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\n## The Tree Nobody Wanted\n\nA Christmas StoryBy Tom McCann  \nThe Year is 1946,a year after the end of WorldWar II  \nThe place is Brooklyn—the poor side,the toughside:Brownsville.  \nThe time is Christmas Eve.The Christmas treesellers have turned off their lights and gone home.The lots are empty,except for a few forlorn treesthat nobody wanted.  \nAn eleven-year-old boy is sent out to pick throughthose trees and bring one back to the apartmentwhere his Nanny has raised him since infancy.  \nWhat follows is part fable,part remembrance,part miracle.  \nIt's a story of family values-even if“family”means a boy and his grandmother;a story ofhope in hard times and great happiness growingfrom smallthings;a story of youth and age,rejuvenation and rebirth.It is a story of thingsthat are not supposed to happen,but do.That'spart of the miracle.  \nAbove all,it’s a love story—of a special kind thatis the other part of the miracle.  \n## The TreeNobody Wanted\n\nA Christmas Story  \nhttps://archive.org/details/treenobodywanted0000mcca  \nom  \n## The TreeNobody Wanted\n\nA Christmas Story  \nTom McCann  \nCopyright ◎2007 by Thomas P.McCannAll rights reserved.  \nFor information about permission to reproduce or transmit selectionsfrom this book in any form or by any means,write to  \nEXETER PRESS BOSTON  \n223 Commonwealth Avenue,Boston MA 02116tel:617-267-7720fax:617-262-6948www.exeterpress.com  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:2007931565ISBN 978-0-9797407-0-1  \nPrinted in the United States of AmericaFirst Edition  \nSpecial thanks to Frederick Jillson for his illustrations,Nan Fornal forher editing,Skye Wentworth for her work as publicist,andJon Albertson for his design of this book.  \nForJoan","cbCaiiyVeIkhxRfF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiyVeIkhxRfF","pdf",1846383,56,"English","# Introduction\n## Setting the Scene: Brooklyn 1946\n## The Boy and His Grandmother\n## A Christmas Eve Miracle","[{\"question\":\"What is the setting of The Tree Nobody 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