourn. Yes, because the mystery surrounding John added to the stakes in mostly the right way. But I'm also not taking a star because to do so would deny the truth of this book and series. And that truth is, the series is about life. It's also about God. And yes, we as humans muck it up sometimes. We're big jerks, like Max and Casper were. We fear what we don't understand, like Eden or Scotty or Grace did. We live in fear. We walk out when we should stay, we assume we know everything (ow, get off my toe)! But, God.

But, God. In His grace, He gave us His Son and still gives us all of Himself if we'll accept it. And that is Christmas.
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Lovetoread1968
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect wrap up with a great story
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
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Loved getting an update on all the Christensen family members after reading each of their stories. However, they are all dealing with their own real problems. They all come together for Christmas after many years and get to see prayers answered through God’s miraculous timing in each of their families. Such a sweet wrap up with a great story!!
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Lisa Kelley
4.0 out of 5 stars A Heartwarming Homecoming Story
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2021
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There’s nothing like a good homecoming story especially when it’s with one of your favorite families. The original Christiansen series is one of my all-time favorites, so you can bet I’ll be reading anything that mentions a Christiansen. What I like most about these stories is how the family rallies around each other, even when one of them is doing something completely stupid. In this Christmas story, all the children have returned to Deep Haven, each with their own secret. Watching them as they try not to reveal their secrets will cause a chuckle or two. Not everything is perfect with the family, but their love stays true. There were several heart tugging moments, which only reminded me of how much I love this make-believe family. Max is still my favorite character in the whole series, and his story still wrecks me. His story reminds me of what Christmas is all about – hope. No matter what happens because of Christmas, the best is yet to come.
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Jasmine Mays
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2021
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This book was everything I wanted. A reunion of beloved characters, a magical Christmas scene and a message of hope that lit my weary heart and reminded me of how good my God is. I shed a few tears during a few pages as your words brought truth to my heart. Thanks for this story!!
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Deena Peterson
5.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical Christmas story
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2022
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Well, she’s done it again. I think I made it a third of the way into the story before the tears started rolling.

Susan May Warren creates fictional people who take up permanent residence in your imagination and nestle into your heart. But Deep Haven and the Christiansens…they’re special.

Everyone home for Christmas? Is it possible with six grown children, with lives of their own and crises galore? It’s going to take a true Christmas miracle, and it might get messy along the way.

The Christiansens are my all time favorite fictional family, and I love me some time in Deep Haven! Considering the emotional roller coaster I just rode, I’m very glad I didn’t read the book until now!

But oh, what a ride!
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Princess D
5.0 out of 5 stars Always a Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2022
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Susan is great writer and always captures your attention. This us a great story about all the Christiansen family following the story of each one leading up to a great Christmas. A very good read.
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Janet
5.0 out of 5 stars Reunited with one of my favorite families!
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2021
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I wish I could give this book 10 stars! The Christiansen family is one of my favorites so it was so nice to pick up a holiday novella and catch up with all of them. Some deeply meaningful spiritual truths play out on the page and it all came together for a wonderful Christmas read. 🎄
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Avid Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a treat!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2021
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I suspended everything apart from work to read this. A treasure trove of a book - loved every bit of it as I am sure all of Susie's fans will do.
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Kimberley
4.0 out of 5 stars Christmas and Family
Reviewed in Australia on January 18, 2022
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I loved the Christiansen family series when I first read it years ago. So when I saw that Susan May Warren was returning to this family I was so excited.

This was a fantastic book, but let me first say it is definitely not a rom com. This book is real, raw and a little gritty in the best way. Yes the book does have a happy ending, the journey to get there is filled with trials and a desperate need for God to intervene.

I loved seeing this family again even if reading their story made me bawl.

If you want a book that doesn’t gloss over the hard moments of life, check out this series and this book.
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