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Holiday Stories
Something for the Season
19 Recommended Works

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    Here's some stories that take place during the holidays or are about the holidays. Some stories will gave you a smile while some will warm your heart and some will bring happy tears. Thank you so much to Rick Beck, Cole Parker, RJ Santos, Dabeagle, The Carolina Scribbler and DomLuka for their contributions. So get it the spirit, grab a cup of hot chocolate (don't forget the marshmellows), kick back and enjoy! Candy canes make great stir sticks! Wink, wink!

    Recommendations are presented in alphabetical order.

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"A Christmas Demon"
by Rick Beck
   A complete Christmas story in one chapter (7,414 words)

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Horatio Arnold stood at the door of the stable. He liked smelling horses, what they left behind mingling with smells of hay and oats. He listened as a commotion came from the rear.

"A Christmas Demon Part Two A Father's Joy"
by Rick Beck
A complete Christmas story in one chapter (3,756 words)

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Father Samuel parked his car off to one side. He walked toward the pasture fence. He'd seen Michael's blond hair flowing in the breeze on top of the black Arabian that adopted the boy before the Horatio Arnolds adopted him and young Kenny Kelly five years before. And the story continues.

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A Christmas Poem
by Jevic
Completed in 2005
One Chapter (254 words)

A Christmas poem.

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"A Lasting Loving Christmas"
by Rick Beck
A complete Christmas story in one chapter (3,441 words)

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Tom only left Afghanistan three months ago. Most of that time was spent in hospitals. He moved into the small residence once he was an outpatient. The community center van came once a week to take him to the library and then to the community center for a hot meal. Tom was a giver and never asked for anything in return.

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"A New Home For Sampson"
by Rick Beck
A complete Christmas story in one chapter (3,648 words)
A New Home For Sampson by Rick Beck

The Christmas tree rivals the turkey in taking center stage. The Christmas tree is where the day starts. Gifts are exchanged. The tree's brilliant lights, tinsel, and perfectly placed Christmas balls stand as testimony to the beauty of the day. I think you will agree, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Christmas tree.

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A Peripatetic* Christmas
by Cole Parker
Complete in one chapter (6,824 words)
(*traveling from place to place)

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Looking back, my most memorable Christmas was in the ’90’s. I was 12, and Christmas was the next big event on the calendar. I’d had to put up with my unpleasant cousins when they came to visit us for Thanksgiving. What I gave thanks for was that they wouldn’t be joining us for Christmas. Never had; hoped they never would. They lived in Idaho; we lived in San Diego. They didn’t visit much, and with my mother in a wheelchair for the past three years because of a car accident, we never visited anyone at all now.

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"A Pleasant Valley Christmas"
by Rick Beck
A complete Christmas story in one chapter (6,123 words)

A Pleasant Valley Christmas by Rick Beck

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A Christmas Card from Rick Beck from Mama's kitchen somewhere in North Charleston, South Carolina.

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A Smokey Mountain Christmas
by The Carolina Scribbler
Completed in 2005
One Chapter (8,203 words)
A Smokey Mountain Christmas by The Carolina Scribbler

A Smokey Mountain Christmas by The Carolina Scribbler

I ran across this story on the WayBackMachine on the Deweywriter website and fell in love with it. Hey, he's a Tarheel. What's not to love? Drew Simmons lives in Franklin, North Carolina and says a prayer just before Christmas. Will his prayer be answered? You betcha!

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"An Unexpected Christmas"
by Cole Parker
An Unexpected Christmas by Cole Parker

Link verified to AwesomeDude.org/ColeParker on 21 December 2023
High School
Not Rated

1 Chapter )4,368 words)
Completed - No Idea
Added 21 December 2023 (archived-word)
    “What’s this?” He shook my notebook in my face, open to the drawing I’d just made. “It looks like a picture of Mr. Murdock. Is that what you were doing, drawing a picture of Mr. Murdock instead of paying attention to me? I work hard to prepare lessons for you, and you don’t pay attention? You draw a picture of a boy, instead? What, are you one of these perverts we read so much about these days? Huh? You one of those? I’ll bet you are. You look like you’re queer. You never say much in class, just sit back here and ogle the boys, huh? Queers are like that. They lurk, watching boys they can have their way with—planning, scheming, up to no good, dirty and disgusting. That’s what you do, isn’t it? You’re disgusting! I don’t want you in my class. I refuse to share my hard-won knowledge with faggots. Especially disrespectful ones who spend their time dreaming about doing perverted things with other boys.”
    Trust me on this. You will enjoy the story. It's by Cole Parker. Need I say more?

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"Comfort and Joy"
by Rick Beck
   A complete Christmas story in one chapter (5.558 words)

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As you enjoy your friends and families, don't forget to smile at people you pass. Say hello. It could brighten someone's day. It'll brighten yours.

