The Lights of Christmas Street

By G Parker

The Parkin family is a close knit group that enjoy the Christmas season. As the children have grown older and most are out of the home, the father is having a hard time enjoying the traditions of the season and it's joy. His younger children try to help, but he's too caught up in his own depression to see it. When they get word that their son is injured onboard his ship, all their worst nightmares seem to have come true and they don't know how to deal with a bleak Christmas with the thought he might be dead. How they find hope and joy in the season is sure to become a family favorite to read every year.

• Language: English
• Publisher: G Parker
• Release date: Dec 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301667543

G Parker

G.Parker has been writing for several years, but hasn't begun to put things into print until recently. She is happily married in Utah to an amazing man, is mother of 7 kids, grandmother to two precious girls and has too many cats and dogs. She loves writing and hopes to bring many more titles to the public.

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The Lights of Christmas Street

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The Lights of Christmas Street

Copyright © 2012 by G.Parker

This is book is a work of fiction. Any and all persons, names and places (except Las Vegas) depicted are fictional and completely from the authors imagination and anything otherwise is completely coincidental.

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I wish to thank my long suffering husband for his unwavering support and unconditional love during the many years of writing. I only hope someday to make him proud. (Love you sweetie) As well as my children who were willing to read and put up with the many nights of late dinners and writing craziness.

This story is dedicated to all the families of servicemen who are valiantly serving our country and won’t be home for Christmas. I wrote this story for my brother in 2005, who has a son that is one of those brave souls.

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The Lights of Christmas Street

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Chapter 1

I’ve been to Vegas, but only during the day, so I've never experienced the glow of the night sky from a distance. I've heard that you can see the glow from miles away. We have a street in our neighborhood that reminds me of that. We can see the glow during the Christmas season from our front lawn. It could be annoying, but I try to keep in mind that it's the Christmas season every year and just go with it.

My wife reminds me that we benefit from the tourists, so we should be happy. If I didn't feel like they were trying to compete with the casinos, it would be easier. When decorating their houses for the holiday season, the average person is rather calm in their tastes. They put up lights along the roof, perhaps a figurine in the yard, on a couple of trees, a wreath on the door, some boughs along the railing, some red ribbon. (That would be our house.)

Others get a more involved with lights on every part of the porch and along the driveway, all the trees and the fence line. Many go overboard, (in my opinion) putting every possible thing up that uses electricity on the roof, lawn, etc., until it looks like a mini Las