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7 Stories of Mistletoe and Mayhem! Horrifying Tales of Christmas!
Seven Christmas horror stories transform naughty lists, impossible gifts, winter roads, and deep space into a marathon of holiday nightmares.
• Christmas Cranberries — by L. F. Falconer
A cruel young boy fascinated by an old-world Christmas legend learns that the punishment waiting beneath the tree has an appetite of its own.
• The Naughty List — by Keith Tomlin
Twelve-year-old Andy awakens in an icy labyrinth with other “bad” children, eerie elves, and a towering Christmas beast enforcing permanent consequences.
• Lady Frankenstein — by Rob Fields
A descendant of Henry Frankenstein builds his ideal woman before Christmas, only to unleash a powerful vampiric creation into Strickfield’s holiday crowds.
• All I Want for Christmas — by Morgan Moore
A desperate father crosses a graveyard boundary to obtain the gift his daughter wants most, awakening consequences that follow him home.
• Blood on the Snow — by Shane Migliavacca
A stranger enters a snowbound roadhouse on Christmas Eve as murder, suspicion, and buried secrets trap everyone inside with a killer.
• Twelve Days — by Mike Ashkewe
A man awakens alone during a deep-space Christmas mission, then discovers signs that something else is moving through the vessel.
• A Christmas to Remember — by Joe Solmo
Returning home for the first time in ten years, a man encounters a deadly circumstance that exposes the true cost of the perfect gift.
Hosted and narrated by Henrique Couto, this collection ranges from Christmas folklore and gothic monster horror to snowbound murder and science-fiction isolation.
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Hello, my Spookyes, it's your host and narrator Enrique Kuto
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here with yet another holiday present for you all, in
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the form of a seven story marathon guaranteed to give
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you a very scary Christmas stories about killer Santa Clauses,
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ghosts at Christmas Eve, and so much more. So get comfortable,
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put another log on the fire, not just to stay warm,
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but to keep jolly old maniac Saint Nicholas out of
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your home at least for a few hours. And make
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sure you're subscribed on your favorite podcasting app because we
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have so many, so very many scares left to give you,
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not just for Christmas, but the rest of the year
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as well. But now I have a hankering for some
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Christmas Cranberry's Christmas Cranberries by L. F. Falconer. Ronnie was
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no longer content with pulling the legs off of crickets
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that bored him anymore, as did wingless dragonflies and tailless lizards.
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So today it was Fluffy, the long haired tabby with
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the blue collar that jingled softly with the cat's subtle
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movements to protect the birds. Fluffy's owner, Missus kent from
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the neighboring house was often known to say Fluffy was
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missus Kent's favorite, and Ronnie did not like missus Kent,
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for missus Kent was mean. Her mouth was always turned
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down in a frown, and her eyes glinted like a pirate's.
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She never missed the opportunity to complain to Ronnie's mom
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when he'd picked the apples from missus Kent's tree off
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the single branch that overhung the back fence, and she
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fused to return any balls that accidentally ended up in
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her yard. Yes, missus Kent was a mean old biddy,
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So this day Ronnie thought, when he caught Fluffy trespassing,
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was to be Fluffy's last. Ronnie's eyes gleamed as he
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firmly held the writhing cat beneath the water of his
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wading pool. He imagined the cat to be missus Kent
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as he kept holding her down tighter and tighter until
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she was quite dead beneath the shallow water. He smiled.
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A sweet tang like Cranberri's filled his mouth. He savored
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the taste as he shoved the wet, dead cat into
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a garbage bag and stuffed it into the trash can
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in the alley for a long time. Ronnie stared at
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the trash can, reveling in satisfaction, relishing the taste of cranberries.
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In all of his six years of life, he could
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never remember feeling so good. That was in June. By
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the first of September, just one week before his seventh birthday,
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Ronnie was beginning to hunger. With the need to feel
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good again, he began to crave the cranberries. For his birthday,
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his father brought home the puppy, a happy eight week
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old Lab Border Collie mix, At his mother's suggestion. The
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boy named the dog Susie, and within a few days,
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Susie was fetching the ball Ronnie would toss. Very few
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were lost to missus Kent's yard any more. At night,
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Susie would curl up in her crate at the footboard
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of Ronnie's bed, and she rarely woke before daylight. In
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the morning, she would follow Ronnie like a shadow and
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wait patiently outside the closed bathroom door until he would
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let her out in the backyard to tend to her
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own duties. When Ronnie would come home from school, Susie
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would brim with joy and exuberance, wagging her entire hindquarters.
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Four weeks after Ronnie's birthday, Susie disappeared. Ronnie knew where
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the dog had gone. Though Susie had done nothing to
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set Ronnie into a fit of anger. The boy had
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simply wanted to feel good. He had been hungry. He'd
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wanted to taste the cranberries. He had taken his father's
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clawhammer out of the garage. He'd bashed it against Susie's head.
