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Many people struggle at times with a challenging relationship and ask themselves how things got so screwed up. They wonder what they're doing wrong and why they keep making bad choices in who they date or partner with. Trying to fix these problems using outdated communication tools rarely works, so many give up, feeling lost, defeated and resentful.

This book helps you see how your unresolved inner child wounding keeps showing up, attracting and meshing with another's codependent parts in a wounded dance-like a moth to a flame. Once you read this book, you will begin to see your own wounded dance. Know that there is a path to healing and you don't have to live this way. You can heal these patterns.

The book is written for people who are dating, currently in a relationship or those wanting to avoid making the same mistakes in their next relationship.

Expert Insights-Proven Results

Psychotherapist, Reiki Master and bestselling author Robert Jackman takes you on a journey of self-discovery and intentional communication using the STARR Reset. This powerful process is designed to heal and restore healthy emotional bonding and help you repair dysfunctional cycles to create an openhearted connection. Learn to use your hard-won wisdom to embrace and restore a deeply loving relationship.

You will also discover:

• how your inner child shows up in your adult relationship
• why hurt people find other hurt people
• why you ignored the red flags early on
• how to speak your truth with intention, the message of your heart
• why couples keep recreating archetypal patterns
• how to be brave as you reach for the relationship you desire

This book is a natural progression for readers of Healing Your Lost Inner Child and its Companion Workbook, and can be read individually or with your partner.

Relationships are not about perfection, they are about connection, growth and possibility.

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Ella es lo que él ha pasado toda su vida cazando.

Él es todo lo que ella ha pasado la vida fingiendo ser.

Solo lo extraordinario pertenece al reino de Ilya: los excepcionales, los poderosos, los élites.

Aquellos que nacieron vulgares son solo eso: vulgares. Y cuando el rey decreta que todos los vulgares serán eliminados para preservar su sociedad de élite, carecer de poder se vuelve un crimen, convirtiendo a Paedyn Gray en una criminal por destino y en una ladrona por necesidad. Se hace pasar por psíquica en la ciudad real, pasando desapercibida para seguir viva y fuera de peligro.

Cuando Paedyn inesperadamente salva a uno de los príncipes de Ilya, se ve arrojada a las Pruebas de la Purga. La brutal competición existe para exhibir los poderes de los élites, algo de lo que Paedyn carece. Si la Purga y sus rivales no la matan, lo hará el príncipe cuando descubra lo que ella es en realidad...

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LIMITED EDITION WITH LETTER AND DIGITAL SIGNATURE FROM THE AUTHOR.

She is what he has spent his entire life hunting.

He is everything she has spent her life pretending to be.

Only the extraordinary belong to the realm of Ilya: the exceptional, the powerful, the elite.
Those born ordinary are just that: ordinary. And when the king decrees that all the ordinary will be eliminated to preserve his elite society, being powerless becomes a crime, turning Paedyn Gray into a criminal by fate and a thief by necessity. She pretends to be a psychic in the royal city, going unnoticed to stay alive and out of danger.

When Paedyn unexpectedly saves one of the princes of Ilya, she is thrown into the Purge Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the powers of the elite, something Paedyn lacks. If the Purge and her rivals don't kill her, the prince will when he discovers what she really is...

Between 1450 and 1550, a remarkable century of intellectual exchange developed across the Eastern Mediterranean. As Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from the Ottoman Empire, and the courts of Mehmed the Conqueror and Bayezid II greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe, merchants of knowledge-multilingual and transregional Jewish scholars-became an important bridge among the powers.

With this book, Robert Morrison is the first to track the network of scholars who mediated exchanges in astronomy, astrology, Qabbalah, and philosophy. Their books, manuscripts, and acts of translation all held economic value, thus commercial and intellectual exchange commingled-knowledge became transactional as these merchants exchanged texts for more intellectual material and social capital. While parallels between medieval Islamic astronomy and the famous heliocentric arrangement posited by Copernicus are already known, Morrison reveals far deeper networks of intellectual exchange that extended well beyond theoretical astronomy and shows how religion, science, and philosophy, areas that will eventually develop into separate fields, were once interwoven. The Renaissance portrayed in Merchants of Knowledge is not, from the perspective of the Ottoman Muslim contacts of the Jewish merchants of knowledge, hegemonic. It's a Renaissance permeated by diversity, the cultural and political implications of which the West is only now waking up to.

*** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY ***

IN AN AGE BEFORE DETECTIVES, ONE TEMPLAR KNIGHT IS CALLED UPON TO DELIVER JUSTICE

When wounded Templar Knight Sir Marcus de Rancourt receives word that his sister is dying, he returns to a home he hasn't seen in twenty years, only to find his sister dead, and her children orphaned. Sir Marcus decides to take on the greatest challenge of his life and remain behind to raise the children, his loyal sergeant and squires insisting on joining him to work the land by his side.

But before they can settle into their new lives as farmers rather than soldiers, they are thrust into the middle of a conspiracy that could rock the very foundations of the Templars and the Roman Catholic Church.

And it all starts with a simple murder, witnessed by a little boy, who swears Templars killed his parents.

Now it is up to Sir Marcus and his men to determine who committed the gruesome murders, and clear the good name of the Templars, before the very balance of power in the region shifts in favor of someone who should never possess it.

From award winning USA Today and million copy bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy comes the first in a new series, The Templar Detective, packed with pulse-pounding action, intrigue, and humor, guaranteed to keep thriller fans awake into the late hours.

Get your copy today, and meet a new band of war-weary heroes, struggling to reintegrate into society, who are called upon once again to serve their Order, their Church, and their God.

Frank Gehry & Robert Tannen: Art, Architecture & Ideas, is a book documenting the lifelong friendship and collaborative efforts of noted architects and friends Frank Gehry and Robert Tannen. The book features essays, personal notes, and collaborative and individual work in a range of media, including architectural models, sculpture, painting, printmaking, urban planning, and product design. Recognized as the defining architect of our times, Frank Gehry changed the cultural landscape with his designs for Walt Disney Counter Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, At ninety-five years old, he continues to evolve his architectural and part practices through the exploration of energy and dynamic movement. Robert Tannen's career includes sculpture, painting, conceptual art, and urban planning. After coming to Biloxi, Mississippi to create a masterplan for the Gulf Coast post-Hurricane Camille, he relocated to New Orleans where he master planned the second span of the Mississippi River Bridge, and was a founder of the New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, and continues to this day his distinctive practice of urbanism, art, and community activism.

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.

Detective Tracy Crosswhite draws a long-dormant serial killer out of hiding in a nerve-shattering novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.

Tracy Crosswhite is reopening the investigation into Seattle's Route 99 serial killer. After thirteen victims, he stopped hunting and the trail went cold, stirring public outrage. Now, nearly three decades after his first kill, Tracy is expected to finally bring closure to the victims' families and redeem the Seattle PD's reputation. Even if it means working with her nemesis, Captain Johnny Nolasco.

Lead detective of the original task force, Nolasco dares Tracy to do what he failed to: close the case. Forming an uneasy alliance, Tracy and Nolasco revisit old leads and pursue new evidence only to unearth high-level corruption and cover-ups as dangerous as the elusive killer himself. At the risk of being exposed, such deadly and powerful forces will go to extremes to stay in the shadows.

That's just where Tracy and Nolasco are headed--to find the twisted truth behind a killer's motives, his disappearance, and his chilling comeback.

Seven Shades of Evil is the ninth volume in bestselling author Robert McCammon's acclaimed series of historical thrillers featuring Matthew Corbett, and this fascinating installment features a wide range of adventures undertaken by both Matthew and his friends over the years.

From murder plots that aren't what they seem, to creepy forests with possible supernatural evils, to a remote manor whose occupants are in the clutches of a ruthless master, these stories are an intriguing blend of everything wonderful that has drawn readers to the Matthew Corbett series for more than twenty years.

