The gray walls of the Middlesex Hospital waiting room looked especially dingy in the waning light of late afternoon. Nine year old Silver Cordin and her father had waited patiently for over an hour and were getting anxious. Lines of worry were etched on Steve Cordin's face, as he knew the doctor's news could not possibly be good. Silver tried to read her fav...
"You probably think I'm too old for you." I paused to consider. The fact was: he was too old for me. He was more than twice my age. I had dated men a little older than me, but I usually stuck with men under thirty. There was also the fact that Aaron was the Santa Claus at the mall where I manage a department store, and while he looked decidedly different, a...
For several years now I have tried to hold back the ever encroaching commercialism of Christmas by dressing up in an old tattered Santa suit with a lovely and believable old wig, beard and antique bell to make my Christmas Eve rounds of several local hospitals and nursing homes. Ironically you wouldn't expect such institutions to admit a foreign Santa into t...
Santa quickly grabbed Alison and led her to the igloo. "Here we can keep extra warm, my snow angel," He muttered, as they sat down in the surprisingly large display. Alison couldn't believe her luck on this day! But as she looked around, she noticed things were a little different. There was a camera hooked up in the corner of the igloo. What if she got Sa...
Katie Merchant needed some holiday cheer. She could tell, because no one was supposed to be this grumpy on Christmas Eve. She'd snapped at a perfectly innocent question Susie had asked her after she picked the kids up from the babysitter, and had to apologize for being such a big meanie. It had to do with having to work on the 24th of December, when darn ne...
Are you down and depressed? Has everyone's over joyfulness just got you wanting to punch something? Are you gaining too much weight from all those holiday treats? Do you just plain hate Christmas and all its pretend goodness? So how do we get through these tough times? Here are a few little tips that might make your spirits bright or have you laughing all...
Sleighless Nick followed a halogen-lit passageway to the converted warehouse that housed Project Sleighless — the top secret state-of-the-art teleportation project that would be going live this Christmas Eve. He pushed open a set of double doors with both arms and entered the vast domed interior. The sterile chamber was dimly lit: the walls were metallic wi...
Milk and Cookies for Santa's Elf "Come on Santa you can't just roll over on me and go to sleep again. We haven't had sex in a month!" I pout while listening to him grumble something under his breathe. Annoyed that my special Christmas outfit for Santa went completely unnoticed for the second night in a row I was just astonished. I think I have been feedin...
Chapter 1 Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. This year is no exception. As I prowl the malls around this new town, I look at all the kids in holiday attire and I wish that I had a couple of my own. On Black Friday I usually stay home, but something made me go out this year. Upon entering a Wal-Mart I spot a very young Santa. He looks l...
Norfolk, VA June 5, 1978 2pm "Pete, Pete!" I yelled as the bus came to a stop. My handsome, soldier-husband jumped down from the top step of the bus grabbed me around the waist swinging me in a huge circle. Together we laughed and cried as dazed and dizzy, we kissed clinging to each other. "I've missed you," he said speaking into my hair as we fumbled at...