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Submitted to Contest #284
In all his years of endlessly visiting with extended relatives at family christmas parties, through the many bottles of warm Coronas that his father would always bring, but never think to put in the fridge, the dollar store champagne served up on New Year’s Eve, the overcooked turkey, and the played out christmas movies that were screened in the name of tradition. Through all of it, Sam Coleman never expected to end up here on Christmas Eve. Opapiskaw, Manitoba, an isolated lakeside town in the woodlands of the Canadian prairies. Somewhat of...
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