Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John - Character of the Song, #1

Before you is a Christmas story. A short story. A short Christmas story. It is all you need to know about three men you will never forget. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, and Prophet John are lonely people, each from a different and difficult place, whose lives are thrown together by circumstance, fate, or God Himself. They are rail-riders, rovers, vagabonds, and thieves. They are running toward as much as they are running from, and one of them is near the journey's end.
This is a story about loss, loneliness, love...and hope.