Seven Shades of Evil is the penultimate volume in the Matthew Corbett series, and the perfect table setter for the final adventure of the multifaceted character USA Network has called "the Early American James Bond." This is another masterful volume from one of America's most skilled authors, featuring some of his most memorable, compelling, and chilling characters.

Now available in one deluxe box set--Sea Swept, Rising Tides, Inner Harbor, and Chesapeake Blue--all four novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay Saga.

The lives and loves of the four Quinn brothers--Cameron, Ethan, Phillip, and Seth--take center stage in this captivating saga set on the windswept shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

This Chesapeake Bay Saga box set includes:
SEA SWEPT
RISING TIDES
INNER HARBOR
CHESAPEAKE BLUE

The easy way to take control of your PCOS symptoms-The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook gives you fuss-free recipes to fight PCOS with an insulin resistance diet.

Struggling with PCOS symptoms is already hard enough, but following an insulin resistance diet to alleviate them shouldn't be. That's why Tara Spencer, a nutritionist specializing in PCOS who suffers from the condition herself, created The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook-to give busy PCOS fighters the easiest, most hassle-free recipes to eliminate symptoms. The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook helps readers prepare super simple meals using 5-ingredient recipes-many of which require only 30-minutes or less to make or just one pot-so that they take control of PCOS without wasting any time.

The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook features:

• 125 Easy Recipes providing a mix of 5-ingredient recipes, 30-minute recipes, one-pot recipes, one-pan recipes, and no-cook recipes
• Easy-to-Find Ingredients using affordable, and easily found items from any grocery store
• Essential Info on PCOS teaching you need-to-know information about changing your lifestyle and diet to feel better

Living with PCOS isn't easy, but changing your diet to manage symptoms can be with The Easy PCOS Diet Cookbook.

This knowledgeable, lively guide helps parents confidently strike a balance between permissiveness and severity. Using Dr. Robert J. MacKenzie's clear and easily understood method, parents can set sensible limits, communicate the rules to their children and get their children's cooperation; they will also impart problem-solving skills and self-esteem in their children.

Tienes en tus manos la obra maestra de la persuasión. Un libro extraordinario que te ayudará a ser más eficaz en el trabajo y en la vida diaria, a maximizar tu carisma, a mejorar tus relaciones y estrategias para convencer y llegar a acuerdos ventajosos, en definitiva, alcanzar el éxito a todos los niveles. En este manual definitivo, Cialdini explica, con rigor científico y de forma sencilla, cómo provocar en las personas la respuesta deseada y cómo protegerse ante intentos poco éticos de persuasión. Un compendio de sabiduría para convertirte en un hábil influyente.

Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations.

1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him...

Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about--and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in it for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth--and why it was all kept secret until a genealogy website brought it to light.

Trey, the young lawyer who greets her at the sprawling clifftop manor, notes Sonya's unease--and acknowledges that yes, the place is haunted...but just a little. Sure enough, Sonya finds objects moved and music playing out of nowhere. She sees a painting by her father inexplicably hanging in her deceased uncle's office, and a portrait of a woman named Astrid, whom the lawyer refers to as "the first lost bride." It's becoming clear that Sonya has inherited far more than a house. She has inherited a centuries-old curse, and a puzzle to be solved if there is any hope of breaking it...

Record your thoughts, notes, and inspiration with this stunning journal inspired by Reckless, the second novel in Lauren Roberts' best-selling Powerless Trilogy series.

This high-end journal is sure to thrill fans of The Powerless Trilogy and is perfect for journaling, notetaking, or recording the details of your own forbidden romance.

240 RULED PAGES: Premium lined pages to give you ample space to record your notes and thoughts or to keep track of your ideas.

DETAILED DESIGN: This high-quality hardcover journal features a striking deboss and silver foil cover design, protective metal corners, a velvet ribbon page marker, and beautifully printed text pages with patterned edge printing.

CONVENIENT SIZE: This 5.75 x 8.25-inch journal is a comfortable size to journal anywhere and easy to store in a bag or backpack as you set off through the Kingdom of Ilya.

THE PERFECT GIFT: This journal makes an excellent gift for any fan captivated by the world of Powerless and Lauren Roberts novels.

ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION: Collect more beautiful Lauren Roberts' journals inspired by The Powerless Trilogy including the Lauren Roberts: Powerless Hardcover Journal, Lauren Roberts: Fearless Hardcover Journal, Lauren Roberts: Powerless Trilogy Sculpted Journal, and the Lauren Roberts: Powerless Trilogy Notebook Boxed Set (Set of 3).

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is Robert Sabuda's most amazing creation yet, featuring stunning pop-ups illustrated in John Tenniel's classic style.

Faithful to Lewis Carroll's original text, this incredible novelty book features special effects like a Victorian peep show, multifaceted foil, tactile elements, and more! This pop-up is sure to become an instant favorite--one that readers will return to admire again and again.

A pioneering social history of French writers during the Age of Revolution, from a world-renowned scholar and National Book Critics Circle Award winner.

In eighteenth-century France, writers emerged as a new kind of power. They stirred passions, shaped public opinion, and helped topple the Bourbon monarchy. Whether scribbling in dreary garrets or philosophizing in salons, they exerted so much influence that the state kept them under constant surveillance. A few became celebrities, but most were hacks, and none could survive without patrons or second jobs.

The Writer's Lot is the first book to move beyond individual biography to take the measure of "literary France" as a whole. Historian Robert Darnton parses forgotten letters, manuscripts, police reports, private diaries, and newspapers to show how writers made careers and how they fit into the social order--or didn't. Reassessing long-standing narratives of the French Revolution, Darnton shows that to be a reject was not necessarily to be a Jacobin: the toilers of the Parisian Grub Street sold their words to revolutionary publishers and government ministers alike. And while literary France contributed to the downfall of the ancien régime, it did so through its example more than its ideals: the contradiction inherent in the Republic of Letters--in theory, open to all; in practice, dominated by a well-connected clique--dramatized the oppressiveness of the French social system.

Darnton brings his trademark rigor and investigative eye to the character of literary France, from the culture war that pitted the "decadent" Voltaire against the "radical" Rousseau to struggling scribblers, booksellers, censors, printers, and royal spies. Their lives, little understood until now, afford rare insight into the ferment of French society during the Age of Revolution.

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time(R) by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a Foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, is born an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before the forces of the Shadow have an opportunity to kill him.

Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a soldier fighting in the battle, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. But those paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine, of the Royal House of Cairhien, whose king has just died, and Lan, considered the uncrowned king of a nation long dead, find their lives threatened by the plots of those seeking power.

New Spring begins Moiraine and Lan's quest to find the Dragon Reborn that will lead to the events of The Eye of the World...and their fateful meeting with Rand al'Thor. New Spring is a perfect jumping-on point for fantasy readers wanting to know more about The Wheel of Time.

The Wheel of Time(R)
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

The astonishing story of how in 1942, in Egypt, Colonel Dudley Clarke's ingenious "A Force" thwarted the Nazis while inventing a whole new playbook of military deception.

Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out. Always ready with a drink and a story, Clarke was a well-known figure in Cairo social circles and nightlife. If you then asked what he did, you would have less success. Those who knew didn't tell--and almost no one really knew at all.

Clarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Rumor, stagecraft, a sense of fun. Its target? The mind of Erwin Rommel, Hitler's greatest general. Throughout history, military commanders have sought to mislead their opponents. Dudley Clarke set out to do it on a scale no one had imagined before. Even afterwards, almost no one understood the magnitude of his achievement.

Drawing on recently released documents and hugely expanding on the louche portrait of Clarke as seen in SAS: Rogue Warriors, journalist and historian Robert Hutton reveals the amazing story of Clarke's "A Force," the invention of the SAS and the Commandos, and the masterful hoodwinking of the Desert Fox at the battle of El Alamein.

The Illusionist tells for the first time the dazzling tale of how, at a pivotal moment in the war, British eccentricity and imagination combined to thwart the Nazis and save innumerable lives--on both sides.

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time(R) by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time.

This premium mass market boxed set includes books thirteen and fourteen in the series, plus New Spring, the series prequel.

