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Christmas Isn’t Coming

Tim Heare
11 min readDec 24, 2022

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Jimmy opened his eyes and stared at the drop ceiling tiles overhead. Last year he couldn’t stay in bed from excitement as Christmas approached, today he just wanted it to be over and done. He squeezed his eyes shut and rolled over before opening them quickly, hoping it was all a dream. It wasn’t. Ed, his brother, was still deep asleep where they said goodnight, his leg and arm dangling from the cot.

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Tim Heare

I’m always thinking. Thinking about problems, solutions, and narratives that convey meaning through story and structure. Let’s think together.