Fingernails bit to the quick scratched repeatedly at the unyielding ground. Unearthing Christmas offers readers a glimpse into the past, a day and age before handheld technology became the driving force of our everyday existence. Set in Texas, fourteen-year-old Lori recreates Christmas in her father's bomb shelter. Sixty years later, fourteen-year-old Peggy discovers the abandoned shelter, fully preserved. Lori's and Peggy's worlds collide with a meeting ground between the past and present and a fate-filled adventure to self-awareness, forgiveness, and redemptive love.