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He'd bashed again and again, each blow, feeding his hunger,
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filling his mouth with tang, until cranberry drew low, overflowed,
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and dribbled onto his chin. The hunger was seated. He'd
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tossed the hammer behind the rose bush, unlatched the alley gate,
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and shoved Susie's little body into a box in mister
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Phipps's trash can at the end of the block. He
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would be full for a while. Ronnie felt good. Ronnie's
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mother and father posted the reward flyers around the neighborhood
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in hopes of inducing the return of the missing pup.
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Five days after he'd put them up, Ronnie's dad took
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the flyers down, even though the lost puppy had not
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been found. A week before Halloween, Ronnie was blessed with
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a new sister. His mother had gone to the hospital
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and came home two days later with baby Elizabeth wrapped
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in her arms. Grandma Rose and Grandpa Sigga Grandpa Paul
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all came for the Thanksgiving holiday dinner with much fuss
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and ado over baby Elizabeth. Grandma Rose clicked her favorite photo,
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so she said, of a smiling Ronnie lovingly holding his
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new one month old sister in his arms. Little did
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Grandma Rose know that when she posed the children for
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that shot, how hungry Ronnie was growing, how Ronnie's bright
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smile was merely instigated by his inner anticipation and his
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knowledge of how to feel good, how to taste more cranberries.
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He tried to fill his hunger at the Thanksgiving feast,
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but the ones from the can were too sweet, They
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weren't the same. They did not make him feel good.
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After dinner, the women gathered in the kitchen for the cleanup,
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and the men retiredired to the living room in front
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of the TV. So Ronnie, Grandpa Paul asked, as he
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settled upon the sofa, what do you want Santa to
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bring you for Christmas? This year? Ronnie scooted forward in
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his seat. A baseball bat would be nice. He had
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no desire for a ball or a glove. A shiny
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red baseball bat red like cranberries. His grin was as
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wide as his eyes. It made Grandpa Paul smile. I
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always loved baseball as a boy, Grandpa Sigg said, loosening
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his tie. Grandpa Sigg always wore a tie. You never
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know when you'll need to make a good impression, he
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always said. Ronnie's dad, Jim, leaned back in his recliner.
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Santa might not come this year. Why not, Jimmy, Grandpa
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Sigg asked. He's not short of cash, is he No?
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But sometimes it's just best if he stays away. Ronnie's
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dad muted the TV and set the remote aside. Dad,
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why don't you tell Rannie about the Santa you knew
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as a boy. Are you sure? Grandpa Sig ran his
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tie back and forth through his fingers. Times are different,
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and here in America, Santa Claus has changed his m
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a little. He's changed his m O a lot, Dad,
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So indulge me and help me teach the boy a
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little folklore from his heritage. My Rannie's old enough to
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know there's more than one Santa in the world. He
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looked over at his son and winked, aren't your son.
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Ronnie sat up proudly, Yes, I am, and the boy
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listened and rapped awe as his father's father began the tale. Well,
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here in America, Santa Claus might come accompanied by a
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red nosed reindeer. Grandpa sigin toned, But back where I
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come from, Santa or Samiklaus, as he's known, makes his
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rounds with Schmutzy. Ronnie giggled at the sound of the
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name spoken in his grandfather's residual German accent. Is that
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a Swiss reindeer? He asked. Grandpa sig shook his head solemnly. No,
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Schmutzy is Samyklaus evil altar. While Samyklaus wears a red
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cloak and a tall red hat, Smutzy dresses in Suti gray.
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Samiklaus has a long white beard, and Smutzy is black
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as coal. Schmutzy's face, too, is black as an ink well,
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and his eyes glow red as embers in a fire.
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Sami Klaus leaves true eats in the shoes of good
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little children, while schmutzley beats the naughty children with his broom,
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and with those boys and girls who've been truly, truly bad,
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he sweeps them into his sack and spirits them away
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deep into the wilderness, to be eaten and never seen again.
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Ronnie stared wide eyed. Why are you telling the boy
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that horrible tale, Grandma Rose asked, coming out of the
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kitchen with a handful of fresh washed china for the cabinet.
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There's nothing wrong with Ronnie knowing the folklore of his heritage, Mom,
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Jim said, after all, I grew up with it, and
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look how sane I turned out. Well, I didn't approve
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of your father telling you those stories then, and I
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don't approve of you scaring my grandson with them now.
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It's too late, Jim said, reaching for the TV remote.
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The tale of Schmultzy has been told. I'm not scared,
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Grandma Ronnie lied, after all, this is America. Santa's changed
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his mo o. Grandpa Sig and Grandpa Paul both laughed.
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Grandma Rose shook her head and returned to the kitchen.
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Ronnie stared at the TV. The sound was reinstated, but
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Ronnie didn't hear it. All that filled his mind was
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the picture of glowing red eyes on a black face,
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and the hunger for cranberries faded into the background.
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Don't go away, weakly, Spooky will be right back.
