Humorous controlled tension arises around a family Christmas dinner, and a few wise words of compassion emerge from the old matriarch to the artsy 'black sheep' of the family.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
6pp
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Family
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
Christmas dinner does not need to be served with a side of resentment when it comes to humorous differences of opinion of certain family members' career choices - the arts versus law. But Christmas is shared with a dose of compassion and wisdom through the history of the family's elderly matriarch.

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Submitted: 2022-Jun-15
Last Updated: 2025-Aug-03
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The Writer: Sarah Nicole Faucher

Growing up as a severely hard-of-hearing and racially mixed child, Sarah Nicole Faucher gained invaluable insights into the human condition as she lip-read her parents’ conversations who were involved with Canadian Military Intelligence during the Cold War. As a result, she escaped in stories by Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. LeGuin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Taliesin (The Mabinogian), and others. During her years at Carleton University, she studied Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Franz Kafka, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and more towards her BA in English & Religious Studies. Sarah Nicole Faucher is a disability activist, poet, short fiction writer (under the name Nicole Matthews), and screenwriter of award-… Go to bio
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