A Christmas Carl

If you believe in Christmas miracles, second chances, and absolute true love,

then this remarkable journey of rediscovery will guide you through one selfish

man's quest to recapture everything he thought he'd stopped loving.

Wealthy Carl Smite, owner of a high-end antiques store in Greenwich Village,

hates Christmas so much he takes the last dollar bill from a sick delivery boy

with one leg on Christmas Eve. Carl despises everything that is good and pure

about Christmas, including the fact that his employee devotes his time to

handing out free dinners at a homeless shelter.

But when Carl goes to sleep on Christmas Eve, he never expects to receive a

visit from the ghost of his former business partner, Marty Keller. Marty

explains that Carl will have a visit from three Christmas ghosts that night.

The solemn Ghost of Christmas Past takes Carl back to a Christmas when he was

in love with the most wonderful man in the world. The lighter, beautiful Ghost

of Christmas Present shows Carl what happened to the love of his life and

introduces him to the son he never knew he had. And the Ghost of Christmas Yet

to Come, who is actually the flamboyant ghost of gay icon Quentin Crisp, shows

Carl the horrible things that will happen to him, and all the people he loves,

if he doesn't start loving again.

And while Carl is working through a Christmas Eve he'll never forget, the

romance moves toward a joyful climax of enlightenment and transition as he

searches for the true meaning of life and hope. By the time Carl wakes up on

Christmas morning, will he be ready to reclaim his lost love and give back

what he's taken from the world?