Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 23:27

IF there is any team that most represents

 the dad.

Santa Claus is in the Living Room, written by Santiago Roncagliolo

 

Theme or Short Introduction

Memoir of living in a screwed up broken family. 

Intended Audience

Adult

Length

Short story.

Memorable Quote

The new boyfriend treated me well and made Mom laugh. On the other hand, Dad . . . well, he kept on being Dad. He went along promising me that one day he’d get back with my mother and from time to time made tender gestures – like bringing her flowers or giving her a kitten. Without fail, those gestures backfired: Mom would find out he’d stolen the flowers from the neighbor's garden. Or she’d remind him – at the top of her lungs as usual – that I was allergic to cats.

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I hope to keep Tending Turnips short and simple and easy for readers to find good short-stories.  I think having headings will enable the readers to find the story with more ease. Let me know if this is helpful, thanks Gregory D. Rothbard 

Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 17:27

Illustration by Gregory D. Rothbard
Possible Christmas Sweater Design? Might Work!

The Boy Who Killed Santa Clause by Mark Allan Gunnells ©2007

 

 It’s the advent blue note time of year; we get amped up and then somewhere in the middle of the crazy advent shopping and preparation frenzy, we get the blues.   Today's story hits this note well; it is a dark impression of American youth today and their relations to Santa.

 Caveat Lector: not for kids. 

 Quote from the Story:

"’Cause I don’t want it to be like last year."
Tonya sighed heavily and rubbed at her temples. She’d been hearing this same tirade from her son for an entire year now. "Henry, there was nothing wrong with what you got from Santa last year."
"I asked for an X Box, and he gave me a Playstation. It’s not the same."

Innagural Winter Short Story Festival 14:27

How does Santa do it?  Visiting billions of houses? Eating trillions of cookies, and not get completely bloated; wouldn't he explode from eating so much?  Also how is it possible that his reindeer are not "diced venison off the runway." A physicist gives us the answer in today's Christmas Science Fiction story: Harnassing the Brane Drane by Robert Brilling.  

To make better sense of this you may want to skim the wikipedia articles on brane cosmology and the Planck constant.  I really enjoyed reading this story, especially after learning a tidbit more on brane cosmology and the plank constant.Also I found the book, Warped Passages Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall to be very helpful.

Innagural Winter Short Stories Festival 4:27

Yes Virginia There is a Santa Clause by Francis Pharcellus Church the classic story about the truth of Santa Clause.  I was read this statement when doubts were creeping in,  and appreciated everything it answered for me.   I hope you take time to read, or have this read to your children during this year 2011.   This statement, is great for children ages 6-10 who are starting to ask, "Is Santa Real?"