This boxed set contains:
Book Thirteen: Towers of Midnight
Book Fourteen: A Memory of Light
Prequel: New Spring

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The Wheel of Time(R)
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

Another beautiful book by renowned artist Robert Ingpen in the popular Union Square Kids Illustrated Classics children's books series, one of the most beloved and widely read classic books of all time--The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. For more than a century, this classic kid's book and its endearing protagonists--Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, and Ratty--have enchanted children of all ages.

Whether the four friends, a toad, mole, badger, and rat, are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories are among the most charming in all of English literature. Fans of Frog and Toad Are Friends and other teachers' picks book list titles will enjoy this classic kid's book! Looking for unique gifts for kids? Give the experience and magic of classic children's literature like never before with this illustrated edition of The Wind in the Willows, a work of art that will surely become a treasured keepsake.

In this timeless historical tale from Newbery- and Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Robert Lawson, a rebellious horse meets her equal in American Revolutionary Paul Revere and the two embark on an adventure that may just lead to the birth of whole nation!

Paul Revere didn't make his famous midnight ride alone. Meet a patriot unlike any other: Scheherazade, the mare who doesn't mind mentioning she was once the fastest and most admired horse in the King's army.

But on arrival in America, "Sherry" is quickly let down by her British rider and recruited by Sam Adams to join the Sons of Liberty. Before long, she finds herself teamed with Paul Revere to play a key-if unnoticed-role in the American Revolution. Full of wit and wisdom, this beloved classic presents an unforgettable view to the birth of a nation-straight from the horse's mouth!

Explore history even further in this edition, which includes bonus material, like a map of Paul Revere's ride!

Frost's early poems, selected by poet David Orr for the centennial of "The Road Not Taken"

A Penguin Classics Deluxe edition

For one hundred years, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" has enchanted and challenged readers with its deceptively simple premise--a person reaches a fork in the road, facing a choice full of doubt and possibility. The Road Not Taken and Other Poems presents Frost's best-loved poem along with other works from his brilliant early years, including such poems as "After Apple-Picking," "The Oven Bird," and "Mending Wall." Award-winning poet and critic David Orr's introduction discusses why Frost remains so central (if often misunderstood) in American culture and how the beautiful intricacy of his poetry keeps inviting generation after generation to search for meaning in his work.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Now available in one deluxe box set--Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, and Blood Magick--all three novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy.

County Mayo is rich in the traditions and legends of Ireland, legends that reunited cousins Iona Sheehan and Branna and Connor O'Dwyer are about to experience firsthand in this trilogy about the land we're drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love...

This Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy box set includes:
DARK WITCH
SHADOW SPELL
BLOOD MAGICK

On Easter Sunday, 1945, the U.S. Marines and Army launched an invasion of Japan, attacking Okinawa with 540,000 men and 1,600 seagoing ships. The closing battle of World War II, it lasted eighty-three days and eclipsed D-Day in both troops and tonnage. In "Okinawa," Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie retells the epic tale of this great battle from both sides, including the stories of the Japanese generals, who in the battle's last moments committed "hara-kiri." He especially focuses on the American soldiers themselves and their commanding officers, drawing brilliantly illuminated portraits of individuals who fought a merciless enemy in the tradition of American military history at its most splendid and terrifying.

a Christmas mystery, a little romance, and a touch of heaven

When a series of malicious acts of Christmas display vandalism destroy holiday cheer in the charming town of Lavender Hill Cove, Ella Martin and her detective sister, Julie, get embroiled in another who-done-it. Adding a bit of romance into the holiday mix, Ella runs into her old beau, famous musician Carter Huxley, who, after breaking things off, now wants to turn up the heat once more. However, this time, he faces competition from another prominent town member, Harrison Grant. As the two men vie for Ella's affections, Ella's new neighbor, Rosemary, a sweet but mysterious lady, helps Ella and Julie reeducate teen boys to the true meaning of how to live in the holiday spirit when they are caught in the copy-cat act of vandalizing Rosemary's Christmas nativity scene.