It is the winter of 1939, and a cynical young boy known as the Red Ranger is completely fed up with holiday magic. Shipped off to spend the season with his eccentric aunt, he refuses to believe in Santa Claus, flying reindeer, or anything remotely cheerful. Determined to remain grumpy, the Red Ranger spends his days demanding a very specific, very impossible gift: a Buck Rogers official compass-and-radio bicycle. You will step back in time with him as he sulks through the cold, rainy days, totally convinced that the holidays are a scam. But when a mysterious, elderly man with a very strange secret crosses his path, the boy's stubborn logic is suddenly put to the ultimate test. This beautifully illustrated historical adventure challenges everything you think you know about belief. Get ready for a deeply moving story that captures the true, quiet magic of the season and proves that wonders can happen when you least expect them.