A Christmas Accident

"A Christmas Accident" by Annie Eliot Trumbull centres on Mr. Gilton, a habitually cross man locked in a bitter feud with his next-door neighbours, the Bilton family. Years of petty grievances — a disputed fence, a poisoned dog, misdirected dinner deliveries — have hardened into cold silence. Then, on a blinding Christmas Eve snowstorm, Mr. Gilton accidentally enters the wrong house and finds himself face to face with the entire Bilton family, a turkey under his arm and five stockings hanging on the mantelpiece. Little Cora Cordelia mistakes him for Santa Claus, and the evening begins to unravel his carefully maintained resentment.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.