The holiday season has a way of bringing a lot of peace, love, and joy... as well as extreme blow up fights. These “experiences” often happen before or after an event where people are smiling and happy; aw, the magic of the season. It’s strange how ups always find a down while the downs don’t … [Read more...]
Story: What Happens to Old Christmas Trees
John knew his young daughter, Gracie, loved Christmas, so when he was outside shovelling it didn’t really faze him that she was over petting the old Christmas tree that was near the curb waiting to be taken away. He also didn’t really think much about it when she moved on and started petting the … [Read more...]
Why Santa Doesn’t Give Pets
It’s never easy losing someone you love, but it’s particularly difficult the month before Christmas. Normally Jimmy loved this time of year, but nothing was able to help him get over losing his best friend. Charlie had been there since he was born and now that Jimmy was seven, this was the first … [Read more...]
You Can Be Better
**My official Christmas book, The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire, is a FREE download until tomorrow night, Dec 14. The following is a new story for the sequel. Michael Jr. was getting increasingly frustrated with humanity (and probably not the only one). Over his … [Read more...]
A New Short Story
Find other short stories like this one in The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire on Amazon – FREE Download Thursday Dec 10-14. Stop Complaining! “Would you pleeaaassssse stop complaining!” shouted the snowman whose patience was clearly exhausted. “Every year it’s the … [Read more...]
A Gift You Can Give Everyone This Christmas
This has been a difficult year for many people (minus a few like me who have been very blessed, but I won’t get into that because I’m sure someone would want to pop me in the nose for even mentioning that). Fortunately, I have a gift you can gift everyone, which in turn, is a wonderful gift for … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: The Stressed Woman at Christmas
Carol always looked like the Queen of Christmas. She actually looked like the queen all the time, but at Christmas she particularly stood out. She was a perfectionist through and through, but to outsiders she looked calm and completely in control. Her husband, Ron, knew better, but that’s always … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: The Ugly Elf
You might be surprised to hear that the whole “elves make toys and Santa delivers them with a sleigh and reindeer” idea hasn’t been happening for a very long time. It has been maintained, however, for marketing reasons because it sounds really good. Originally, it all began with Santa giving a few … [Read more...]