title: Mistletoe and Holly: Classic Christmas Stories
author: Julia Livshin
description: <DIV><B>Julia Livshin</b>&#160;is a staff editor at the&#160;<I>Atlantic Monthly</i>, where she evaluates fiction and nonfiction works submitted for publication. She is a graduate of Duke University and received her MA from Harvard. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</div>
zlib_text: HOLLY’S JOLLY
  Forever Safe Christmas II
  
  CLAIRE ASHLYNN
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Claire Ashlynn
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  Contents
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Epilogue
  About the Author
  Also by Claire Ashlynn
  
  Chapter One
  
  R
  HOLLY BELL
  ich ginger and vanilla scents drift through the air as the mixer’s slow hum fills the room.
  The temperature in the backroom of the bakery slowly rises, while the glistening snow
  can be seen through the window at the front. The weather’s freezing this time of year and I
  love it. Christmas is by far my favorite holiday. Not only do I make more during the holiday season,
  but I love everything that goes along with it. The decorations, the weather, and th