01240cam a2200325 4500 371065006 TxAuBib 20101209120000.0 031028s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780670031207 0670031208 ICrlF ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Karon, Jan, 1937- Shepherds abiding : a Mitford Christmas story / Jan Karon. New York : Viking, 2003. 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Mitford years Publisher's Weekly. Retired Episcopalian priest Father Tim, a man who has never really worked with his hands, receives a true Christmas blessing when he decides to purchase and restore an antique plaster creche as a surprise for his wife. Adult. 20041207. Kavanaugh, Timothy (Fictitious character) Fiction. Clergy Fiction. Crèches (Nativity scenes) Fiction. Mitford (N.C. : Imaginary place) Fiction. Christmas decorations Fiction. Christmas Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Mitford years.