Robert Nathan’s 1928 novel may seem unfamiliar to you, but the holiday episode from the book (starting with Chapter 11) has been adapted for the Christmas big- and small screen about half a dozen times. His Bishop’s Wife was first presented to movie-going audiences in 1947 as The Preacher’s Wife.

Here is the original to read

https://archive.org/details/bishopswife0000robe/page/106/mode/2up

And here are two clips of Whitney Houston performing the title role in 1996

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIK22ofgtFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoxm1Fpa9ck