The Toymaker
Kris brings joy to girls and boys.12 total reviews
Comment from Janie King
Delightful. Make believe can be such fun and you have done an awesome job. Yes, I must say "Merry Christmas! It's been a long time since I popped in. My mom has been in Heaven for 3 years now. I am 70 and in a wheelchair due to arthritis as lymphodema. But, my mind is still on the go. I am home schooling 4 children (7, 10, 11 and twin 16 year old girls) The 3 younger one's mother is in Stage 4 Lymphoma. Miss Evelyn is still with us, U don't get to talk to her much. She just got out of the hospital. I posted a poem. First thing I've posted in 2-3 years. I;ll try to pop in more often. Gid loves you and so do I. Janie
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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Delightful. Make believe can be such fun and you have done an awesome job. Yes, I must say "Merry Christmas! It's been a long time since I popped in. My mom has been in Heaven for 3 years now. I am 70 and in a wheelchair due to arthritis as lymphodema. But, my mind is still on the go. I am home schooling 4 children (7, 10, 11 and twin 16 year old girls) The 3 younger one's mother is in Stage 4 Lymphoma. Miss Evelyn is still with us, U don't get to talk to her much. She just got out of the hospital. I posted a poem. First thing I've posted in 2-3 years. I;ll try to pop in more often. Gid loves you and so do I. Janie
Comment Written 29-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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Oh, so good to hear from you! Glad Nana is still going strong. I too am in a wheelchair, arthritis and one leg. Writing keeps our heads busy and takes our mind off our physical problems. Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed The Toymaker! Happy and healthy New Year my friend. Love, Kay XXX
Comment from Sugarray77
I like this very much. Because it is a Christmas Story contest entry, you needed to have several holiday descriptions. You did that very well. Good job. Good luck!
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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I like this very much. Because it is a Christmas Story contest entry, you needed to have several holiday descriptions. You did that very well. Good job. Good luck!
Comment Written 29-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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Thank you for reading and glad you enjoyed the story. Happy New Year. Cheers, Kay.
Comment from frierajac
I appreciate the fact that as it seems to me the theme of the Christmas story is magic. The greatest justification for Christmas as I see it is that especially children who do not know what the world is are given the illusions proffered in magic.
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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I appreciate the fact that as it seems to me the theme of the Christmas story is magic. The greatest justification for Christmas as I see it is that especially children who do not know what the world is are given the illusions proffered in magic.
Comment Written 29-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 30-Dec-2017
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Thanks so very much for reading and glad you enjoyed the story. Happy New Year. Blessings, Kay.
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Haappy New Year to U!
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
This was such a lovely story, Kay, enchanting! I'm sure it will do well in the contest and it would make a lovely Children's book story. You are an artist, you should have a go at illustrating it. Well done, my friend, and good luck in the contest! A very Happy Christmas to you, Lea, and Toby! xxxx
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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This was such a lovely story, Kay, enchanting! I'm sure it will do well in the contest and it would make a lovely Children's book story. You are an artist, you should have a go at illustrating it. Well done, my friend, and good luck in the contest! A very Happy Christmas to you, Lea, and Toby! xxxx
Comment Written 24-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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Ho, Ho, Ho, Happy Christmas my dear friend (ours is today, yours tomorrow) glad you enjoyed the story, I had fun writing it!!
Love from Wee3 XXX
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You made me guilty, so am editing The Toymaker because you loved it and thought it worthwhile XXX
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Thank goodness for that, it's much too good a story not to make the effort. Even if it doesn't win, it's a story that many would buy to read to their children. I have my fingers crossed for you. xxxx
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written magical Christmas story. It will be an honor yo have a life if giving to others as much as we can to make sure everyone has something specisl for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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A very well-written magical Christmas story. It will be an honor yo have a life if giving to others as much as we can to make sure everyone has something specisl for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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Bon Jour Mon Ami! Happy Christmas and thanks for reading the story. Love, Kay.
Comment from Sharon Haiste
This is a fine entry for the 'Christmas Story' writing prompt.
The picture is beautiful and a perfect match.
Well done and good luck to you with the competition.
Sharon
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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This is a fine entry for the 'Christmas Story' writing prompt.
The picture is beautiful and a perfect match.
Well done and good luck to you with the competition.
Sharon
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 24-Dec-2017
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Happy Christmas Sharon! Glad you enjoyed my little story. Have a great day. Blessings, Kay.
Comment from Mystic Angel 7777
This is a lovely Christmas story and an admirable entry for the contest. I thoroughly enjoyed it ... except for Alaska being a bad reindeer at the end but it does go to show that smoking is NOT a good habit to develop LOL, All the best in the judging and thank you very much for sharing it.
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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This is a lovely Christmas story and an admirable entry for the contest. I thoroughly enjoyed it ... except for Alaska being a bad reindeer at the end but it does go to show that smoking is NOT a good habit to develop LOL, All the best in the judging and thank you very much for sharing it.
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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Glad you enjoyed, hope you have a Happy Christmas. Love, Kay.
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Same to you and all those you hold dear.
Comment from Sasha
This is delightful and fun Christmas story. I love the name Alaska and that everyone got their gifts. Even the house burning down wasn't a problem...they have magic. I enjoyed this story very much and wish you all the best in this contest.
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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This is delightful and fun Christmas story. I love the name Alaska and that everyone got their gifts. Even the house burning down wasn't a problem...they have magic. I enjoyed this story very much and wish you all the best in this contest.
