MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A WONDERLAND XMAS-SHORT STORY

Hello this cold night. Hope you are warm where you are. Here is a little whimsy for you tonight. Enjoy!

A WONDERLAND XMAS

SHORT STORY

 

It all started with a snowflake.

The rabbit knew that was on the start of the chaos. When one snowflake fell, there were more to follow.

Soon the forest would be white and that only meant one thing.

They would all come out.

The crazies. The rabbit twitched his nose and his long ears perked for any sign of any of them.

The forest was so quiet. Nothing stirred. The snowflakes now were falling freely as light as air. One landed on his nose. He stared at it as if afraid to move. It might make a noise.

That was silly, snowflakes didn’t make noise-only them.

Maybe if he made it to his hole, he would be safe. So he went for it. He dashed across the forest bed towards his home.

But he should have known.

The table that sat in the middle of the forest clearing just before his home, had someone sitting there. He didn’t want to look to see who it was.

As he got closer he could tell they were face down on the table and snow was beginning cover their head.

He sighed as he went over to investigate. That was a mistake as they popped back up and smiled at him.

“It’s snowing,” they declared. “You know what that means?”

Rabbit shook his head. He didn’t want to hear it.

“He’s coming. I can’t wait.”

Rabbit twitched his nose again. And went to go home and hopefully shut them out before anymore came.

The trees started to shake as rabbit made his way back. If he could hurry perhaps…

No.

“Let’s party. Come on rabbit. Let’s set the table up.”

He knew that voice. It was the forest sprite who liked to cause trouble. Her name was Chessie. She also always traveled with her cohorts that also liked to cause all kinds of trouble.

Rabbit slowly turned and his eyes went wide. That crazy mad hatter was bringing up the party goers. In his arm was the queen of hearts. Her red dress was bright against the falling snow.

Fairies and strange birds followed them with trays of food to put on the table. Two big cats came in with wine and poured everyone a glass.

The one with the face down on the table was the first to grab a glass and make a toast. No one paid any attention to what he said.

The chaos had begun and rabbit couldn’t escape.

Soon there would be music and singing.

The snow was starting to fall more and more but it just made them all more excited about his arrival.

They brought acorns and pine cones and ivy. Rabbit shivered as he noticed some poison ivy and stinging nettles in the mix. They didn’t care.

It was starting to get dusk now. It was the eve now and the queen of hearts was dancing with one of the sprites.

Then things started to heat up as the snow queen made her grand entrance. She was riding on two snow foxes. The queen of hearts hissed and the sprite she was dancing with laughed and pushed the queen of hearts towards the snow queen.

All rabbit could hear was shrills and laughter mixed with the hisses.

It was time for him to leave. Maybe between the two sprites making bets on which queen would win the fight, he could slip away.

But it’s always the mad hatter. He notices everything.

“Hey rabbit, come on over here for a bit. I have something to show you.”

He knew he could not run away. He would catch him. So he slowly made his way over to where the mad hatter was sitting.  

His hat tonight was red with white feathers sticking out the back with a white rose at the base of the feathers. The queen of hearts must not have been happy to see that.

“Are you excited about tonight?”

Rabbit just shook his head and the mad hatter frowned. Then he smiled and pulled out a small gift. “This is for you.”

Chessie came over to investigate along with one of the big cats who sniffed it. Rabbit couldn’t read the cats expression to see if he smelled something wrong with it.

“Take it, my dear friend and enjoy.”

Chessie picked it up first and shook it and then handed it to rabbit.

Rabbit very carefully took the gift and pulled the large red ribbon and it fell into the fluffy snow. He was almost afraid to see what was inside. When he peeked, it was a red scarf. He pulled it out and held it in front of him. It was very nice.

“I knitted it you know,” said the mad hatter. “Do you like it?”

Rabbit nodded and said a quiet thank you.

“Put it on,” said Chessie.

So he did. It felt nice and warm. The mad hatter looked pleased with himself.

“It looks good don’t it?”

Chessie rolled her eyes. “Yes, it looks good. Why didn’t you give me one?”

“Because you were bad.”

Chessie hissed. “I was not. What about the time…”

The forest went silent.

Everybody stopped doing what they were doing and stood there in the silence.

The snow fell silently all around them.

One of them pointed up into the sky. The sound of bells could be heard. They were getting closer.

They all gathered around a spruce tree and waited. Rabbit kept back.

The bells were getting louder.

Something else was falling. The sprites were gathering them up. One held up a bag in their hand. “It’s candy!”

They all went scrambling for their bags.

Rabbit decided it was time to go. Now they would be busy with their candy bags.

When he got to his home. There was a little gift sitting by his hole. Rabbit picked it up and went down his hole where a toasty warm fire was waiting for him.

He sat on his little fluffy chair and opened it. Inside was some sweet juicy carrots and some greens that smelled so fresh, it was like they were just plucked out of the garden.

“Thank you Santa.”

He snuggled down by the fire with his gift and his red scarf to keep him warm.

Merry Xmas from Wonderland!

