Christmas Wishes: A Small Town Christmas Love Story by Krista Lakes

Author:Krista Lakes [Lakes, Krista]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zirconia Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2019-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

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The parade was an extravagant affair and as various floats passed in front of them, Nicholas realized that the candy cane tree with Mr. and Mrs. Claus was now the grand finale to the whole thing.

As he looked around the parade, Nicholas noted women dressed in bright candy cane colors, men manning chocolate fountains and gumdrop umbrellas, and children lining the street, their hands outstretched for incoming candy.

Everyone was smiling and happy. People were hugging and laughing. It looked like families were sitting together and with friends. He didn't see an unhappy face in the crowd.

He started to wave, grinning as children cheered when he waved to them.

“There’s the Christmas spirit,” Molly said, grinning at him. She bent down towards the float’s floor. When she popped back up, she was holding a large bag of assorted candy. “Here, Mr. Claus. Do you mind throwing this out of your side of the float?”

Nicholas shook his head, as he grabbed onto the candy bag. “Are we supposed to be saving some of this for later? Or are we throwing it all at once?”

Nicholas’ question was immediately answered by Molly’s actions as she dumped her own bag of candy along the side of the float. Children screamed in delight, running into the street with laughter as they filled their hands with candies.

“Greg! Don’t grab any of the red ones! You don’t even like strawberry! And Veronica! Aren’t you allergic to chocolate? Don’t make me go through your bag!” Molly called out to the children. Her tone was light and playful, even as she instructed the children on which candies they should be taking from the street.

And Nicholas found himself smiling in awe, and in amusement.

How in the world did Ms. Molly remember so much about each and every child in her class?

It was absurd. It was wonderful.

He imagined Molly would be much the same way with her own children someday in the future, granting them access to way-too-much candy while still being careful to remember their likes and dislikes. It was who she was.

Children called to him, breaking into his thoughts. Nicholas then tried to throw his own candy from his side of the float, but the candy all came out in one big lump.

Liam happened to be near the scene of Nicholas’ accident and he accepted all of the candy as if it were a large prize. “Thanks, Santa!”

“Anytime, Liam. Anytime.”

Liam's eyes went wide and the grin that filled his face was pure joy. Nicholas heard him run back to the other kids. “Santa knew my name! He's got to be the real guy!”

“Merry Christmas!” Nicholas kept his voice confident, even as he chuckled at his own mistake.

Ah, well.

Maybe next year he’d be able to get it right.

Nicholas went still at the thought.

Maybe next year?

He scoffed at the silliness of his own mind.

Of course he wouldn’t be here next year. By this time next year, he’d be back in his Manhattan office, hoping that the street carolers hadn’t found a loophole to regain access inside the company building.

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