A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid

It all started with a commercial on the radio from the local animal shelter.  They were hoping to get people to adopt a dog over the Christmas holiday with the ability to return it the day after Christmas.  This way they would not be stuck in there cages with limited human contact over Christmas.  Todd heard this and could not resist.  His father, George, could.  Todd was developmentally challenged and his father was not sure he really understood that the dog would go back.  George did not want a dog, he had too many bad memories attached to dogs.  Of course the dog that Todd picked out was wonderful, but something even more amazing happened.  Every one in town helped out with the animal shelter and no dog was left behind.  It was a very heart warming story.  Some of the back story got a little bogged down and did not seem to flow well with the rest of what was going on but was important to know to understand feelings and emotions of some of the characters.  I laughed and cried, it made me want to go get a dog!!