Can You Wrap a Holiday Story in 10-Words?

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r under the mistletoe.</li><li>She inflates his Santa when they embrace on the lawn.</li></ol><p id="3500"><i>As usual, I’m curious to know if you find any of these stories most enjoyable or especially blah. And if so, why? Please comment!</i></p><p id="6213">Who will join me in this holiday writing adventure? I challenge <b>everyone </b>who delights in 10- and 20-word stories to come along. <b>Your stories can feature <i>any </i>holiday</b> <b>you like to celebrate at this time of year and around the world.</b></p><p id="ded8">My apologies to other Medium writers if you already posted a similar holiday challenge— I searched but didn’t find you.</p><p id="f1a1">Tagging some of the many talented 10- and 20-word story writers who I hope will join the fun: <a href="undefined">Sheri Jacobs</a>, <a href="undefined">Carolyn Hastings</a>, <a href="undefined">Jim McAulay🍁</a>, <a href="undefined">Toni Greathouse</a>, <a href="undefined">Krystal</a>, <a href="undefined">Deb Fiore</a>, <a href="undefined">Suzy Jacobson Cherry</a>, <a href="undefined">Patricia Hodge</a>, <a href="undefined">Ginger Cook</a>, <a href="undefined">Michael E. Wilson Jr.</a>, <a href="undefined">William J Spirdione</a>, <a href="undefined">Sara Larca</a>, <a href="undefined">Lo Everlasting</a>, <a href="undefined">Bernie Pullen</a>, <a href="undefined">Gauri Sirur</a>, <a href="undefined">Chris Thompson</a>, <a href="undefined">Kitty W

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illiams</a>, <a href="undefined">Nikolaos Skordilis</a>, <a href="undefined">Susan Wheelock</a>, <a href="undefined">Mike Knittel</a>, <a href="undefined">Patricia Haddock</a>, <a href="undefined">Blogs by J</a>, <a href="undefined">Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)</a>, <a href="undefined">Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles</a></p><p id="24ad">Special thanks to the Medium friends who first introduced me to 10- and 20-word stories and influenced how I approach them: <a href="undefined">Sheri Jacobs</a>, <a href="undefined">Carolyn Hastings</a>, <a href="undefined">Tree Langdon</a>, <a href="undefined">Nikolaos Skordilis</a>, <a href="undefined">Jim McAulay🍁</a>.</p><p id="9d62"><b>HAPPY HOLIDAYS!</b></p><div id="7a30" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/membership/@coybin?source=publishing_settings-------------------------------------"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Shereen Bingham</h2> <div><h3>Read every story from Shereen Bingham (and thousands of other writers on Medium). Your membership fee directly supports…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SetWrStqsVseKYLO)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Five 10-word stories for Christmas

If you enjoy 10-word or 20-word stories, you’ve come to the right place! Personally, I have fun writing them to help celebrate holidays. For instance, you may fondly recall the 20-word stories I shared in October for Halloween. :)

Well — now it’s December, and all the autumn ghosts and goblins are laying low. It’s high time we extend the many micro-story challenges in Medium to hail the winter holidays!

Here are my five 10-word stories for Christmas:

Warning: The last two may have double meaning suitable for adults only. : <)

They carol off-key until hot cocoa sweetens their pitch.

Arguing half-melted, Frosty realizes counting to ten doesn’t work.

Santa ordered extra coal lumps to receive free Amazon shipping.

Her cookies burned while he kissed her under the mistletoe.

She inflates his Santa when they embrace on the lawn.

As usual, I’m curious to know if you find any of these stories most enjoyable or especially blah. And if so, why? Please comment!

Who will join me in this holiday writing adventure? I challenge everyone who delights in 10- and 20-word stories to come along. Your stories can feature any holiday you like to celebrate at this time of year and around the world.

My apologies to other Medium writers if you already posted a similar holiday challenge— I searched but didn’t find you.

Special thanks to the Medium friends who first introduced me to 10- and 20-word stories and influenced how I approach them: Sheri Jacobs, Carolyn Hastings, Tree Langdon, Nikolaos Skordilis, Jim McAulay🍁.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!