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34 Best Christmas Short Story Ideas
Showing 34 short story ideas curated by Reedsy.
Santa Claus had one too many pork chops during the pre-Christmas feast, and now he's stuck in the chimney — and there are footsteps approaching!
Write a story from the perspective of a snowman who has just come to life. Plot twist: he's missing eyes.
In a series of letters to Santa, write a story about growing up.
Write a story in which a Christmas song plays an important role in the plot.
Write a story about the gifts that two people buy for each other over a period of ten years, and how that shows the change in their relationship over time.
"What? You're Father who? I don't know no Father Christmas, now get off of my lawn!"
Your parents named you Holly after your grandmother, and you just accepted an invite for a group called The Jolly Hollies thinking that it was a club for people with your name. Turns out that it's actually an annual caroling group, and you can't sing.
Write a story that begin and ends around an awkward Christmas dinner table.
Write a story about a high-stakes decoration competition between neighbors vyying for the title of Most Festive Home in their city (and the local newspaper feature that comes with it).
Set your story at a disastrous gift exchange.
Write about a white Christmas in California.
Set your story at a busy airport during Christmas week.
You are going home for Christmas for the first time in twenty-five years.
A reindeer is loose! What can you, a mere elf on the lowest rung of Santa's helpers, do?
You're the director at a marketing agency. Your next project: to come up with an irresistibly catchy Christmas jingle. The only problem is that you hate Christmas.
Write about a character who is confused about what a White Elephant gift exchange is, and ends up going on a search for an actual white elephant.
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