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Coupling Up
When I was a little girl, I used to absolutely hate the day after Christmas. It seemed like the worst day of the year. All of the magic was gone, and we would have to wait a whole 365 days until it was Christmas again. The older I got, the less exciting Christmas became, and it didn’t really bother me that much anymore. It was just another day. However, the day after Christmas was hard for Brice since this had been the first year he’d actually gotten any presents or gotten to celebrate. He was mopey all day, even when Raven heated up the leftovers from the day before and set them out for us.
“Brice, what’s the matter?” Melanie asked, biting into a piece of turkey. “You look so sad.”
“I’m okay,” he said. “I just wish it was still Christmas, that’s all.”
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