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Christmas

Stories about Christmas. See also Christmas Eve, Christmas pageant, and Christmas trees.

A CHRISTMAS WISH • Fiona M Jones

December 25, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“Christmas wishes, Christmas wishes!” It was the cutest elf Amy had ever seen. So lifelike—the way those pointy ears twitched and the face crinkled like real skin as its owner smiled up at her. “I’d love a Christmas wish,” said… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Christmas, Fiona M Jones, gifts

CHRISTMAS ON THE PHILODENDRON • Lilly Smith

December 22, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Just a dash of cinnamon. Maeve crouched over the one-pot stove in the kitchen of her ship. Open flames were forbidden in space, so roasting anything over a fire was out of the question. Cider warmed on a hot plate?… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Christmas, lilly smith, spaceships

A FEW CRUMBS • by Sara H. Wenger

January 16, 2024Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

May was holding her mother’s hand and then she wasn’t. The moment May removed her mitten to reach for a cookie in her pocket, they slipped away from each other like water slips through fingers. They had been watching the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas, lost child, New York, Sara H. Wenger, strangers

CHRISTMAS UNRAVELLED • by Katie Holloway

December 27, 2022Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

This should have been our best Christmas yet. But it all comes unravelled with the prick of a needle. Jake has become so blasé about these finger prick tests that he doesn’t even notice the message when it first pings… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories bureaucracy, Christmas, family, illness, Katie Holloway

THE CARDBOARD FIREPLACE • by Linda Chandanais

December 25, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

She heard a thump downstairs, then another. Lolly slipped from her bed and down the steps toward the glow of the Christmas tree. Her heart bounced. She was going to see Santa Claus! “Daddy?” Her father quickly turned from the… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Christmas, fathers, Linda Chandanais

A WHITE (NEÉ FLYNN) CHRISTMAS • by Jamie Ryan Anderson

December 25, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

It didn’t snow this year, but it doesn’t matter. Mrs White (née Flynn) doesn’t like the snow anyway. It makes her joints flare up and she’s turning seventy next year, you know. She doesn’t need the bother. And anyway, the… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christmas, family, Jamie Ryan Anderson

CHRISTMAS AT THE BOWLING ALLEY • by J L Wynne

December 25, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

All of a sudden Jake thought, “Enough!” Between the constant crash of balls into pins, the blinking, blinking, blinking of the goddamn lights they’d strung up everywhere, and the hoarse shouts of half-drunk players, the top of his head was… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories bowling alleys, Christmas, intellectual disability, J L Wynne

RED-EYED REINDEER • by Beth-Marie Miller-Bicknell

December 24, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

The year Will and I played our best light prank ever was also the year we got caught. We’d been doing it since we were ten: switching out strings of Christmas lights for different colors, changing the positions of yard… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Beth-Marie Miller-Bicknell, Christmas, practical jokes, reindeer

BAH! • by Harry Wilding

December 23, 2019Every Day Fiction 2 Comments

“Humbug” was Marissa’s matter-of-fact reply to the carol singers that evening. She was particularly pleased with her idea to pour humbug sweets from the bedroom window, akin to hot oil in old castle sieges. It had added an extra dimension… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories Christmas, family, Harry Wilding

NOTHING FOR CHRISTMAS • by Templeton Moss

December 2, 2019Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Matthew and John met under the Fourth Street bridge as they often did. But this was no ordinary meeting. Tonight was a special occasion. Each man carried a cardboard box under his arm which had been wrapped up in great… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Literary, Stories Christmas, financial hardship, friendship, gifts, homelessness, Templeton Moss

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