For the past three years, Revell has published a Christmas novella by Melody Carlson. I have grown fond of them. I remember the first one I read, The Christmas Dog . What I loved most about it was that it was an enjoyable Christian novel that wasn't just a romance. Then came The Christmas Bus and Christmas at Harrington's . Both were those books you curl up with a cup of tea on a Sunday afternoon. This year Melody Carlson wrote a new one, The Christmas Shoppe . Just like its predecessors, it was a fun read. Storyline: There's all sorts of little stories in this one story woven together. A stranger comes to Parrish Springs and purchases an old building on the main street of town. It was desired by a coniving councilman who sets out to undermine her ability to open her shop. There's the town manager who's divorced and raising her daughter with the help of her cantankerous mother in law. There's the newspaper e...