Then Came Christmas Author:Randy Lee Eickhoff On Thanksgiving Day, 1954, Samantha 'Sam' McCaslin was content with life on her family's ranch in South Dakota. It was her birthday, and to Sam and the family and friends that surrounded her, life was just beginning. She had just turned twelve and was certain that the year ahead of her would be a special one, as had all the years previous. But t... more »hat world quickly shattered. Sam stumbles across the body of an Indian friend -a hired hand helping her father on the ranch. With her mother sick, Sam is determined to bring the magic of Christmas back to her family, and to the family of her murdered friend.« less