Kathleen Whitham, who holds an AB degree from Indiana University and graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina, was a French and Spanish teacher for over forty years. She is presently the owner and pastry chef of a pie and pastry business in Hillsborough NC. However, she considers her role as the mother of five sons and the grandmother of eight as the role of greatest importance in her life. In recent years, she has found great joy in writing books for her grandchildren, many of which celebrate the magic of the holidays. She hopes that you and the children in your life enjoy this book as much as she enjoyed creating it.