ornaments
christmas cake
p with the holiday season drawing near the ladies of hope springs north carolina are making plans for a cake cookbook a project that will hopefully lift the spirits of a beloved member of their close knit quartet . but margaret peele is downhearted and uninspired now that her cancer has returned . all she wants this christmas is to visit her mothers texas hometown ... and to see their absent friend pastor charlotte stewart who left hope springs to run a battered womens shelter . so impulsive beatrice newgarden witherspoon commandeers a very inappropriate but comfortable van to transport margaret louise fisher and jessie jenkins across the country for a lone star state reunion with charlotte . and over the course of a remarkable journey they will rediscover the greatest christmas gift of all eternal friendship .