Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    All I Want For Christmas
    All I Want For Christmas
    All I Want For Christmas
    Ebook26 pages24 minutes

    All I Want For Christmas

    By John Porter

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Christmas - a a time for kids to have fun, open presents, play with their friends, and eat too much. A time too, for parents to pretend that the gifts their children wrapped with sticky, grubby fingers, are exactly what Mummy and Daddy wanted. Of course it's also a time to consider those less fortunate than ourselves, and when June decides to give poor old Mr Blake a seasonal gift and a food hamper, things in her household begin to go from bad to worse. A story about cute puppies, well-intentioned children, a happy family, friends, and a kindly old man...and just a touch or two of events to put you off your food... This is one in a series of ten cute little animal horror stories by the same author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Porter
    Release dateJan 26, 2012
    ISBN9781465984166
    All I Want For Christmas
    Author

    John Porter

    John Porter was born in Massachusetts and he started climbing at the age of twelve, serving his apprenticeship in the White Mountains, Rockies, Cascades and Yosemite. He moved to the UK in the early 1970s to do postgraduate work at Leeds University where he joined a team of climbers dedicated to clean ethics, alpine-style and the fostering of international partnerships. Ascents of the North Face of Koh-i-Bandaka (1977) and the south face of Changabang (1978) with Alex MacIntyre and Polish friends were achieved in the middle of the cold war. Other climbs include lightweight attempts of the west ridge of Everest in winter, the north-west ridge of K2, the east face of Sepu Kangri, first ascents of Chong Kundam I and V in the Eastern Karakoram, and many other notable climbs around the world over a period of fifty-five years. In 1980 he founded the Kendal Mountain Festival with Brian Hall and Jim Curran, and in 2011 he and Brian founded the online adventure film website SteepEdge. John lives in the Cumbrian Lake District working as a consultant in the energy sector. He is a vice president of the Alpine Club and has previously been a vice president of the British Mountaineering Council and secretary to the Mountain Heritage Trust.

    Read more from John Porter

    Related to All I Want For Christmas

    Related ebooks

    Sagas For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Summer Reading Guide

      Jan 2, 2022

      Summer Reading Guide
      6 min read

    • Article

      Books To Enjoy With Your Family

      Dec 9, 2018

      Books To Enjoy With Your Family
      2 min read

    • Article

      One Carrot

      Jul 2, 2020

      One Carrot
      5 min read

    • Article

      Elise Juska on Finally Learning the True Story of Her Namesake

      Jun 12, 2019

      The novelist on her grandfather's very unusual relationship arrangement—a 52-year engagement—and how it led, in a roundabout way, to her own name. The post Elise Juska on Finally Learning the True Story of Her Namesake appeared first on The Millions.

      8 min read

    • Article

      Poetic Justice

      Sep 18, 2023

      Poetic Justice
      5 min read

    • Article

      On The BEST Day Of CHRISTMAS

      Dec 1, 2020

      Anstey Harris lives in Kent. For me, Christmas Eve is about the stockings: the anticipation of that weight on your covers when you wake up; that woollen crunch as you move your legs. For us, everything in the stocking is wrapped except the walnuts,

      4 min read

    • Article

      Needled

      Dec 27, 2019

      Needled
      5 min read

    • Article

      Yuletide Reading

      Sep 24, 2020

      Many classic novels and short stories contains Christmas scenes-merry or otherwise. Can you indentify the works from which these holiday passages are excerpted? 1 “Merry Christmas, little daughters! I’m glad you began at once, and hope you will keep

      3 min read

    • Article

      ROLLING Back The YEARS...

      Nov 11, 2019

      Author Debbie Johnson’s children are all grown up now – but that doesn’t mean she’s changing a single thing about Christmas... “When he was little – perhaps four – my son was so convinced of the existence of Santa, in all his magical glory, that he

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Strange REQUEST

      Sep 30, 2020

      A Strange REQUEST
      6 min read

    • Article

      The BEST Day Of CHRISTMAS

      Oct 24, 2019

      For me, Christmas Eve is about the stockings: the anticipation of that weight on your covers when you wake up; that woollen crunch as you move your legs. Everything in our stockings is wrapped except the walnuts, apple and satsuma that mark the end o

      4 min read

    • Article

      Mirror Mirror On The Wall

      Oct 5, 2023

      Mirror Mirror On The Wall
      10 min read

    • Article

      Time to THINK

      Jun 13, 2023

      Time to THINK
      6 min read

    • Article

      A Gift Horse...

      Dec 24, 2020

      A Gift Horse...
      6 min read

    • Article

      Tractors, trifles & TRADITIONS

      Nov 28, 2021

      Here in Auckland this year, we’ll be holding a rehearsal for the Christmas that my family dreams of – the one where we’re all together in the same place at the same time, probably making so much noise, the neighbours call the cops. But with half my c

      2 min read

    • Article

      A Southern Christmas

      Nov 1, 2023

      A Southern Christmas
      7 min read

    • Article

      My First Pet

      Feb 2, 2020

      My First Pet
      9 min read

    • Article

      Charlie Brown’s Inside Job

      Dec 24, 2020

      Charlie Brown’s Inside Job
      6 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Apr 22, 2022

      Books
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Last Touch

      Aug 26, 2022

      The Last Touch
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Quiet Boy

      Jan 28, 2019

      The Quiet Boy
      29 min read

    • Article

      Drawn to THE MOORS

      Feb 8, 2022

      Drawn to THE MOORS
      11 min read

    • Article

      Remembering PAST JOYS

      Nov 9, 2022

      Remembering PAST JOYS
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for All I Want For Christmas

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      All I Want For Christmas - John Porter

      All I Want For Christmas

      By

      John Porter

      * * * * *

      (One short story in a series of ten by the same author)

      * * * * *

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      Published by

      John Porter at Smashwords

      All I Want For Christmas

      Copyright © 2012 John Porter

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      * * * * *

      Introduction

      Christmas – a time for the kids to have fun, play with their friends, open presents and eat too much. A time too, for parents to pretend that the gifts their children wrapped with sticky, grubby hands are exactly what Mummy and Daddy wanted.

      It’s also a time to consider those less fortunate, and when June decides to give Mr Blake a gift and a food hamper, things in her household begin to go from bad to worse...

      * * * * *

      All I Want For Christmas

      In a semi-detached, hedge-guarded, middle-class home on the slightly more affluent outskirts of the great conurbation that surrounds the nation’s capital in England’s south east, preparations were underway for what, to the children, was the single greatest event of the year.

      To June and Wilson, their parents, the time was fast approaching when they could relax a little after the mad rush to find

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1