{"product_id":"christmas-encounter-9781400327652","title":"Christmas Encounter","description":"\u003cp\u003eJimmy can play make-believe as well as anybody. So, he takes an imaginary trip with Marie to help Santa prepare to deliver toys. In conversation, the children learn Santa has a goal of giving the best gifts ever given this year. They help him load the sleigh and make the trip to deliver toys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey encounter a falling star knocking them off course and into another time period. Santa recognizes the village below is two thousand years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, they encounter angels flying to earth with a message for shepherds tending sheep in a field. Curious, Santa agrees to follow the light to earth and lands behind the flock of sheep. He fades into the background as they walk into Bethlehem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJimmy remembers Sunday School class and explains to Marie that they will see Mary, Joseph, and a baby with a manger for His bed. He relates that Jesus is the Son of God and tells why He came.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a short distance behind, the make-believe Santa listens to the conversation not only of Jimmy and Marie, but also of the shepherds, Joseph, and Mary. He decides, \"This is the greatest gift ever given and I had nothing to do with it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ELM Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400327652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"J. M. Dickson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52302205780149,"sku":"9781400327652","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b4ca051b-8eb5-4aa0-a04f-1d7dc93b8bc3.jpg?v=1772552318","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/christmas-encounter-9781400327652","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}