The Carol of Christmas: Life Story of Christmas Carol Kauffman by Marcia Kauffman Clark. Soft cover 294 pages. Christmas Carol Kauffman was one of the most prolific and popular authors of the Mennonite world. Even today, forty years after her passing, Carol's books are among the most widely read. What is the story of her life and from whence did she derive the gift of written word that has touched so many readers over the last 80 years? Carol's youngest daughter, Marcia Kauffman Clark, spent years researching her mother's life to answer that question. The result is a fascinating tribute to a woman who, while gifted in writing was not without her own personal challenges and heart-breaks. Despite those and indeed perhaps because of them she was able to empathize with her subjects and apply the same faith they did to her own trials to emerge triumphant and with a profound faith in her Savior Jesus Christ.