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SNOW STORM-SHORT STORY

Hello everyone! I'm a day late here but busy with Xmas! Here is a little Xmas story for you. Hope you enjoy.

SNOW STORM

It was getting close to Christmas Eve and the winds were stirring up the fresh snow. Hudson the polo bear and his small friend Snowflake were making their way across the hills. It was getting hard to see but Snowflake had his special light that shone the way.

They had a destination to get to but with the wind blowing the new snow around it was hard even with Snowflakes special light. And now new snow was starting to fall again. They kept going despite the weather.

“Don’t worry Hudson, you and I have made it through worse snowstorms.”

Hudson raised his large head up. “I know but this storm coming in tells me it’s going to be a nasty one. We have to speed up to get there or we will be late.”

Hudson picked up his pace. Over the large hill they went and that is when they saw a light that looked like it was under the snow. It flashed off and on and the snow was starting to cover it up.

“I wonder what it is,” said Snowflake.

Hudson slumbered over towards the flashing light. When they got to it, Hudson swiped the snow away and it was a bell. Hudson sniffed it. “I think this belongs to Santa Clause. It must have dropped from his sleigh.”

The snow was starting to fall heavier now. Snowflake slid off Hudson’s back to investigate. He sniffed it as well. “Yup, I think you are right. It belongs to Santa.” Snowflake looked up into the dark sky. Large snowflakes blurred the sky as they fell faster and faster. The wind was picking up as well.

“How is Santa going to see his way tonight without his light?”

Snowflake picked it up and climbed up Hudson’s back and hung around Hudson’s neck. “Let’s keep going and maybe we will see the sleigh along the way. We can give it back to him,” Snowflake told Hudson.

So onward they went through the snow that was turning into a nasty storm. Even for Hudson it was proving to be a challenge to get through the falling whirling snow. They made over another hill and that is where they saw a glow. “We made it,” cried Snowflake. “That is the house we want to go to.”

Hudson picked up speed going down the hill almost sliding down. Snowflake hung on. When they got to the bottom, there was activity going on. Both bears looked around to see what it was. There was a lot of tracks in the snow. Snowflake hopped down to look at the tracks. “They look like reindeer tracks. Santa has already been here.”

“We better deliver out gift and then look some more around to see if they are still here.”

Snowflake scampered up to the Xmas tree that was lit up and placed a little gift under the tree that was inside his little satchel that he carried. “There, Cotton ball will get his gift.”

Hudson came up to Snowflake. “Let’s go see what we can find.”

Snowflake climbed onto Hudson’s back and off they went exploring around the big spruce trees sniffing to see what they could find. The snow was getting heavy now and all the tracks were being covered up now and the wind was getting stronger.

“We are going to have to head back Snowflake. “It’s now use. We’ll never find anything out here now.”

They started back up the hill to go home when they heard something just ahead of them, near where they placed their gift for Cotton ball. Hudson gasped. “It’s him.”

Santa turned and smiled at them. “There is my bell. You found it!”

Hudson sped up to where Santa was and Santa greeted them with a warm smile. “I’m so glad you found it. I thought I had lost that special bell.”

“We’re glad we found you,” said Snowflake. “Now you can see your way.”

Santa let out a rumble of laugh. “Oh little one, Santa always finds his way. No matter what.” He came up to Hudson and cupped the bell. “This bell I think will have another special purpose tonight.”

Both Hudson and Snowflake looked at him. “I think you need this bell more than me. This bell will take home safely. The storm is getting worse.” He patted the bell making it tinkle. It also started to glow more. “There my friends. You will be safe tonight along with your friend who brought a special gift for. You have shown your kindness and thoughtfulness tonight and this bell is my gift to you.”

Snowflake clapped his paws together. Santa laughed and looked up into the sky where the sound of sleigh bells made themselves heard through the wind. And like the wind he turned into sparkling snow dust that rose into the air and soon disappeared into the dark snowy sky.  

Hudson and Snowflake soon made their way through the hills with no problem. The little bell brought them home safe and sound like Santa had promised.

They crawled into their den where they left the snowy night behind. Inside they found a special gift for them. “Santa’s been here, cried Snowflake.

Snowflake scampered over to see what it was. Hudson joined him. Inside were two wool scarves, one for each of them. And another bell. Snowflake added to the other one around Hudson’s neck.

Hudson curled up with Snowflake cuddled up to him. Both bells gave off a soft glow as the two bears slept. Outside the soft jingle of sleigh bells rang out. “Merry Xmas to you both!”

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SUGAR COOKIE DREAMS-poem

As I start to make my baking list and the ingredients I need, I thought of this little poem I wrote. Hope you enjoy!

                                                                SUGAR COOKIE DREAMS

                 Red and green glitter over the stars, bells and wreath shapes.

                Lovingly placed on the cookie sheet.

                Butter

                Vanilla

                Flour

                Time spent mixing, tasting along with smiles and laughter over the kitchen table.

                Memories baked with care and packaged lovingly in pretty boxes.

                Making that special plate for Santa?

                Taste the sugar, vanilla and crunchy toppings and dream sugar cookie dreams.

                Merry Christmas!

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