The Road to Christmas

The Road to Christmas

Sheila Roberts

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Three generations of travelers embark on a Christmas road trip filled with humor and heart, set against the snowy mountains of Washington State. Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for Christmas, and she’s got the guest room all ready for Mom and Dad. Oh, joy. Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California and hoping to meet a sexy rancher for Audrey along the way. What they don’t plan on is getting stranded on a ranch when the car breaks down. The ones with the shortest drive are Grandma and Grandpa—also known as Hazel and Warren. It’s still a bit of a trek, and Hazel doesn’t like the idea of driving all that way in snow, but Warren knows they’ll have no problem. They have a reliable car—and snow tires and chains if they need them. They’ll be fine. Surprises lie in store for all three sets of intrepid travelers as they set out on three very different adventures, all leading to one memorable family Christmas.


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  • BookAnonJeff
    Feb 07, 2025
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    Hallmarkie If Hallmark Did Road Trips. This is one of those almost 80s-cartoon feeling... "interesting"... blends of road trip tale and Hallmark Christmas tale. There are three separate road trips going on here - grandparents, parents, and siblings - all going their own routes and having their own adventures along the way to joining up with youngest sister and her husband and newborn for Christmas. There's some hilarity, some heart strings being pulled, some solid road trip fun, some solid Christmas fun, a lot of small town charm - in multiple small towns, also in departure from pure Hallmark format - and a healthy dose of moralizing/ preaching about the joys of family and the sacrifices we sometimes make for them. (Which is where the "almost 80s-cartoon feeling" comes in.) Ultimately a solid blend of a few different popular formats, and the "shotgun" approach also works quite well and is fairly innovative. Ultimately this is a solid tale well told, and is very much recommended.

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