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Book Information
Genre:
RELIGION / Holidays / Christmas & Advent
Publication:
Nov 10, 2009
Pages:
99
Books by Bert Goolsby
Stockings hung from a mantel piece at Christmastime hold small gifts. Some delight, while others disappoint. Some we anticipate; others surprise us. We can see, taste, hear, smell, or feel most of our gifts; but there are a few that, as Helen Keller once said, can only be "felt with the heart." Usually, we know a gift when we see one; however, every now and then, something will come along that we won't recognize or appreciate as being the gift that it is until later on, if even then.
Collected here are five stories about gifts and giving, stories that may cause laughter and stories that just might bring a tear to the eye. They range from a story about a child during the dark days of World War II who yearns for Santa to bring him a bicycle to a tale about a lawyer who lands in jail with a drunken Santa.
Five Stockings. Five Stories. Each filled with the presence of Christmas.
I saw it the moment I opened the chifferobe: a small box with a green bow and ribbon. I had seen this box before. When was it? I asked myself. I stood, staring at the gift box, trying to remember.
I reached in and picked it up. As I pulled the box toward me, I noticed the gift tag that dangled from the ribbon. I turned the tag over and read it. Then I remembered.
About Bert Goolsby
Bert Goolsby has authored two short-story collections, Sweet Potato Biscuits and Humanity, Darling, and published two novels, Her Own Law and Harpers’ Joy, which South Carolina Lawyers Weekly also serialized. His short stories “A Presbyterian Cookbook” and “The Fan Dancer” appear in the anthologies On Grandma’s Porch and More Sweet Tea, respectively. Marlo Thomas includes his piece “Truck No. 15” in her work The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2. He has also authored articles for Reach Out Columbia! and Reminisce Magazine. A member of the legal profession and Citadel graduate, he lives in Columbia, South Carolina.
Stockings hung from a mantel piece at Christmastime hold small gifts. Some delight, while others disappoint. Some we anticipate; others surprise us. We can see, taste, hear, smell, or feel most of our gifts; but there are a few that, as Helen Keller once said, can only be "felt with the heart." Usually, we know a gift when we see one; however, every now and then, something will come along that we won't recognize or appreciate as being the gift that it is until later on, if even then. 
Bert Goolsby has authored two short-story collections, Sweet Potato Biscuits and Humanity, Darling, and published two novels, Her Own Law and Harpers’ Joy, which South Carolina Lawyers Weekly also serialized. His short stories “A Presbyterian Cookbook” and “The Fan Dancer” appear in the anthologies On Grandma’s Porch and More Sweet Tea, respectively. Marlo Thomas includes his piece “Truck No. 15” in her work The Right Words at the Right Time, Volume 2. He has also authored articles for Reach Out Columbia! and Reminisce Magazine. A member of the legal profession and Citadel graduate, he lives in Columbia, South Carolina.