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When Ronnie relayed the story of Somniklaus and Schmultzy to
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his friend Jason at school, Jason just laughed. It's not real,
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Jason said. There's no such thing as Santa anyway. It's
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only your parents. And that is what Ronnie wanted to believe,
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or at least that in America there was Sanna, not
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semi cloths, and certainly no Schmultzy. And maybe he hadn't
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been that naughty though he wanted to be. He was
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craving the cranberries, but it would have to wait. He
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couldn't take any chances before Christmas. Two days before Christmas,
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Ronnie watched, licking the taste of cranberries on his lips
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as his mother bathed baby Elizabeth in the infant's tub
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upon the tabletop. Can I help, he tentatively asked. After
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a moment's consideration, mother nodded, of course, Ronnie. She handed
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the boy the soft washcloth when he stepped close. Just
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gently wash her body, okay. Mother held Elizabeth securely in
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the tub. Ronnie rubbed the cloth over the baby's soft
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shoulders and belly, and imagined grabbing hold of the baby's ankles,
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whirling her around and flinging her against the wall, then
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jumping up and down on her body. Once she hit
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the floor. He imagined skewering her with the fireplace poker
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and roasting her like a marshmallow. He imagined taking his
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fingers and poking them into Elizabeth's wide blue eyes and
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cramming the soaking wet washcloth down her throat. He licked
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the tang of cranberries away. Here. Mother interrupted his thoughts.
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Hold her steady for me while I lay out the towel.
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Ronnie's hands replaced his mother's beneath Elizabeth's arms. He looked
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up into his mother's eyes. They were smiling, The tang
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in his mouth sweetened. Mother leaned over to unfold the
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towel beside the infant's tub. Ronnie began to release his grip.
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Elizabeth slipped a bit. Could she slide all the way
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down until she drowned? Ronnie wondered, Not likely, but perhaps
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she could slip fast enough that were he to try
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to catch hold of her again. Her tiny little neck
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might snap in the process, her tiny little neck so
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skinny in its frailty trying to hold up her big
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bobbling head, and maybe her big bobbling head just might
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pop right off in his hands. Pop the cranberry tang
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caused a slip of drool to dampen Ronnie's chin. His
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eyes grew wide as he stared at his sister. He
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let go his grip. Elizabeth started to slide. Whoa. Mother
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quickly caught the baby before or she slipped into the
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shallow water, and laughed nervously. She can be a little wigglebug, can't.
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She almost got away from you. You have to be
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more careful with your sister, Ronnie. His father spoke from
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the doorway as he entered the room. Yes, Ronnie agreed,
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taking a step back, relieved mother had been so quick.
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Christmas was close. He couldn't be naughty before Santa came,
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but afterwards, afterwards he could feel good again. On Christmas Eve,
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he could not sleep. His stocking was hung, but would
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it be filled? Was Santa real? Would he come? And
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what about Schmultzy? But this was America, of course Santa
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would come. Santa in a red nosed reindeer to leave
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presents under the tree, not red eyed Schmutzley. He had
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been being oh so very good, even though the hunger
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for Cranberry's was unendurably strong. Elizabeth was sleeping in her
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room across the hall. Mother and father were sleeping in
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their room at the end of the hall. Ronnie stared
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out the dark window to the starlit night beyond. Please
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let Santa come, he whispered. He only had to wait
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until after Santa came. He couldn't be bad before Santa came,
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but afterwards everything would be all right and he could
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feel good again. After all, this was America, and in America,
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Santa wanted little boys to feel good. Santa rewarded good
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with presents. Ronnie stared at his bedroom door. Elizabeth was
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across the hall. Mother and father were at the end
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of the hall. At the other end of the hall,
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around the corner in the living room, the brightly lit
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Christmas tree cheerfully winked, awaiting its yearly night stalking visitor.
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Every year, it was Santa who came, not Semiklaus, not Schmultzy.
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This was America. Ronnie pulled the blanket up to his
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chin and stared out the dark window. The tang was
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in his mouth. He just wanted to feel good, that's all.
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He didn't want to be naughty, and there was only
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one way to feel good, and here in America, Santa
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brought presents to the good, maybe even a baseball bat,
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bright shiny and red thunk. He could hear the metallic
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sound of the bat's impact. Thunk, thunk, hollow and resonant, red, gleaming, slick, gosh.
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He was so hungry. He wanted to feel good, to
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feel good for Santa. Elizabeth was across the hall. He
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sat up in bed and stared at the door. Was
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there truly a Santa If so? Was he American? Or
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was he Swiss? And had he come yet? Ronnie laid
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back down. It was getting hard to breathe. His mouth
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was full. He needed to feel good. When would Santa
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come so he could feel good? He needed to know
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Santa had come before he could feel good. He sat
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back up and dangled his feet over the side of
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the bed. He stared at the door. Elizabeth was across
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the hall. Had Santa come yet? Ronnie was so very hungry,
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starving He could taste the cranberries he needed to feel good.
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Bare feet hit the floor, he crept to the bedroom door,
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peeked into the hall, looked to his parents closed bedroom door,
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then to Elizabeth's. His hands began to sweat. Ronnie eased
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