Jessica Holme It's about a bitter shoe maker who discovers the true meaning of Christmas.Truly a Christmas classic.The story is about a shoe maker named Hans who is alone and very bitter about life including people and Christmas.That is until a few days before Christmas he has a visit from an angel.The angel tells him that he should give God a gift from his heart.So the shoe maker decides to make God a pair of beautiful red leather boots for Christmas.But that wasn't what the angle meant.Through a cerise of events Hans comes to the conclusion that the gift that God wanted was Hans's heart.Meaning the he wanted Hans to become a believer in Christ.And that is what happened.He became one of the nicest people around.