White Christmas
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Title: | White Christmas |
Author(s): | Sandpipersummer |
Date(s): | 24 December 2009 |
Length: | 581 words |
Genre(s): | romantic |
Fandom(s): | Mary Renault |
Relationship(s): | |
External Links: | archived on Yuletide |
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"White Christmas" is a ficlet by Sandpipersummer based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is set some indeterminate time after the story, when Laurie and Ralph are sharing a cottage in the country.
In this humorous story, Laurie warns Ralph that the forecast is for snow; but, insisting on the unlikelihood of a white Christmas in England, Ralph sets off to a nearby farm to collect a Christmas tree. As the flakes pile up and the hours pass, Laurie dips deeper into the whisky.
"White Christmas" was written for trueriver in Yuletide Madness 2009. It elicited a number of comments, including the following: