The Miracle of Saint Nicholas Author:Gloria Whelan, Judith Brown (Illustrator) It was the day before Christmas in a small Russian village. Alexi's babushka was telling him what Christmas was like when she was a girl-before the soldiers came. "Our church was as crowded as a pod full of peas. Candles made the church as bright as the sunniest day. Watching over us was the blessed icon of St. Nicholas." — Alexi ha... more »d many questions, including, "Why can't we celebrate Christmas tomorrow in St. Nicholas?" Babushka sadly replied that it would take a miracle after sixty years. Well, Alexi had heard enough. If there truly was such a thing as a miracle, why couldn't it happen here?
And so unfolds a story that poignantly reveals how, though quiet and hidden, faith and hope cannot be suppressed by soldiers or by time.« less