Grieving Woman Needs to Restore Holiday Spirit in Heartwarming Fantasy

Write Christmas by Thommy Hutson

For me, Christmas is by far the most magical day of the year. The lights, the decorated trees, the wide-eyed wonder of little kids and the countless hours spent bringing joy to communities and people. It’s all so inspiring and beautiful and the world just feels better for a while.

In Winter Glen, however, Christmas is more than just a day to celebrate with friends and family. It’s a way of life. Christmas is the glue that keeps the town together … and it’s all because of Samuel Nicholson’s greeting card company and his love of Christmas.

What Happens Without Christmas?

In Thommy Hutson’s Write Christmas (Rosewind Books), we follow the story of Abby, who takes over her father’s greeting card company and stops all mention of Christmas after his death. To her, the whole Christmas thing is too much as she deals with the pain of losing her father. Blocking off the celebrations is her way of ignoring her heartache.

One night, Abby drifts off to sleep and when she wakes up the next morning, Winter Glen is not the Winter Glen she knows. In fact, nobody in the town has ever heard of Christmas and they are not the same people either …

A Pen and a Touch of Magic

Losing Christmas has a strange effect on the townsfolk. People who Abby once knew as kind and joyful are mean and depressed. Her own teenage daughter is sullen and has an edge to her that wasn’t there before. The town mayor, a jovial woman, is now downright scary.

Things certainly aren’t good, and Abby is determined to fix it. But how? It will take her father’s pen and a touch of magic to set things right.

Invoke the Christmas Spirit

When it comes to Christmas, there are certain things a book/movie needs to truly evoke the Christmas spirit in people — a small-town setting is almost always at the top of the list. This classic small-town trope is an essential part of creating that cozy feeling in one’s heart. Write Christmas uses Winter Glen almost as a character, the small-town setting playing as important a role as any other character.

Hutson’s character development is exceptional, which sets this novel apart from other cheesy run-of-the-mill holiday-themed novels. For example: Abby’s transformation from the cynical, heartbroken woman at the start of Write Christmas into who she becomes will definitely make readers feel attached to her character.

There is no doubt readers will go through a range of emotions with the protagonist.

Bring Warmth to Your Heart

Write Christmas by Thommy Hutson is a wonderful, heart-warming novel that will have readers rooting for Abby’s success in changing Winter Glen back into the magical little town she knows and loves. Write Christmas is an intricate, well-written holiday novel that won’t disappoint!

 

About Thommy Hutson:

Thommy Hutson is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, director, and best-selling author. A graduate of UCLA, he has written or produced critically acclaimed film and television projects — holiday, thriller, horror and documentary — that have aired on Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, Hulu, Syfy, Chiller, Shudder, Bio Channel, and more. As an author, Thommy crafted the definitive book on the making and legacy of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street and his debut novel, the teen thriller Jinxed, is the award-winning first book of a trilogy that has been called, “A must read. Hutson could easily take on the mantle as the next Lois Duncan.”

A member of the Producers Guild of America, a Saturn and Home Media Magazine award-winner, a lover of Christmas films and an aficionado of teen movies from the 80s and 90s, Thommy continues to develop unique and compelling projects across multiple genres for film, television, publishing and home entertainment. You can follow him on Twitter or visit him on his website.