The Curly Head, the beekeeper, Jeff the hired hand, the farmer, the woman, Vinnie, the Codger, the twins . . . these are the characters, composites of actual people living in the author's boyhood memories, who are introduced in these lovely and poignant stories of rural life. In twenty short stories written as over two decades, the author has woven together a strong tale of love, laughter, tears, and faith lived out in the simple lives of common country folk as they celebrate the Christmas season.

The Curly Head Letters is a heartwarming collection of fictional short stories born of the author's own experiences growing up in a small midwestern farming community. The stories, revolving around a Christmas theme, are poignant and beautiful, eliciting laughter and tears and all the other strong emotions that swirl up from the human condition. The author has put together several characters who populate a rural Irish-German village and in doing so, he has woven a tale of extraordinary and steadfast faith experienced in the simple lives of ordinary people like the farmer, the woman, the Codger, Vinnie, Jose the beekeeper, Jeff the hired hand, and the pixie-like Curly Head. Above all, the stories emphasize the warmth, the wonder, and the magic of Christmas as it exists in the hearts and minds of all those who have celebrated the season.