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ID
b308
Title
"The First Day of Christmas."
Genre
Story
Page Count
10
Word Count
2300
Publication Year
1968
Topics
Loneliness, Christmas

Surrounded by fellow drinkers full of saucy dialogue, a man on the outs with his lover is torn between asking her hand and burying his grief in drink.

In The Wild Cherry Tree (1968).