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Elizabeth Gomez: Inappropriate Sentiments for Greeting Cards
Birthday: It’s Your Birthday…I slept with your grandmother. We’re getting married. I’m Sorry: For sleeping with your grandmother, marrying her, and stealing away your inheritance. Love from Cabo!...
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Dave Hughes: Christmas Morning
We would sit huddled at the top of the stairs, under the strictest orders, “Don’t leave the landing!” but inching forward, we would declare the first three stairs fair game. From the third step and a...
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Kirk Novak: Christmas Letter Swap
Many of us at DWWP have participated in the Christmas Letter Swap, a holiday-themed writing challenge that was started by our Drinking Buddy Scott Whitehair in 2013. This week, we will share some of...
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Kim Nelson: My Christmas Wish List
a rug that magically deflects cat vomit for Star Wars: The Force Awakens to meet every single one of my impossibly raised expectations Sansa Stark’s wardrobe, and an invitation to some sort of high...
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Elizabeth Gomez: Mom Rejects Christmas Coupon Book Made by Kids
Chicago, IL – Judy Lister has been raising six children since 1995. During that time she has changed at least 22,800 diapers, picked up toys no less than one million times a week, and had to use at...
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Jeff Phillips: A Startup Company’s Holiday Party
Greetings, Please note the start time of our Holiday party has moved from 3pm to 11am. Because, well, who’s really going to get anything done today? So drop what you’re doing in 15 minutes and meet us...
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Sandra Benedetto: Hallmark Christmas Movie Adaptations
1. Emma’s Redemption (adapted from Madame Bovary): After being rejected by her former lovers, Emma sells all of the luxury items she bought on credit so that she can make a simple but lovingly prepared...
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David Jester: What I Learned From Santa Under the Mistletoe
The first time I ever drank rum was on Christmas eve. I was twelve. I had snuck downstairs to check out the gifts that might have been placed under the tree. A glow emanated from the living room...
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Conor Cawley: The Five Minutes Before Christmas
In the Cawley household, Christmas is still a time of benevolent wonderment and outright lies. The beautiful Christmas tree shines in the middle of the big bay window, the plastic carolers sit frozen...
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Sandra Benedetto: Literary Classics Revisited as Hallmark Christmas Movies
[This piece was originally posted in December 2014 as Hallmark Christmas Movie Adaptations but has since been revised.] 1. Emma’s Redemption (adapted from Madame Bovary): After being rejected by her...
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