The Other other night before Christmas: A Jaci and Dottie Story

The time is 12:01 am December 21st.

In a little girl’s room, a little girl sat with a flashlight and a book, on top of which the girl was writing on a piece of paper.

Besides the flashlight, the only light in the room was a nightlight with a picture of a butterfly on it, and in the soft glow it produced the little girl could look around her room.

Beside the bed with its pink sheets with pictures of fairies on it, she had a dresser with a good supply of nighties, slips, panties, stockings, socks, and training bras. On the other side was a small table with a Disney Princess laptop, and a small bookshelf that was already overloaded with books.

On the far side of the room was an open closet, with a Barbie Princess Charm school dress prominently displayed. Beside the dress, it was stuffed with dresses, skirts, and very feminine pants and tops, but the newest outfit was a brownie uniform that hadn’t actually been used yet, as she was supposed to start going to brownies in the new year.

She took a deep breath, and went back to the little piece of paper on her lap, trying to get the words right.

Dear Santa,

Love, Dottie.

Dottie put the flashlight down, carefully folded the paper, put the book aside so she could get off the bed.

Then she carefully made her way to the living room, where a box marked “North Pole” was set up, and she put the folded paper inside, and went back to her room, switched off the flashlight, and crawled under the covers and fell asleep.

End.