"The First Day of Christmas."

Surrounded by fellow drinkers full of saucy dialogue, a man on the outs with his lover is torn between asking her hand and burying his grief in drink. In The Wild Cherry Tree (1968).

ID: 
b308
Title: 
"The First Day of Christmas."
Genre: 
Story
Page Count: 
10
Word Count: 
ca. 2300
Year of Publication: 
1968
Topic: 
Christmas
Loneliness