Christmas Beyond Christmas by J P Sayle

Author:J P Sayle [Sayle, J P]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christmas, Beyond
Publisher: JP Sayle
Published: 2020-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Greg

The moment Will had driven off this morning and I’d spied Neil’s truck still on the drive, I’d gone over to talk to him. He’d been weird with me but I’d put it down to Andy spilling the beans about the night before. I’d not had a chance to discuss with Neil what his problem was, what with Willow getting overly excited at the prospect of recreating Christmas for Will. So Neil had driven off to work with a list of things that I prayed he’d still be able to source during the height of summer.

I’d taken Willow into the basement to see what we could find. Given all the other things on my mind, including the need to work out the right things to say to Willow, I’d forgotten to go down there the previous evening.

Although, it had turned out for the best, Willow seeing it as an adventure to go through all the boxes to find things we could use. “Daddy, looks at dis.” She held up a battered looking soft toy.

I squinted at it the dim light. Was that Robin’s treasured bear?

“Let me see, munchkin.” I held out my hand, sneezing as a cloud of dust rose from it as Willow waved the thing in the air before she handed it over.

“Bless ya, Daddy.” Willow giggled as she walked back over to the small box I’d placed on the floor for her to look through.

I eyed the battered bear which was minus one ear and an eye. The little jacket he wore, which had once been bright, was now faded and torn at the shoulder. Warm memories floated to the surface. Robin had been convinced that he’d been named after Christopher Robin. No amount of telling him differently had got him to change his mind, so in the end Mom had just agreed with him and bought him the bear he’d been nagging her for. If I remembered correctly, the thing had gone everywhere with him. He’d not shown any embarrassment over the need to have it with him at all times. Robin had just threatened the other kids with his older brother Neil, who was two years older than him, whenever they’d dared to touch it or tried to take it.

I chortled, remembering how in the end, Neil had hidden the damn thing, tired of getting detention after being forced to fight in order to get the bear back.

“Daddy, whats ya laughin at?”

Realizing I was indeed laughing, I smiled at Willow. “This bear was Uncle Robin’s and I was just remembering when the boys in school took it off him and he used to get Uncle Neil to get it back.”

Her little face scrunched up and she put her hands on her waist. “Dat’s not funny Daddy. They’s bullies and ya said dat’s naughty,” she accused.

My lips clamped together as I worked to keep a straight face. “Yes…” I said and then hiccuped. I swallowed and tried again. “You’re right, munchkin. I wasn’t laughing at the

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