The two of us sat around the beautiful tree in silence, admiring every detail of its existence, but still it did not feel like Christmas. Not without Daddy. Felicity's father was an army father and husband serving his country year round without much break. Although, he's rarely home for Christmas never does he forget Felicity. Every Christmas there would be a small box on her doorstep with some sort of present for her, but it was never actually the same as really having him there with them on such a magical morning. This Christmas Felicity receives a gift from her father like she usually does, but this time it's different, she receives a snow globe. You're probably wondering how exactly a snow globe is different. It's not that the snow globe isn't a normal present, but it's what's inside the snow globe. One shake of the beautiful glass and time is put to a permanent stop, transferring Felicity into the tiny decoration. At first the snow globe seems like a nice change from her reality, but what happens when she tries to get herself back out, to restart time and get back to her family? What will happen to the bonds she created inside her second home?

For seventeen years, Henry’s always been content with a cup of tea and a good book. But when he decides that he wants to write one of his own, he realizes he lacks something to write about. So, when the enigmatic Winter McLane transfers to his school, he thinks he may have finally found what he’s been looking for.

A few days before the 25th, Farah Dailey decided to take a risk and anonymously deliever a Christmas gift to her long-time crush, Jamie Bright. Things don't go quite as planned when a sudden snow blizzard strikes and Farah blunders her way into a sweet shop - coincidentally owned by Jamie's family. Hm, but perhaps being trapped with your crush inside a sweet shop isn't all bad? [ N a N o W r i M o - 2 O 1 2 ]

skinny love : (n.) when two people love each other, but are too shy to admit it, even though they still show it. Paristella's Contest ~ Round 2 [ Short Story #54 / Romance #240 ]

"Not just a flavour, but a way of life." When seventeen-year-old Flo Kennedy is forced to up sticks and trade her life in London for a sleepy seaside town on the south coast, she's anything but excited. Walden-on-Sea could win awards for being Britain's dullest town, and with a population consisting almost entirely of over sixties, teenagers are an endangered species. Silently struggling with her parents' death and separation from her sister, Flo's convinced she's in for the worst summer of her life. But when she meets the guy in the ice cream shop, things start to change. It's not long before she lands herself a job, a new set of friends and maybe even the beginnings of first romance. For the first time in several years, she's happy. But Flo knows all too well that things can't stay perfect forever, and after all, being on top of the world only gives you further to fall.