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Christmas in Dublin
It’s Christmas again without you.I am far now from where I grew—those cobbled streets under my shoe,“wrapping paper, five for a pound,”called by street traderson Moore and Henry Street too.…
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The Christmas Killer
Detective Harry Ford sat motionless at his desk in the LAPD homicide unit late that Christmas Eve. Staring at the page with one name on it. He should have been…
Happy Christmas
Happy twittermas everybody! Or is it Xmas nowadays? I’d much rather say Happy Christmas, in lieu of a modern phrase. I mean, Christmas has a meaning, of which some…
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Operation Christmas Bypass
Mickey swore he didn’t mean to do it. Santy was having none of it. ‘Mickey, I’ve told you several times to stop messing around with machinery. Red lights mean stop.…
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My Dad’s Cardigan
December the first arrived and my husband started his ranting. I ignored him as long as I could, but once the week before Christmas came, there was no escaping it.…
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The Christmas Carol
It’s the most wonderful time of the year:- Christmas. Families all over the world prepare for the great day, the wishful expectations of children and adults alike. Jill was preparing…
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My Dads Cardigan
I remember it well the day I start knitting that cardigan I was in the car on the way up the north to do some Christmas shopping. Now this was…
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The Homeless Persons Christmas
The church bells rang, Peadar began to sing along. “The bells of the Angelus, is calling to pray, in sweet tones announcing the sacred Ave…” “That’s not the right words,”…
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The Christmas Killer
Harold Bumblestock took a deep breath, puffed out his scrawny chest and beamed the broadest smile he could muster. Burridges Department Store had already been open for an hour, and…
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The Window Elf
The child pressed his face to the window, his hands spread as though keeping the glass in place. From inside, I caught a glimpse of his wide eyed stare; peering…