Chimney Christmas

Short Fiction by Jon Moray

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At the end of October, Grant fell victim to company budget cuts and was laid off from his job as an electrician. He came home and broke the sobering news to his wife with a heavy heart and flowing tears.

She stroked his hair and reassured him everything would be alright.

“I worked so hard so we could finally take our first family, wintry white, Christmas trip. You know, the Christmas for our son that I never had as a kid? How are we going to tell him we won‘t be able to make it?”

Grant and his wife Judy had made travel plans to ditch the Florida warmth for the Tennessee mountains during the holidays so their son could experience snow for the first time.

“He will understand. If we are together is all that counts,” she said softly.