Christmas Pearl

<p>Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant homey holidays of her childhood.</p><p>What happened to the days when Christmas meant tables groaning with home-cooked goodies over-the-top decorations and long chats in front of the fire with Pearl her grandmother's beloved housekeeper and closest confidante?</p><p>Luckily for Theodora a special someone who heard her plea for help arrives with pockets full of enough Gullah magic and common sense to make Theodora's Christmas the love-filled miracle it's meant to be.</p>