Simple Gifts: A Romantic Christmas Story
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In Simple Gifts, a young couple must rediscover what the spirit of the season really means when they leave behind their fancy oceanfront condo for much humbler digs on Christmas Eve.
This 5,870-word short story is 37 pages long.
Rusty Fischer
Rusty Fischer is a full-time freelance writer, multi-published ghostwriter and the author of dozens of published books across a variety of genres, from nonfiction to fiction, including his popular A Living Dead Love Story series from Medallion Press. Visit him at www.rustyfischer.com to read more!
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Simple Gifts - Rusty Fischer
A Simple Christmas Gift:
A Romantic Christmas Story
By Rusty Fischer, author of A Town Called Snowflake
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A Simple Christmas Gift
Rusty Fischer
Copyright 2012 by Rusty Fischer
Smashwords Edition
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This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Cover credit: © detailblick – Fotolia
This story was formerly released under the title A Simple Christmas Gift.
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Author’s Note:
The following is a FREE short story edited by the author himself. If you see any glaring mistakes, I apologize and hope you don’t take it out on my poor characters, who had nothing to do with their author’s bad grammar! Happy reading… and happy holidays!
Enjoy!
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A Simple Christmas Gift:
A Romantic Christmas Story
Look,
I snap, carting the last of the cardboard boxes from April’s walk-in closet onto the rented dolly. If I have to scrap most of my T-shirt collection, the least you can do is scrap most of your purse collection.
April’s wearing a ball cap, like she does sometimes when she cleans house or runs to the store for a few quick errands and doesn’t feel like washing her hair first.
She has her raven black ponytail sticking out the back, which she knows I love; this time, though, she’s not doing it for me.
Fine, Rex, whatever,
she sighs, the sound of packing tape being stretched across the top of another box marked purses
as her exclamation point. "Take ‘em all to