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Wednesday, 25 December 2024

Have a Grumpy Christmas by Penny Rogers, a snowball (advocaat, lemonade and Ice)

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For Christmas just give me an angle-poise lamp, and bake me a large reindeer cake. Please don’t bother with perfume or jewels, if you’...
Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Wandering Teeth by Madeleine McDonald, horlicks

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‘Bloody relatives!’ The manager banged the phone down. ‘That was Betty Turner’s son. He’s one of them. Doesn’t come near the place all year ...
Monday, 23 December 2024

Assembly Required by Peter Lingard, strong lemonade

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Everybody except Jones drank sparingly and acted with decorum at the office party on Christmas Eve afternoon.   Decorum is the last thing ...
Sunday, 22 December 2024

The Christmas Gift by Ken Whitson, a warm mug of mulled red wine

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It’s been a year now since you went away, and my guitar still won’t let me sing your song, the one I wrote that Christmas Eve. Now, as then,...
Saturday, 21 December 2024

Is Santa Claus Real? by Judith Skilleter, mulled wine, a pint please

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Meg is in a bit of a pickle. It is coming up to Christmas and she is hearing the worst ever news. She has been told that there is no such pe...
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Friday, 20 December 2024

When Christmas Falls by Sherry Caayupan, latte

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He sips a cup of cafe latte by the fireplace and dips a chocolate chip cookie into it, then, takes a bite...Frost's almost biting his po...
Thursday, 19 December 2024

Dinner for Two + 1 by Robin Wrigley, gin and tonic

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  Dinner For Two + One   ‘James?             ‘Yes, is that you Angela?’             ‘You mean you don’t recognise my voice, James. I...