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Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer The Wild Rose Press www.thewildrosepress.com Copyright © NOTICE: This eBook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via email, floppy disk, network, print out, or any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This notice overrides the Adobe Reader permissions which are erroneous. This eBook cannot be legally lent or given to others. This eBook is displayed using 100% recycled electrons. Distributed by Fictionwise.com 2 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer Tales From Christmas Town is the story of Santa Claus' adult children and their bumbling quests to find true love. When Santa and all of Christmas Town come down with the flu, his children have to step up and take over the "business". Jack Frost gets involved, a few innocent mortals, and Santa's motorcycle riding son Noel, who prefers to be called Leon. This four story anthology features authors Roni Adams, Allie Standifer, Bev Oz, and Betty Hanawa. 3 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer Tales From Christmas Town Betty Hanawa Roni Adams Allie Standifer Bev Oz 4 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental. Tales From Christmas Town COPYRIGHT © 2006 by The Wild Rose Press The publisher acknowledges the copyright holders of the individual works as follows: NOT YOUR MAMMA'S REINDEER GAMES Copyright © 2006 by Betty Hanawa THE CHRISTMAS STAR Copyright © 2006 by Roni Adams JACK'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Copyright © 2006 by Allie Standifer FAR FROM SILENT NIGHT Copyright © 2006 by Bev Oz All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Contact Information: [email protected] 5 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer The Wild Rose Press PO Box 706 Adams Basin, NY 14410-0706 Visit us at www.thewildrosepress.com Cover Art by R.J.Morris Publishing History First Faery Rose Edition, November 2006 ISBN 1-60154-023-X Published in the United States of America 6 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer CONTENTS NOT YOUR MAMMA'S REINDEER GAMES Betty Hanawa THE CHRISTMAS STAR Roni Adams JACK'S CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Allie Standifer FAR FROM SILENT NIGHT Bev Oz 7 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer Not Your Momma's Reindeer Games Betty Hanawa 8 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer Chapter One "But, Noel, truly you can't waste your Christmas wish from Father on a new motorcycle. Your Ducati is only two years old and still looks like new," his sister Christmas Spirit, known to the family as Krista, pleaded yet again. Leon—named Noel at birth and doing his best, but not succeeding all that great, to get everyone to call him Leon— looked at the cards in his hand in the weekly guys only poker game. "One card," he told the dealer who slid a single card across the table. He studied the card and wondered if the dealer again had a full house. "Noel, be nice. Think of others." "Princess, it's my Santa Claus wish and I can use it however I want," he said as patiently as possible. He was heartily sick of having this conversion starting at Halloween every freaking year. "The new model Ducati is coming out with a bigger engine and sleeker design. I want it." He took a deep drag of his cigar enjoying the smooth taste of the smoke swirling in his mouth. Krista coughed and waved her hand in front of her face. With all four of the poker buddies relishing their cigars, Leon didn't have a clue how she thought waving her hand was going to freshen the air. "You need to stop smoking. All of you," she chastised. 9 Tales From Christmas Town by Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Allie Standifer Leon blew out a stream of smoke and told her, "You get the Old Man to stop smoking his pipe and we'll consider giving up our once a week cigar night." "That's a no-brainer," one of his poker buddies commented. "Can't envision Santa Claus without his stump of a pipe held tight in his teeth and the smoke circling his head like a wreath." "Kind of like asking him to go on a diet and build abs," responded another. Leon double-checked his own abs still as flat and firm as ever. He had an irrational fear of someday being stuck taking over the Old Man's job and having to carry around that big belly. In his ongoing effect not to inherit his dad's physique, Leon worked out every evening after a day spent taking care of the Christmas Town computer systems. "Are we playing poker or not?" The dealer blew smoke rings at the ceiling. By the pile of chips in front of him and his nonchalant air, he probably thought he was going to win this pot, too. "We're playing poker. Krista, do you see any females around here?" Krista shook her head. "Of course not. It's the guys' poker and cigar night. Now go away, Krista." "But, Noel, please think about it. If we all wish for peace on Earth this Christmas, maybe Father will have enough magic to make it happen." Leon set his cigar down and grabbed the trash can. The retching noises he made echoed in the small room. 10
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