Another Fine Christmas by George Seaton

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Title: Another Fine Christmas
Author: George Seaton

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Publisher: Untreed Reads

Genre: Contemporary/Holiday

Length: 11 pgs.

About The Book: What do you do when your partner is gung-ho for Christmas and you don't want to take part in the festivities? For the narrator, an escape into his writing world would bring a welcome diversion from the music and mistletoe of the season. A very unusual encounter in his dreams, however, just might restore his love for the season and allow him to view it with an entirely new perspective.

The Review: Another Fine Christmas isn't so much a story as it is a retrospective glimpse into the author's mind. One partner, Dave, goes all out for Christmas with lights, ornaments, decorations, food and music, while the other, George, would be happier if Christmas came and went without him. While Dave is content to decorate and believe in the spirit of Christmas, George gets a kind of visit from the spirit of Christmas—a beer swilling, pot smoking Santa. And Mama Cass.

What I really found touching about this story is not so much the difference in the way each partner sees the holidays but how each partner sees one another. Especially George. Even though his holiday attitude runs more along the lines of "Bah-Humbug," he's really perfectly content in the happiness Dave's fuss over the holiday brings him.

And George listens to Leonard Cohen. Need I say more?

Pagan Elements: N/A

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Just For Christmas by George Seaton

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Title: Just For Christmas
Author: George Seaton

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Publisher: Untreed Reads

Genre: GLBT/Contemporary/Holiday

Length: 11 pgs.

About The Book: Christmas is a holiday with family at the heart of the season. In this short story from the author of Continuum,The Colorado Cow and Other Stories and Another Fine Christmas, Frank discovers that sometimes discovering who you are is the best present, and that often the family you choose can be stronger than the family into which you were born. 

The Review: Sometimes you pick up a book expecting one thing and get something else. Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it's a great thing. Just For Christmas is one of the great things.

Just For Christmas is a very touching coming of age/learning who you are and accepting yourself story told through the memories of one young man's Christmas Eve family gatherings throughout his life. Family isn't always about the people you are related to by blood—sometimes it's thicker than blood. This is one of those stories that will make you think, form a lump in your throat and it's definitely one you won't forget any time soon.

Pagan Elements: N/A

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