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Christmas Eve

CAN’T BE MEAN • by Samantha Savello

December 24, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Mm. Morning.” Cass opens her eyes slightly, smiling at me as I tousle her hair. “Morning,” she croaks. “Ugh. Morning voice, sorry.” She rolls to her side, grabbing a glass of water from a stack of plastic storage containers that… Continue Reading →

Romance, Stories Christmas Eve, dating, family, Miami, Samantha Savello

MAYBE NEXT TIME • by Dmitri Christopher

December 22, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Let me guess, education conference?” He has that late Clooney salt and pepper scruff, that skips leg day sort of build. The hotel bar is nearly empty, but he’s still here, cruising. Lucky me. “The glasses gave it away? Who… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories bars, Christmas Eve, Dmitri Christopher, fathers, memory erasure

TOUCANS & REINDEER • by Chella Courington

December 12, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

My mother would start unpacking the Christmas decorations on what we now call Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers stampede stores.) The smell of leftover turkey still permeated our house as she filled the air with a regular… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cannabis, Chella Courington, Christmas Eve, holiday parties, mothers

THE GIFT • by Anne Starnes Kingsbury

December 24, 2017Every Day Fiction 7 Comments

Jim Cooper braced himself for another show of Christmas cheer. “How ya doin’? Getting together with the family? We’ve got Christmas Eve supper, breakfast with Santa, brunch at the Club, dinner with the clan, caroling, open house, a tree trimming… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Anne Starnes Kingsbury, cats, Christmas, Christmas Eve, customer service

SHE’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS • by Michael Snyder

December 24, 2016Every Day Fiction 23 Comments

Mom was way into Santa. But I always found the red suit, flushed pigmentation, and overall jolliness a bit creepy. Not to mention the standing invitation for strangers to sit on his lap. When I argued that he couldn’t possibly… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas Eve, family, Michael Snyder, psychiatric disorders

S.L.E.I.G.H. • by Autumn Ives

December 19, 2016Every Day Fiction 11 Comments

Alfred and Eldrid crept down the chimney, their tiny bodies moving easily in the cramped space. Hanging upside down, the elves scanned the living room for traps. As members of Santa’s Legendary Elite Investigative Getaway Helpers, or S.L.E.I.G.H. for short,… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Autumn Ives, cats, Christmas Eve, North Pole elves, Santa Claus

MONA’S MIRACLE OF THE MADONNA LIPS • by JB Smith

December 25, 2014Every Day Fiction 26 Comments

I  had been prayin’ for the role of Mary in the church Christmas pageant. I had a hankerin’ for Mervyn Swank who was playin’ Joseph. But Georgette Raymond, who was my sworn rival on all things artful,  got the part.… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas pageant, JB Smith

SOMEWHAT OF A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE • by Sarah Russell

December 25, 2013Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

Uncle Barney had Brillo-y hair he dyed a yellow that isn’t found in nature and a matching handlebar mustache he waxed and curled and kept touching with such fondness that people sometimes looked away. Aunt Myrtle said if he’d spent… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Christmas, Christmas Eve, family, marriage, moustaches, Sarah Russell

A HOLLY BERRY CHRISTMAS • by A.M. Buxton

December 23, 2012Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

I hated Christmas. “The elf did it,” Rudolph said before he spat a glob of tobacco juice into one of Mall of America’s promenade trashcans. Dark brown liquid splattered his faux fur. The combined scent of Red Man and dark… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Mystery / Suspense, Stories A.M. Buxton, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Santa Claus

THE FIMBULVINTER REVOLT • by Alexander Burns

December 24, 2011Every Day Fiction 15 Comments

December, 1963 The Etch A Sketch nearly passed through Martin’s hands without a second glance, but his neighbor jabbed him with an elbow. Martin froze at the image of the starburst drawn in grey plastic. “It’s Aaron,” his neighbor, Sanjeet,… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Humour / Satire, Stories Alexander Burns, Christmas, Christmas Eve

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