A Prune On A Stick For Christmas

By Lynda Austin
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Published: March 13, 2013
Words: 57,027 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781460993071

Short description

A grandfather tells his grandchildren the story of how prunes on a stick became a family tradition at Christmas.

Extended description

It’s Christmas night and Nana walks out of the kitchen and into the dining room bearing a plate with a dozen prunes skewered on bamboo kabob sticks, each prune dusted white with powdered sugar. Ostensibly, there is a prune on a stick for each member of the family.
“Nana, why do you and grandpa always make such a big deal over these prune on a stick things every Christmas?” asks her grandson, Tyler.
“Because it’s a Christmas tradition kids,” Grandpa tells the grandchildren. “It’s like hanging the stockings on the mantel, or putting an angel on the top of the tree.”
“I never heard of a Christmas prune tradition anyplace but at your house, Grandpa. Are you sure you just didn’t make this up?” Tyler asks politely, using the same reasonable tone of voice one might use to address the insane.
“Well of course I made it up! Somebody has to make up these traditions, don’t they?” (Read more) It’s Christmas night and Nana walks out of the kitchen and into the dining room bearing a plate with a dozen prunes skewered on bamboo kabob sticks, each prune dusted white with powdered sugar. Ostensibly, there is a prune on a stick for each member of the family.
“Nana, why do you and grandpa always make such a big deal over these prune on a stick things every Christmas?” asks her grandson, Tyler.
“Because it’s a Christmas tradition kids,” Grandpa tells the grandchildren. “It’s like hanging the stockings on the mantel, or putting an angel on the top of the tree.”
“I never heard of a Christmas prune tradition anyplace but at your house, Grandpa. Are you sure you just didn’t make this up?” Tyler asks politely, using the same reasonable tone of voice one might use to address the insane.
“Well of course I made it up! Somebody has to make up these traditions, don’t they?”
“But don’t traditions have to mean something Grandpa?” Maria asks, and then continues, “What in the world does a Christmas prune mean?”
And so, as the snow falls, and the flames dance in the fireplace, Grandpa Howard gathers the children around the Christmas tree and tells them the story of how the little wrinkled fruit became a family tradition. His hilarious story goes back some 50 years, when young love and a family owned roadside Giant Prune change the course of his life.
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romance, humor, christmas, young adult

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