Every day, Jordan stands tall in the old stable, watching, waiting, hoping guests will choose him to carry them on a tour of the city. Instead, they choose the horse or the camel, not the short-legged donkey. When the other animals tease him, Jordan becomes more and more impatient to discover his true purpose ...

"Addie Holmes is Apple Creek's resident wallflower. She is kind and giving and has a lot to be grateful for. But she is full of self-doubt because her parents did not want her and gave her to her grandmother to raise. Now her life seems to be just hard work and loneliness. Wary of romance, Addie assumes no man will look beyond her glasses and her tendency to talk to her rescue donkey, Snickers -- until the day she receives a note from a secret admirer....

A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.