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    A Very Merry Cliche for Christmas
    A Very Merry Cliche for Christmas
    A Very Merry Cliche for Christmas
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    A Very Merry Cliche for Christmas

    By Derek Elkins

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    I was watching the Hallmark Channel and found that most every Christmas movie had some serious clichés in common. I thought to myself that I could do just as well or, at the very least come up with a decent parody of the genre. So, I wrote a parody of a Christmas story.
    In it, we find Holly Clause, a Big City executive being called back to her small hometown because of the death of her mother. Soon, she is pairing off against the town's grinch, one O. M. Potter. The sparks and insanity begin to fly as Holy comes up with a scheme to win back Christmas from the old miser.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBard and Book
    Release dateDec 13, 2012
    ISBN9781301229024
    A Very Merry Cliche for Christmas
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    Derek Elkins

    Award winning author Derek Elkins is also a member of the Bard and Book author community at www.bardandbook.com.

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