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"Dear Mum"
by Rick Beck
Complete in One Chapter as of 10 December 2024
2,322 words
Dear Mum by Rick Beck - A Christmas Story

"Dear Mum" is based on historical fact but it is told only the way Rick Beck can. A soldier's letter to his mum tells about the extraordinary events that took place on Christmas Day in 1914. Enjoy!

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"Forever December"
by Dabeagle
Forever December by Dabeagle

Link verified to DaBeagle.com on 19 July 2023
Life/Wonderful Fulfilling Life
Not Rated

1 Chapter (6,731 words)
Completed - No idea
Added 5 December 2009 (archived-word)
    Rollie lost his son to a tragic accident. His son, Lex, had been 15. Now, 10 years later, on the 10th Anniversary of Lex's death, Rollie gets a Christmas present. Keep the tissues handy. Really good, heartfelt story.
    NOTE: 17 July 2018 - Just read this story again and the tears are rolling down my face.
    NOTE: 17 July 2023 - Five years to the day - Just read this story again. Powerfully moving! Excellent work from DeBeagle!

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"Rainbow Ranger Rescue"
by Rick Beck
   A complete Christmas story in one chapter (2,458 words)

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Cold, homeless, hungry, Christmas, all is lost until the Rainbow Rangers arrive.

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Sharing Christmas
by Cole Parker
Complete in one chapter (12,292 words)
Sharing Christmas by Cole Parker

A house down near the end of the street where it met the cross street wasn’t lit up at all. No decorations and only a dim light showing somewhere inside. It was a smaller house, the smallest on the street. As all the lots were the same size on the two sides of the street, that meant this lonely dark house had a larger lawn on each side of the house. The yard looked a bit scruffy. This late in the year, most yards had gone dormant and so didn’t need mowing. This yard looked the same, except the lawn wasn’t as lush, and perhaps was even scruffier. The entire house looked a little sad, sitting dark and small among the glorious displays around it.

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Something Special: A Christmas Story
by Cole Parker
Complete in one chapter (7,164 words)

Something Special: A Christmas Story by Cole Parker

I’ve got a problem. I want to get my best friend something special for Christmas. I mean, really special. I can’t tell him how I feel about him, but want him to know. I think maybe a special present might give him a hint. I want so badly for him to know how I feel about him, but I’m scared to death, too. What if knowing how I feel turns him off? What if it creeps him out and he stops wanting to hang with me? I can hardly think about that. I just can’t.

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Spirit of James
by The DomLuka
Completed in 2005
One Chapter (9,324 words)
The Spirit of James by DomLuka

Link verified to GayAuthors.org/Author/Domluka on 21 September 2024
Rated Fiction M

I first met James at a Christmas party my parents were throwing. He was the contractor they had hired to put together the new house they were building as an anniversary gift to each other. It would be a lot bigger than the two stories, three-bedroom house I had grown up in, which meant that there would be plenty of room for either me or my sister if we needed it, which wasn’t something I was about to complain about, considering that at twenty four, I was about to run back home with my tail between my legs. Needless to say, it wasn’t looking like my best Christmas ever. For someone who moved out at eighteen and never looked back, I was not exactly looking forward to moving back in with mom and dad, especially because I would have some explaining to do.

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That's What Christmas is All About
by Jevic
Completed in 2005
One Chapter (1,832 words)

That's What Christmas is All About by Jevic

A Christmas story. Have a hanky ready cuz yer gonna cry.

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"Under the Mistletoe"
by DomLuka
Under the Mistletoe by DomLuka

Link verified to GayAuthors.org/profile/domluka// on 21 September 2024
Christmas
Not Rated

1 Chapter (7,475 words)
Completed 2010
Added 21 September 2024 (archived-word)
I’ve always wanted to be kissed under the mistletoe. I think it started around the time I was five years old, at the Christmas party my grandparents have every year in their six-bedroom home in Colorado. I always loved that house--on three acres, surrounded by nothing but forest--but I always loved it more at Christmas, lit up with lights and no room untouched by my grandmother when it came to holiday decorations. And there was always mistletoe, right there in the entryway as you walked in. That’s where I first saw it happen.

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"Where the Heart Is"
by RJ Santos
A Short Story

The house hadn’t changed much. It still looked the same as three years ago, at least, from the outside, although now it was adorned with Christmas lights and stuff. I was tempted to just stop my car in the middle of the street and run into the house, but I restrained myself and kept driving. Since there were other cars parked along the street, I had to park a block away from the house where I had spent eighteen years of my life. I felt my heart start to pound inside my chest. It had been a long time since I last saw it. Three years is a long time.

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