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Copyright © 2012 by Scott Abbott and Allison Harris
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Abbott, Scott, 1962–
The ghost of Christmas present : a novel / Scott Abbott and Amy Maude Swinton.
p. cm.
1. Christmas stories. gsafd I. Swinton, Amy Maude, 1962–II. Title.
PS3601.B3925G48 2012
813'.6—dc23
2012005646
ISBN 978-1-4516-6039-5 (print)
ISBN 978-1-4516-6042-5 (eBook)
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