23 December 2010

Deck the Halls

It's a Christmas song of bizarre possibilities. From donning gay apparel to trolling Yule tide carol, modern language has left this story behind, but we haven't. It's still sung with gusto every year.

This year on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day twenty short stories by twenty different authors will be posted, one per hour, each inspired by one of the strange and marvellous lyrics from Deck the Halls. Brainstormed and produced by eMergent's Jodi Cleghorn, it's a Christmas-themed religion-free literary mix tape and it kicks off at 6pm GMT (10am PST) on Christmas Eve:

http://literarymixtapes.wordpress.com/


My story, based on the lyric "Don we now our gay apparel" and which I promise has a happy ending, will be posted at 10pm GMT (2pm PST.) (Update: Here it is!)

You don't have to hang out by your computer. The stories will remain online after the holidays, and the full collection will be released as a free ebook later on. There's also murmurings of a charity paperback for Christmas in July next year.

Merry Christmas! And happy reading on this lovely holiday.


Many thanks to Icy Sedgwick for the book cover!
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4 comments:

  1. You summed it up so beautifully Jen... it is a song which modern language no longer resembles but is still sung with gusto every year.

    It is one of my favourites because it harkens back to times which are shaped by tradition... not religion.

    And go the Santa suit... that is all I am saying.

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  2. Great blog post. I am looking forward to reading all of the stories.

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