Sienna Moreno and her son Leo have just relocated to Icicle Falls to start over. Leo has special needs and Sienna needed to get away from her deadbeat ex-husband. She loves everything about this quaint little German town, except for her next door neighbor Bob Cratchett. Mr. Cratchett is a grumpy old man who complains about everyone and everything and is always fussing at Sienna or about Leo.

Olivia Claussen owns a bed and breakfast in Icicle Falls. She finally has all of her family back under her roof. Her son Brandon has returned home with his new bride Meadow. Meadow is quite rough around the edges with her language, and Olivia is having a hard time getting past the tattoos and piercings and warming up to her.

Muriel Sterling-Whittman orders what she thinks is the perfect new artificial Christmas tree for the season, but when it arrives and she opens the box, her tree is far from perfect. It is down-right ugly! But Muriel is determined she can make this ugly tree into something very special.

When Muriel holds her annual ladies tea at her home after Thanksgiving, the compliments abound regarding her new tree. She explains how she transformed the ugly tree into a beautiful one. The ladies talk about ugly people they all have in their lives, and they all make a vow to turn those people into something beautiful this holiday season. Even Muriel experiences some ugly moments when she thinks she's lost an old friend. Will they each be successful?

CHRISTMAS IN ICICLE FALLS is the twelfth book in Sheila Roberts' Life in Icicles Falls series. Ms. Roberts has created this delightful little town located in the northwest corner of the US where folks are outgoing and friendly and love stories are magical. She shares a few more of those love stories in this Christmas edition. Her characters are always charming, if not a little eccentric at times. We all have hard times in our lives. It's how we deal with those hard times that molds and builds our character. This is a story about seeing potential in people who present themselves as unlovable. Don't we all have our "ugly tree" moments? CHRISTMAS IN ICICLE FALLS is another great book to add to your "to read" list this Christmas with some great recipes at the end that are mentioned throughout the pages.