Cantankerous old Viet Nam Vet buries his wife then reluctantly moves in with his daughter and her family. What follows is a clumsy attempt to reconcile and reunite the Burkhart and Howe families. Unforeseen tragedy follows. Maybe Christmas will prove to be the saving grace? A Christmas for the Heart is not your conventional holiday anecdote. It will tug at your heartstrings and remind the ordinary reader what Christmas really means. Suddenly, unexpected tragedy and heartbreak become unwelcome intruders. The patriarch of the family, Sam Burkhart, has his faith tested what seems to be one too many times. Only a Christmas miracle can save the day.