Take a Look at the Five and Ten

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Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. We also accept lyrics that mention prices that are now dated, such as 10 cent pay phone calls. Lyrics that mention a persons age at the time and that person is now past said age, and lyrics that mentioned events that were current at the time of the song but have now passed are also accepted. the present or future they refer to, has come and gone. 1999 was the future in 1982, 1999 has now passed. No, it’s not,” Sloane said. “It’s boring beyond belief, so, Ori, whatever you do, don’t mention Christmas shopping or snow.” What I am NOT looking for, are songs like Bowling for Soup's "1985" which are written after the date

I requested this not reading the blurb because ultimately I know it will be a good read. So imagine me surprise to find out that this was a holiday tale. I am not a holiday person and only care to pillage the baked goods. So I had a small moment of dismay about the holiday aspect. I needn't have worried. This story was lovely.

Take a Look at the Five and Ten

From beloved New York Timesbestselling, multiple-award-winning author Connie Willis comes another enchanting science fictional Christmas tale and screwball comedy, Take a Look at the Five and Ten. Readers in the need for a dose of Willis’s humor and heart will want to curl up with this novella for the holidays. Add to that the fact that Jillian refuses to have roast turkey and pumpkin pie like normal people and insists on serving poached sturgeon and Senegalese locus-pods, that Aunt Mildred complains about everything from the table settings to my failure to bring a date, and that Grandma Elving insists on telling the same interminable story of how she worked at Woolworth’s in downtown Denver one Christmas, and you can see why I start dreading Thanksgiving dinner some time in July. Like Prince's "1999" (which will not be played as much now that it's date has come and gone). These are songs for which

Oh, I’ll be fine,” she said. “This is much warmer than that bus I used to take that Christmas I worked at Woolworth’s. It was so cold the windows used to frost over and—”I know, but I’m not talking about happiness. I’m talking about joy, which is a totally different emotion. People think of them as the same thing because they’re both positive emotions, but I don’t think they are. Happiness is a warm, pleasant, all-over kind of feeling. Joy’s nothing like that. It pierces right through you, and it’s so intense, it’s almost painful, and I think that’s the kind of experience Grandma Elving had standing there, looking out the door at the snow, a sort of…” I faltered, groping for the right word. The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.com It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas As a Non-Christian married to a Christian person, I have a very nuanced and off view of Christmas. But I love how Connie Willis loves Christmas unashamedly and how she infused her love and joy into all of her works. She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado. She also has one daughter, Cordelia.

This story is heartwarming and lovely. I adored Ori and I really adored Grandma Elving. The descriptions of Woolworth's were so vivid and alive. I actually spent time trying to figure out if I was remembering ever being in Woolworth's meself or if the imagery was so strong that I just felt like I had. I don’t like Christmas and I don’t read Christmas stories, but I found this novella to be completely charming. Maybe my reaction was due in part to nostalgia. By the end of the book I sure was missing Woolworth’s and snow and Christmas lights. I think the book may have damaged my brain. This is a lovely little story. But the research has shown happiness not only isn’t strong enough to produce a flashbulb moment, it doesn’t activate the amygdala or the hippocampus, it activates the limbic cortex.” humorous Christmas tale. Featured is a dysfunctional, amalgam of somewhat related family members interacting during the holiday season. Our main protagonist is Ori who finds herself invited to a slew of never ending holiday dinners ... starting with Thanksgiving and culminating with a New Year's Eve buffet.. At age eight her mother was briefly married to Dave .... and he still considers her, his daughter., and hosts these endless gatherings. Dave has been married more than six times, and has always made poor choices ... including her mother. Usually in attendance are the usual suspects. Aunt Mildred, actually a great-aunt of Dave's second wife and Grandma Elving, the grandmother of his fourth wife. Aunt Mildred is forever pointing out the failings of the younger generation and the vast superiority of the "good old days" . Her speeches always turn into lectures and she seems to complain about everything. While Grandma Elving cannot be deterred from telling the same storyI'm referring to songs with a specific date or year in the lyrics, that are mentioned as the present or future.