"The Night Before Christmas" by M1KE HUNT (MrMike@aol.com). "Fucking Mike Hunt!" That's the title of a story by this author, you know. A good story. One that I rated it 10-10-10. Mike Hunt usually writes stories with himself as the legendary hero who copulates with June or the twins or a rapacious slut in an elevator. This one doesn't even sound like Mike Hunt. I suspect it's a leftover from the estate of O. Henry.

"Fucking Mike Hunt!" See, the problem is that I already KNEW who was going to win my Celestial Christmas Story contest. And then this story arrives, and now I have to stop and think and reread the stories and diddle myself and lose sleep over this decision and eventually decide who wins my prize.

With my luck, I'll get even more good entries!

I can't tell you much about this story, except that it's about a young man and a young woman, neither of whom is especially religious, who have been celebrating the Christmas/Hanukkah season together in a special way since they were newlyweds. Since I have already told you that this story is in the style of O. Henry, you can surmise that there is a surprise ending; but you'll get no more clues from me.