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Sarah sighed with happiness “That, Bodie Lewis, is what Christmas is all about”

“Buying presents?”

“No,” she corrected with a scolding look that proetting her ht of giving her mom those snowflakes is what Christmas is about, what it should be about”

He didn’t corinned, then turned to wait on another customer

They were still working the booth when Sarah heard the whine of the fire truck sirens, signaling the start of the parade

The parade would o around the courthouse, then head toward the church Once past the church, the participants would park their floats in the church parking lot and disband to walk back to the square to enjoy the festivities

Sarah wanted to shoo Bodie out of the booth so he could watch the parade But the booth was busy, and, surprisingly, he see to their customers, especially the ones who spotted Harry and

“Not sold out yet?”

Sarah grinned at the balding, unifor up to their booth “Not unless you’re here to buy us out, Sheriff Roscoe”

He gave a hearty laugh “Now, Sarah, you know I’d be in all kinds of trouble if I bought out one booth and didn’t buy out the others Showing such favoritism would be the end of my career”

The sheriff and his department had made several hefty donations to support Sarah’s projects and his deputies had been known to

volunteer on several occasions to lend a helping hand She adored the Donnie

“There is that,” she agreed with the sheriff

He gestured to Bodie “Who’s this?”

As if the Butterfly-aiding-and-abetting law enforcer didn’t know But fine, she’d play along