Love, My Neighbor — Brent Monahan

Many of the “good” people of Skytop Road in Bunhouse, New Jersey, thought that goodness and faith were measured in kilowatt hours. Every Christmas, the neighborhood “Illumination Mafia” poured their hearts and wallets into garish displays that earned them newspaper notices. New and mysterious neighbor Ernest Love refuses to play in their reindeer games �" and his “Xmas Canceled This Year” display, highlighted by a dead deer, lands him in court and then at the local church for community service. Yet there is more to Mr. Love than meets the eye �" and through him the residents of Skytop Road come to see that their cold Christmas lights are blinding them to the true warmth and meaning of not just the holiday, but of faith itself.