I miss Tia Liddie. She would make us croquembouche, layering cream puffs to form a tower almost as tall as our tabletop Christmas tree, yet it was covered with its own tinsel—gossamer strands of golden spun sugar, with nuts and fruit and tiny toys stuck in the crevices.
Category Archives: Christmas stories
Twelve Nights by Urs Faes
02 Sunday Jan 2022
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I love writing seasonal fiction. But even more than this, I love reading seasonal fiction. This novella is set in the snowy and haunted landscape of Europe’s Black Forest during the time between Christmas and Epiphany. A man returns to his childhood home to figure out what has become of his estranged brother, rumored to have fallen into a depression after the death of his wife. It is a beautiful immersion into the natural world and an exploration of mystery, storytelling, and tradition.
Home for Christmas
16 Thursday Dec 2021
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This is the extent of my Christmas decor this year. On the table beside my chair is a Henry James collection, including one of my favorite stories: “The Turn of the Screw” The Victorians used to share ghost stories around the fire on Christmas. That is the frame for the story within the story in James’s masterpiece. I think that people yearn for meaning over the holidays, especially in these years of our global pandemic, and that is why stories we find in movies and books; houses of worship; and gatherings with friends and family bring such comfort. Be well and reach for a story. —Margaret