Gwen grinned and darted over to one of the kitchen counters, retrieving a folded piece of paper that Sybil hadn’t noticed before. She handed it over to Sybil without a word. Sybil scanned it, recognizing the name of one of the local pubs across the top.
“Christmas Eve Karaoke Night! Come and join us for a night of drinks and songs, from new hits to old favorites. All abilities welcome!” There were more details underneath, the time of the event among them, but Sybil didn’t bother to read them as she looked up at Gwen with dismay on her face.
“Karaoke? Gwen, you can’t be serious.”
“Why not? It’ll be a laugh, Sybil, come on!”
“It will be an utter disaster. A bunch of lonely people who don’t have anyplace better to be on Christmas Eve than the pub. And they’ll be singing.”
“Come on, you said you didn’t want the same old Christmas as every year…”
Merry Christmas, @zip-goes-a-million! I’m so very sorry that this took so long (so many technical issues!) but I hope that you like it and it was worth the long wait! Here is the link to your story, The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer!