Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas is a 2013 book by Sarah Palin that became a New York Times Bestseller.[1] The book makes "an emphatic case for the true meaning of Christmas."[2] The title of the book is an allusion to Luke 2:10 in the New Testament.[3] Palin promoted the book with a 15-city tour.[4] According to Publishers Weekly, the book sold 209,591 copies in 2013.[5]