Joseph Bottum is one of the nation’s most widely ranging thinkers, with hundreds of essays, reviews, poems, and short stories in publications from the Atlantic to the Washington Post. His books include the sociological study, An Anxious Age, and Christopher Award-winning children’s verse. his popular writing extends to obituaries in The Times of London and #1- bestselling sports essays in Amazon’s Kindle singles series, with lyrics performed by singers from Nashville to Carnegie Hall. A native of South Dakota, Bottum lives in the Black Hills, where he writes on literature, philosophy, and the American condition.

Characters who live. Dialogue so real you’ll feel you could talk to these people yourself. Prose that proves both serenely unpretentious and utterly exquisite. And the truth. The truth. Joseph Bottum has produced the most enjoyable Christmas stories you’ll ever read—and the most moving. —Peter Robinson, host of Uncommon Knowledge and former speechwriter to President Reagan

Joseph Bottum is one of the nation’s most widely ranging thinkers, with hundreds of essays, reviews, poems, and short stories in publications from the Atlantic to the Washington Post. His books include the sociological study, An Anxious Age, and Christopher Award-winning children’s verse. his popular writing extends to obituaries in The Times of London and #1- bestselling sports essays in Amazon’s Kindle singles series, with lyrics performed by singers from Nashville to Carnegie Hall. A native of South Dakota, Bottum lives in the Black Hills, where he writes on literature, philosophy, and the American condition.

Characters who live. Dialogue so real you’ll feel you could talk to these people yourself. Prose that proves both serenely unpretentious and utterly exquisite. And the truth. The truth. Joseph Bottum has produced the most enjoyable Christmas stories you’ll ever read—and the most moving. —Peter Robinson, host of Uncommon Knowledge and former speechwriter to President Reagan

Joseph Bottum is one of the nation’s most widely ranging thinkers, with hundreds of essays, reviews, poems, and short stories in publications from the Atlantic to the Washington Post. His books include the sociological study, An Anxious Age, and Christopher Award-winning children’s verse. his popular writing extends to obituaries in The Times of London and #1- bestselling sports essays in Amazon’s Kindle singles series, with lyrics performed by singers from Nashville to Carnegie Hall. A native of South Dakota, Bottum lives in the Black Hills, where he writes on literature, philosophy, and the American condition.

Characters who live. Dialogue so real you’ll feel you could talk to these people yourself. Prose that proves both serenely unpretentious and utterly exquisite. And the truth. The truth. Joseph Bottum has produced the most enjoyable Christmas stories you’ll ever read—and the most moving. —Peter Robinson, host of Uncommon Knowledge and former speechwriter to President Reagan