The Snow Lies DeepIt's December in Vermontand Mercy is determined to give her baby Felicity the very best first Christmas ever. Starting with a visit to see Santa on the Northshire town common, home to all of the village's holiday celebrations. But when Santa abandons his post and runs into the woods, Mercy and Elvis go after himand the shepherd finds the jolly old elf flat on his back in a small clearing, dead, a Yule log ablaze on his belly. Mercy wants nothing more