It’s Not A Real Manger Scene Until You Have A Real Donkey And A Real Sheep…….
Year: 2023
The Day After Christmas for a Teen Girl Lifeguard
Hi Amanda, I can’t meet you at the mall, I have to work today–ugh! So I’m lifeguarding at the Town Pool. I’m not SUPPOSED to be texting but I don’t care. They don’t pay me […]
Ignacio’s First American Christmas
This is a story of a teenaged boy whom I will call Ignacio. He was brought to America from a village in South America to live in a small town for a year as a […]
From our HO Family to You!
It is that time of the year to wish all our readers and our talented, wonderful writers and authors a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a peaceful, joyous New Year! Thank you all for […]
What I Did While I Was Awake
Swedish meatballs 1) Woke up. I inhaled and exhaled. Repeated. 2) Got out of bed. Dragged a comb across my head. 3) Shuffled off to the kitchen. 4) Made egg nog. Mixed breadcrumbs with milk. […]
My Christmas Addiction – The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Repost from 2018 – Nothing has changed. I’m still jingling and tingling. Six weeks ago, I awoke to find myself stuck to my living room floor covered in pine sap and tinsel. Two squirrels were […]
The Most Wonderfullest Christmas Ever
In that year, I was a young man on the verge (at least in my mind) of getting old. It was Christmas time, which made the passing of youth that much more painful; I remembered […]