I am crazy-writing on a new story that I wasn't planning to write, now that my novella is with my critique partner, so today I will simply share this great quote I read in the Nature's Gift (fabulous aromatherapy oil company) newsletter.

"Shall we liken Christmas to the web in a loom? There are many weavers, who work into the pattern the           experience of their lives. When one generation goes, another comes to take up the weft where it has been           dropped. The pattern changes as the mind changes, yet never begins quite anew. At first, we are not sure            that we discern the pattern, but at last we see that, unknown to the weavers themselves, something has            taken shape before our eyes, and that they have made something very beautiful, something which compels          our understanding."

--Earl W. Count, 4,000 Years of Christmas

Isn't this lovely? We can relate it to different styles of Christmas stories, from the sweet Regency shorts of yore, to the more current crop of sexier novellas - or something like that!

 

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