TALES FROM CHRISTMAS TOWN
Featuring Betty Hanawa's "Not Your Mamma's Reindeer Games"
Tales from Christmas Town: 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.
Santa’s only son Noel is proud to be Number One on the Naughty List in Christmas Town. To achieve it, he insists on being called Leon, has dyed his blond hair black, wears black leather, and, with his Ducati, currently holds the championship of the Reindeer Races. With the ‘flu running rampant, Leon dons the uniform of a mall Santa in a field position for updating the Naughty or Nice List. There he meets teacher Candice Craig who has a part-time job as a Santa’s Helper and has Leon revealing his softer side. Unknown to him, Candice has a second part-time job on the weekends, a job that puts her squarely on the Naughty list. Will Candice’s secret job make her end up as Number One of the Naughty List and keep her from a life time of happiness? Will Noel learn happiness comes from being who he is and not who he wants to be?
Christmas anthology featuring Betty Hanawa, Roni Adams, Bev Oz, and Allie Standifer.
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"Not Your Momma’s Reindeer Games"
Unedited, may differ from the final product available December, 2006 from The Wild Rose Press (www.thewildrosepress.com) (c) 2006 by The Wild Rose Press and Betty Hanawa
Being a mall Santa sucked. In four hours on the job, Leon had a baby spit up on him, a toddler pee on him, and a whole bunch of kids screaming at the fat stranger in the red velvet suit, white beard and hair. He also discovered some extra heavy duties diapers weren’t. He’d sponged the worse of the brown-yellow baby shit from the suit, but ended up having to change into another suit during the lunch break. He really disliked this costume. The damn red velvet suit, beard, and white wig suit were not only hot, but the appliance to make him fat was heavy.
The only bright spot to the job was his current "Mrs. Claus," Candice Craig. From her slim hands and delicate face, Leon suspected the "fat" dress she wore covered a knock-out body. The costume also didn’t cover her dark honey-colored skin of her face and hands. The fake glasses only magnified a pair of dark brown eyes a man could lose his soul in.
Unfortunately, the only chance he had to talk to her was in the brief moments she passed his throne after she took a child back to the parents and was on her away to collect the next kid in line. He thought they’d share lunch together, but a friend of hers came by and the two of them talked the entire time they ate their salads. He ended up taking a power nap on the couch while they talked and ate – kind of reminded him of home with all his chatty sisters. He wanted, hell, he needed to get her away from all this madness and find out exactly what was hidden under her "fat" dress.
But first he had to take to yet another kid who thought Christmas was a time to extort the newest gadget on the market out of the Santa Claus.
REVIEWS
5 Angels and Recommended Read from Fallen Angel Reviews: "Awesome job for each author in this book, they all deserve a pat in the back for creating such a beautiful Christmas story." Lena C. (Read Full Review)
