He doesn't expect to hit it off with the hot guy who brings a lost teddy bear to his desk, but it might end up being everything he didn’t know he was looking for.įirst edition published under the title 'Teddy Bear Christmas' by Dreamspinner Press, December 2015. They walked along the road, Scrooge recognising every gate, and post, and tree until a little market-town appeared in the distance, with its bridge, its church.

When he finds a lost teddy bear in the waiting area, his night changes for the better.Īaron Klein is a bored airport worker, taking the Christmas shift because he’s Jewish. After missing last year due to his jerk of an ex-boyfriend, the idea of not making it this time hurts. On a snowy night before Christmas Eve, Tyler Martin finds himself stuck in a Chicago airport, unable to get home to his family on the East Coast. Maybe if he took his coat and made himself a cushion? It was stupid hot in the airport, but Tyler couldn’t check his jacket, not when winter waited outside for whenever he’d make it off that airplane.Two lonely men, a lost teddy bear, and a sprinkle of holiday magic…. Tyler wiggled his ass and tried to make the seat a little more comfortable. They said their good-byes, and he tucked his phone back in his pocket. I’ll call you when I find out what’s going on. Tyler didn’t know who he was trying to convince. Vintage 1989 Kmart Collectible Christmas White Teddy Bear Stuffed Plush.

Vintage Santas Magical Workshop Kmart Plush Christmas Teddy Bear Stuffed Animal. St Peters Hospital, Little Green Lane, Addlestone, New Haw, Row town. Vintage 1994 KMart Christmas Teddy Bear Lane Stuffed Animal Plush 16 With Tag. There’s six inches of snow on the ground.Īnd what were the odds of that? His first winter in Chicago and it was his parents who had gotten the Christmas blizzard. Chipstead Valley, Woodmansterne, Banstead, Drift Bridge, Epsom, Ashtead. Took my shoes off for TSA and everything. He hadn’t appreciated it as a kid, but now as an adult, he needed that connection with his family and his heritage. He wasn’t missing the Feast of the Seven Fishes this time. Not come? Tyler wouldn’t even consider the possibility. His mother’s voice sounded tinny down the line. The father figure had a literal sack over his shoulder, filled with what looked to be wrapped presents from what Tyler could see peeking over the top. He tucked his feet in to avoid tripping a family scrambling past. Maybe, just maybe, he’d make it home for Christmas Eve dinner after all. At least for the moment, the instrumental versions of the greatest holiday hits had paused.

He pressed his phone closer to his ear, trying to make out his mom’s voice over the sounds of the other travelers milling around and the voice droning over the PA. Tyler winced as his body connected with the back of the plastic airport chair. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

Teddy Bear Christmas by C.C. Bridges