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                      A Christmas Eve Wish

                      Published by Joseph E. Arechavala at December 24, 2024
                      Categories
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                      • Holidays
                      • Poetry
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                      • Christmas Eve
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                      • Joseph E. Arechavala
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                      Star in deep space surrounded by many other stars - TEXT: Poetry - Joseph E. Arechavala - A Christmas Eve Wish

                      Image by NASA from Unsplash -- Edited using Canva.com

                      This 24th, a wish for laughter over tears
                      for the wonderful smell of cinnamon and pine
                      visions of angels and sugarplums
                      the melodic harmony of life
                      and a star in the east to guide you


                      Need more holiday reads? You’ll find delights here!

                      • Man in the Shadows – Christmas Eve Fiction
                      • Almost Christmas Morning – Christmas Eve Essay
                      • Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Black Orb – Narrative Poetry
                      • Vacation to the Dragons of Io Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 – Christmas Fiction
                      • Asking Questions Christmas Edition – Positivity Corner
                      • A Simple Gift – Creative Christmas Nonfiction
                      • Reindeer – Christmas Flash Fiction
                      Joseph E. Arechavala
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                      Joseph E. Arechavala is a 2009 graduate of Rutgers University, ans has published a novel, Darkness Persists. He has also had several stories and poems published. He has a soon to be published anthology of supernatural stories.

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