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Vicky Heath's avatar

Off to the hospital to peruse the stock of Xmas day newborns... I very much enjoyed this MacLeod twist on a traditional advent calendar!

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Window shopping! Thx Vicky!

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Better hide the babies!

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Indeed!like the title says!😊

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Gary Mays's avatar

I like it Scott, your mind is fascinating ,!

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thank you and thank you for reading!!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Christmas noir! Now there is an oxymoron if I ever heard one. I loved this line especially: "Cus was in between. Between jobs. Between women." And I could taste that horrible.instant coffee made with tap water. Euw. Christmas noir, indeed.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thanks Sharron. Merry Gritmas!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Ho Ho Ho!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I hope he settles for a plastic replica baby...

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

🤞🙏

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Carole Roseland's avatar

Maybe it will be the “arrival” of the police!👮

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

A patrolman in a pear tree!🌳

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

Whoa! You left me dangling in all manner of speculation. My suggestion for Cuss is to steal the baby Jesus from someone's front yard manger display. He can grab Mary and Joseph while he's at it. Loved the name Cuss.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

We can only hope 🤞

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

maybe there will be a happy ending, love at first sight ... 'tis the season for hope!

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

A Christmas miracle😊

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Rhumond Tonique's avatar

I like it! I have been working on one of those advent calendars with a different bottle of wine under each flap, but you sobered me right up! Great job.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thx. I like your Christmas spirit better

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Jason Duck's avatar

This was great. Went really dark in the end but suppose it was inevitable really. Thanks for sharing. So where did he get the calender from? Could make another good story. He must have pissed someone off.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Thx Jason! Just a cheapie give-away from the gas station. Definitely a guy from the naughty list.

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Madeleine Armstrong's avatar

Wow, this went dark! 😂

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Ha yes I’ve been a little frothy lately had to get my nose back to the grit stone

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