It was the
eve before Christmas and it had been raining all day, the air outside was
chilly and the skies were all gray. Joseph Stephens was in his kitchen with
cookies to bake and it had not snowed all day, not even a flake.
Joseph
Stephens’ house was lined with Christmas lights that sparkled and shined
brightly out against the gray skies and dim light of day. The smell of pine
trees and cookies added a comforting aroma to the air. Joseph and Jaye had been
listening to Christmas music, relaxing, finishing up last minute gift-wrapping
and cookie baking. Joseph noted that when Jaye was visiting he would run out of
cookies ten times as quickly.
Joseph and Jaye sat on the floor next to the Christmas tree
as they placed the last of their gifts under the tree “hey, so I was
wondering…” Joseph started to say as he turned to his friend. Jaye was
noticeably eating another cookie. Joseph wasn’t sure where that cookie even
came from because the cookies they baked were in the kitchen and neither of
them stood up in the last half hour. “Yeah?” Jaye asked with his mouth full of
cookies. The pointed end of a star shaped cookie was sticking out of his mouth.
Joseph chose to ignore that. “So, yeah I was just wondering if you heard from
Old Man winter since you bashed him over the head last month” Joseph asked.
Jaye slowed his chewing but didn’t stop. He had a thoughtful expression as he
tried to remember. “Yeah, I think I remember him saying something about no snow
for Christmas because he was annoyed with me” Jaye said. Joseph sighed. “Maybe
I can talk to Old Man Winter tonight and see if he will make it snow for
tomorrow. By the way do we have any more of those cookies left?” Joseph said.
Just as Joseph asked, Jaye was in the middle of taking a cookie out of his
pocket and was about to eat it. Joseph looked at him, then at the cookie. Jaye
slowly moved the cookie to his mouth and then ate the whole thing in one bite.
“No, we just ran out of cookies” Jaye said with a mouthful.
Joseph
stood up and went into the kitchen to get a snack. “If I cant have cookies
maybe I will have some coffee or hot chocolate” Joseph called back as he
rummaged through his cupboards. “Ooh! Whatever you make, make some for me too!”
Jaye called into the Kitchen. After searching through the cupboards Joseph
checked the refrigerator. When he opened the door to the fridge he spotted a
pumpkin creamer left over from Autumn. “hey I found some pumpkin creamer, I
think Patches left it here. Pumpkin is kind of a winter thing too right?”
Joseph called into the living room. “yeah, Totes! Brew up some coffee and lets
take a trip to flavor town” Jaye called back.
Joseph
started his coffee machine and looked at the bottle of pumpkin flavored creamer
as he waited. He remembered trying it in the Fall and he remembered how fresh
it tasted. It tasted like it was made with real cream, sugar, spices and fresh
pumpkin. Only Patches would bring something like that with him. soon the coffee
had finished brewing and Joseph poured two cups of coffee, both with pumpkin creamer.
Joseph
walked into the living room with two cups. He saw Jaye holding a cookie out,
offering it to Joseph. “I just found this in the side pocket of my hoodie, do
you want it?” Jaye said. Jaye was wearing a green hoodie and often kept food
stored away in its large pockets. “it was in a plastic baggie, so don’t worry”
Jaye added with a laugh.
Joseph sat
down and took the cookie “thanks man”. Joseph took a bite of his cookie and
then washed it down with a swig of pumpkin coffee. As soon as the flavor hit
his tongue his eyes lit up. The creamer tasted even better than he remembered.
Joseph and Jaye both looked at each other and nodded with big smiles on their
faces. “This stuff is magical!” Jaye said. “yeah man its so good!” replied
Joseph.
Joseph looked at his tree and smiled, the lights sparkled so
brightly with Orange, yellow and red lights. “Wait…didn’t we use Christmas
lights?” Asked Joseph. “And weren’t the trees bare?” Asked Jaye. Joseph looked
outside and saw that all of the trees that lost their leaves had returned but
with their fall colors. Christmas lights and decorations still covered houses,
trees and street lamps but everything had an autumn look and feel to it. “Its
like an Autumn Christmas” Jaye said as he ran outside. “Maybe that creamer
really was magical” Joseph said as he followed his friend outside.
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