Every kid knows that you have to be on your absolute best behavior all year long, but particularly within the thirty days previous to Christmas Eve. Then, generally, your parents will be swept into the glorious and generous feeling of the holiday and forgive you of the rest of the year, just as long as you do your best during the holiday season ( Read more... )

STEP-DAUGHTER: (She is seated in an armchair, still elegantly dressed in mourning. Her arms are crossed, and she occasionally raps her fingers on her arm, and her look is sour. At times she sighs, rolls her eyes, and changes her position.

(She is, essentially, bored.)

Typist: She hasn't done anything for a while, so now she's bored. And I ( Read more... )

*Having no need for dramatics now, he simply walks through the wall into the front room of the mansion which has hopefully been repaired by now. The air around him grows cold as he inspects the place. It doesn't much matter to him where he is now, so there he stands, watching the people go by.*

Jacob Marley, from A Christmas Carol. My favorite ( Read more... )