Twas The Night, but I don’t think it was before Christmas. Maybe close to it, a couple of years before. I need to read more to find the truth of it. Good job I’m between books at this moment. Dan Walsh is the author and I enjoy and look forward to his books. BookBub gets the credit for making this suggestion.
Twas The Night (The Long Way Home Book 1)

In 1960 just days before Christmas, Theresa Dempsey, a young mother from Brooklyn, experiences an unspeakable tragedy. Two years later, she relocates to Black Rock, a small mountain town in North Carolina, hoping to make a fresh start.
About that time, in a little cabin deep in the mountainous woods, young Ransom is trying to survive a day at a time, caring for his sister Emma, and an ailing father as a snowstorm approaches.
Back in Black Rock, Deputy Bud Ellison is scrambling to catch a serial burglar, the first real crime this town has seen in years—during the holidays no less. On one remarkable cold, snowy night, the paths of all three of these lives will collide, and change them all forever.
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That’s it for this time. I did look a little without any luck.