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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Happy Christmas my friend. Thank you for reading, glad you enjoyed. Love, Kay.
Comment from Dean Kuch
As he chipped away at a block of wood, his pet reindeer, Alaska, nuzzled his ear. Alaska had been Kris's only animal friend since forever. He could also speak English to Kris as he worked. ... I'm jealous!
Not only does Kris have a reindeer named Alaska for a best friend, it can also speak to him as well.
Where can I get one, LOL?
"What kind of angel is that grandpa?" Tory gazed at the golden Angel Kris had placed on the top of the tree.
"Oh, that's Gabriel, the Angel that brought good tidings to Mary. He told her she was going to have a baby boy and was to call him Jesus. Which means Wonderful!"
"Tis not," said Tory, "the tree angel is a girl."
"Hmm, must have got my angels mixed up. Anyway, Gabriel did visit Mary and she did bring Jesus into the world. And that is what Christmas is all about. ... Good recovery on Grandpa's part. Perhaps he'd forgotten to put his spectacles on which is why he didn't notice the angel tree topper was a girl instead of a boy.
Hey, it could happen...
They all made their way to their bedrooms after leaving carrots for Rudolph and a glass of milk and biscuits for Santa. ... I learned recently that the word "biscuits" in the UK and Australia is equivalent to cookies here in the states...
"I'll wait till Alaska arrives and then we can go get a new wheelchair for Tory, I know just the place for a chair - it's called The Red Arrow." ... Red Arrow nothin'! Get him one like the chair Marty Coslaw had in Stephen King's "Silver Bullet".
What red-blooded boy wouldn't LOVE a chair like that, LOL?
Great story, Kay. Very well written.
And as all great stories do it ends on a very happy note.
Sorry I'm all out of sixes.
I hope a "virtual six" will suffice for now.
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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As he chipped away at a block of wood, his pet reindeer, Alaska, nuzzled his ear. Alaska had been Kris's only animal friend since forever. He could also speak English to Kris as he worked. ... I'm jealous!
Not only does Kris have a reindeer named Alaska for a best friend, it can also speak to him as well.
Where can I get one, LOL?
"What kind of angel is that grandpa?" Tory gazed at the golden Angel Kris had placed on the top of the tree.
"Oh, that's Gabriel, the Angel that brought good tidings to Mary. He told her she was going to have a baby boy and was to call him Jesus. Which means Wonderful!"
"Tis not," said Tory, "the tree angel is a girl."
"Hmm, must have got my angels mixed up. Anyway, Gabriel did visit Mary and she did bring Jesus into the world. And that is what Christmas is all about. ... Good recovery on Grandpa's part. Perhaps he'd forgotten to put his spectacles on which is why he didn't notice the angel tree topper was a girl instead of a boy.
Hey, it could happen...
They all made their way to their bedrooms after leaving carrots for Rudolph and a glass of milk and biscuits for Santa. ... I learned recently that the word "biscuits" in the UK and Australia is equivalent to cookies here in the states...
"I'll wait till Alaska arrives and then we can go get a new wheelchair for Tory, I know just the place for a chair - it's called The Red Arrow." ... Red Arrow nothin'! Get him one like the chair Marty Coslaw had in Stephen King's "Silver Bullet".
What red-blooded boy wouldn't LOVE a chair like that, LOL?
Great story, Kay. Very well written.
And as all great stories do it ends on a very happy note.
Sorry I'm all out of sixes.
I hope a "virtual six" will suffice for now.
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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Hello Dean, Thanks so much for reading and editing, glad you enjoyed my friend. Love to Gidget and you too! XX Kay.
Comment from Ricky1024
I like writing each type of Santa Claus stories myself about Christmas and events I wrote one one once called the the last Christmas when Santa actually breaks down in this way and I introduced a new reindeer that Santa has never heard before he failed reindeer school and he's wandering in the woods he's very upset he can't be helping Santa with the sleigh and then sentence Santa crashes in the woods and here's his new reindeer I can't remember his name in the woods and he comes over to see what's going on in there Santa and two of the reindeer had to be unhitched because they were both injured Rudolph and Prancer so he's a large Reindeer and Santa allows him to lead the slide to get Santa to the North Pole to the hospital and eventually mrs. Claus takes over the reins of delivering the presents that year so it wasn't really wasn't it was a Christmas that almost wasn't thanks dr. Ricky 1024
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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I like writing each type of Santa Claus stories myself about Christmas and events I wrote one one once called the the last Christmas when Santa actually breaks down in this way and I introduced a new reindeer that Santa has never heard before he failed reindeer school and he's wandering in the woods he's very upset he can't be helping Santa with the sleigh and then sentence Santa crashes in the woods and here's his new reindeer I can't remember his name in the woods and he comes over to see what's going on in there Santa and two of the reindeer had to be unhitched because they were both injured Rudolph and Prancer so he's a large Reindeer and Santa allows him to lead the slide to get Santa to the North Pole to the hospital and eventually mrs. Claus takes over the reins of delivering the presents that year so it wasn't really wasn't it was a Christmas that almost wasn't thanks dr. Ricky 1024
Comment Written 23-Dec-2017
reply by the author on 23-Dec-2017
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Thanks for telling me your story; hope you enjoyed mine? Happy Christmas, Kay.
