Christmas Ornaments

By Julie Duffy

You know you ought to be getting in the Christmas mood, but with all the running around and obligations, are you having trouble conjuring up any of the magic?

Well, grab a warm drink, put your feet up for a few minutes and treat yourself to four sparkling, seasonal short stories that are bound to help you recapture some of the fun of the season.

Spend some time with the IPO billionaire trying to make up for a poor childhood and a nurse who longs to make one of her patient's Christmas wish come true even if she can't do it for her own son. Perhaps you'll giggle along with the tale of the old man who keeps being thwarted in his efforts to have a relaxing Christmas afternoon, or hold your breath as a young girl prepares for her role in the school Nativity play.

Each story contains some of the magic of Christmas, with humor and just enough sentiment to get you well and truly in the holiday mood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Julie Duffy
• Release date: Nov 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310951855

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Christmas Ornaments

Four Sparkling Seasonal Short Stories

Christmas Ornaments

Four Sparkling Seasonal Short Stories

By Julie Duffy

Julie Duffy

Copyright 2013 by Julie Duffy

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Table of Contents

All I Want For Christmas

A Fur Coat For Miss Lily Ellis

Dreaming Of A White Christmas

Voice Of An Angel

Bonus Story

All I Want For Christmas

He pushes through the revolving door and winces: the jingly Christmas song, the bubblegum colors, the heaving mass of humanity crazed by desperation. And who puts a Ferris Wheel in a toy store? He thinks of his mom picking over the dim, dirty shelves at Walmart to give him off-brand lookalikes and stops dead, right there in the aisle. Screw that. This year he's getting the real thing.

People coming through the door behind him barge past, dropping the F-bomb --- Happy F'n Holidays to you too, Bub --- and he's back in the frigid January school yard. (Couldn't afford a real one, huh? Jeez, what a loser!) And here it comes: the shaking hands, the numbly tingling lips --- but Dr. Andre's voice speaks in his head. Relaxation exercises, Tom. Do your exercises. So he does. He breathes. His hand creeps to the breast pocket of his Armani coat where his platinum card nestles in his slim kidskin wallet. You don't get to start and roll your