An Old-Fashioned Christmas (5 page)

A
fter the war, and the drought, and the pestilence, and the famine…
Hey! It was Christmas! Woohoo.

U
ltimately, Diddle the Elf had to be let go for conducting inappropriate “testing” of the finished products.

I
n the end, it was the child support payments that drove Santa to ruin. Turns out the whole “comes but once a year” thing was way off.

W
hoops. Wrong book.

B
aked football for Christmas dinner.

God bless us every one!

PATRICK REGAN
grew up in the midst of a midsized city in the middle of America. The youngest of eight children, he still bears the psychological scars of being the last one down the stairs every Christmas morning. He is the author of numerous books. With this one, he earns a permanent appointment to Santa's naughty list.

 

 

 

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The Book of Bad Habits
Flipping Brilliant: A Penguin's Guide to a Happy Life

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