The Last Noel / Michael Malone / 292 pages

This is the story of two people who fall in love as young children, are soul mates throughout life, and are unable to act on that love due to their very different backgrounds.  Noni Tilden is surprised  by a nighttime, bedroom visit on Christmas Eve from Kaye King.  He comes to inform her of her sled gift and they immediately share rides on the sled.  Both are Christmas babies, but Noni is wealthy and white and Kaye is black and living with his grandmother who takes care of Noni's house and family.  Both families have their problems as does society in general.  This is heartwarming story of true love, integrity, and racial tension and prejudice and its detrimental effects on human relations presented as Twelve Days of Christmas.