“Christmas Pie” is the most cozy, warm and exciting read you can imagine on a cold winter evening. Surely everyone in childhood read fairy tales about naive Cinderellas, evil witches and handsome princes. Laura Lockington wrote exactly a fairy tale, only ironic and very modern. Love at first sight, an enchanted castle, a king and queen, a good witch and an envious rival - all this is in her book. Only this funny fairy tale has enough reality, and therefore it can happen to any of us. Poppy, a saleswoman in an antique trinkets store, is sweet, smart, ironic, but not very happy. On the eve of Christmas, she feels especially lonely, since she will have to spend the holiday in the company of an obnoxious monkey that Poppy has taken care of. This would have happened if it had not been for the invitation to the ancient castle. A few hours on the train - and Poppy finds herself from boring London in a magical land, where one strange event after another happens to her. A cup of cocoa, a fluffy blanket and a funny, slightly strange novel from the life of the English Cinderella will certainly make you a little happier on the eve of the most magical holiday in year.