You Could Call It a Christmas Story
a short, short story by
John Nicholas Datesh
Smashwords Edition Published 2009
Copyright 2009 by John Nicholas Datesh
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John Nicholas Datesh is a pseudonym
of John Nicholas Datesh, Jr.
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Everyone has a Christmas story. Some are timeless, some are hilarious, some just plain dumb and sweet. This one is mine.
Friday, a week before Christmas 2009. A snow and ice storm so wicked it will have a name tomorrow is wrecking havoc up from the Carolinas to New England. US 421 is blanketed with snow, except you can't really tell exactly if there's road is under that blanket. The wind is coming at you at 28 miles an hour. Visibility is a good yard or so.
You and your wife are returning the few miles to your house in Yadkinville, your SUV half filled with presents. You don't have to guess about getting home. You have the vehicle to do it and you're not going far. In some ways, it started as a beautiful, freshly-fallen snow kind of night. A few hours ago.
You can’t wait to get off that road to experience that road-hiding beauty from a living room window.