I love Father Christmas, he is awesome. I don’t take anything at all away from Jesus and his birth, he’s the main star of Christmas by far but I do have a soft spot for lively old St.Nick! Yep, I may be 31 but I do still believe in Santa or at least the spirit of Santa who personifies the giving, jolly nature of Christmas.
And today’s excerpt comes from Proving Santa Exists where Jenny shows Jonathan what a proper Christmas is like. This was my first ever published story, how exciting is that and as such it will always hold a special place in my heart. Here’s the blurb:
When Jonathan transferred from the U.S to the Manchester branch of Computers, Inc., Jenny was the first person to make him feel at home. Finding out about his bleak Christmases as a boy, she made up her mind to involve him in all her English Christmas traditions.
Passion sparks between the two as they decorate the Christmas tree, who would have thought such an innocent activity could become so sexually charged? Can Jenny succeed in seducing the hot American and also prove to him that Santa really does exist?
And here is a little excerpt for you to enjoy and get you in the mood for the big day as there are now only 8 more sleeps to go!
“Ooh, Jonathan, can you check those lights for me now?” I look up towards him, and find his crotch just above my eye height. I drop my eyes again quickly, and try to not wonder about the bulge I’m sure I just saw there.
“Sure.” He steps around me, his legs rubbing against my back. “So, erm, do I just plug these in then?” Obviously, Jonathan has not dealt with Christmas tree lights before.
“Yeah, and if they light up, that’s your job done. If they don’t, you need to check all the bulbs and find the one—or ones—that don’t work and replace them with those spares in that packet.”
“Ahh, I see.” He nods and sets to work, as I move my way further up the tree.
“Oh, now then, I need to find a good place for Fairy Mary.” I hold up a small, old, porcelain fairy, her red dress flared, the sequins lost, only the little blobs of glue to show where they once were. Her blonde hair is more fuzzy than curly, and her gold glittering halo shows mostly silver now.
“Fairy Mary?” Jonathan flicks the switch to red, and the lights come on, fizzle with a sad “plink,” then fade to black.
“There’s a bulb loose somewhere. You’ll have to fiddle with them, then screw it in.” He raises a long narrow brow, and I realise how suggestive that just sounded. “And, yes, Fairy Mary.” I quickly continue, avoiding eye contact. “She’s been passed down from my Nanna’s Mum—who might even have gotten it from her mother, though we’re not sure. She always has the most comfortable branch to sit on. She’s an old lady now, you see.”
He nods and continues to turn the lights in his fingers. “So do you have a lot of Christmas traditions?”
“Oh, a fair few: the decorations, baking my own Christmas cake from scratch, watching The Muppet Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. After that, I go up to Tom Jenkins’s farm and look at the tree and Nativity scene before going to church for midnight mass. That’s before we even get to Christmas Day!”
“Do you have many people here on Christmas Day?”
I nod. “Yeah, a fair few. There’s my sister Marie, and her husband Mike, and their two teenaged girls. Aunty May comes over with her friend Queenie, and then there will be Uncle Charlie and his wife, their son, his wife and the newborn boy—what’s his name—oh yes, Jake.”
“They’ll all fit in here?” He has very expressive eyebrows, with the tiniest movement he conveys great scepticism.
“Well, not all at once. Charlie and his lot come over at teatime. He had a falling out with his sister some years ago, and I’ve just found it easier to have them round separately.” Just then, Jonathan tries the lights once more and the trailing vine lights up. Reds, greens, blues, and pink grapes shine with gaudy Christmas symbolism. I squeal in delight and clap my hands. “Just in time, too! I’ve just finished the decorations.”
The lights are easily trailed through the forest of baubles, Santa’s, fairies, and hanging toys. “Right, just the tinsel now. You start at the top, and I’ll go from the bottom, and we’ll meet in the middle.”
Tinsel trails through my fingertips as I twirl around the tree, stooping low, then bending at the waist, then almost standing straight with just my shoulders stooped. As I raise my head to see how Jonathan is doing, I crack against something hard.
“Oh, I am sorry.” I reach out automatically and rub my hand against Jonathan’s bumped chin, cupping his cheek in the palm of my hand, like a parent comforting an injured baby. However, the slight prickle of his end-of-the-day stubble reminds me in a powerful way that this is a grown man I’m handling so intimately.
Then, there are lips: softly demanding lips pressing gently against my own. They form a kiss. They don’t apologise or ask permission; they take possession of my mouth. Brooking no argument, confidently they mesh with mine, moving sensually as his hands come round me, sheltering me, cradling me close. No sooner has it been created than the kiss is torn apart. We are red cheeked, unable to meet each other’s eyes.
“I’ll, erm, turn on the lights then.” I scurry over to the plug, and flip the switch. “Ooh,” I gasp as the lights come on, bathing my room in festive cheer. “It looks just about perfect.” I walk back to the tree and tweak the tinsel here and there, so the lights come through a bit clearer. Jonathan says nothing, just stares into the softly glowing tackiness.
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And how good am I to you? Today I’m giving you a double whammy. If you pop on over to the Total-E-Bound blog you can read my post yesterday all about Christmas Spirit Warms the Heart which comes out on the 28th December from Total-E-Bound and Father Christmas has a very major role in that one!
…today I’ve posted on the hitting the hotspot blog about my favourite Christmas things and included a hot excerpt from the upcoming Festive Handbag. Pop on over there to read today’s excerpt! And here is my Christmas tree, we go for the eclectic look in our house! I love decorating the tree!
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When Jonathan transferred from the U.S to the Manchester branch of Computers Inc Jenny was the first person to make him feel at home. Findingout about his bleak Christmases as a boy she made up her mind to involvehim in all her English Christmas traditions. Passion sparks between the two as they decorate the Christmas [...]
