The Ten Goddesses of Christmas
Dec 9th 2009
KimOn Writing!
Twas the night before Christmas and all through Mt. Oly, not a creature was stirring. Not even a cherub. The goblets were set by the waterfall with care, in hopes that Saint Nick would soon be there.
The Goddesses were tucked all snug in their temples while visions of RITAS danced through their heads. With much thought and reflection, their wishes were considered. But what list were they on, naughty or nice?
Sweet, little Claudia longed for a new label maker, one with one hundred fonts would be sure to please.
Daring Karen Rose hoped for an electric chair she could call her own.
Julia only needed one thing. A personal chef would fit all her needs. (pst, that’s The Naked Chef over there *G*)
Our stallion tamer, Nicole, was sure a new saddle would be waiting for her.
Karen Hawkins let Santa know if she couldn’t have Brett Favre all to herself then the only thing she needed was an unlimited gift card to Starbucks.
A zombie named Will consumed all of Lori’s wishes only the Moon Before Yule could tear her thoughts away.
Madeline’s list was covered in colors, red and pearl swirled all together.
There was only one request from Sabrina-for all to shine on RITA night.
We all know what Suzanne begged Santa for. Real life stormtroopers and a Yoda tops her list.
Rachel needs a new boat, rod and reel. Her fishing will be complete with these few trinkets.
And from Handmaiden Kim, wishes for topping the best seller lists and sales through the roof for all of her Goddesses, is the only thing that will do. For all our friends that visit, much happiness all year long!
Share your contribution to the Ten Goddesses of Christmas in the comments below and I’ll enter your name to win a signed book from one of our Goddesses! You can add a sentence to the story I started or share your own goddess/Christmas story or poem to enter. Good luck!
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49 Responses to “The Ten Goddesses of Christmas”
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:06 am #
Good morning goddesses! Oh and just in case you couldn’t tell by my blog, rhyming doesn’t count for a wit. LOL Only having a ton of fun matters
Danielle D on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:15 am #
For Nicole — to have Wolf’s story finally be published!
Karen Rose on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:19 am #
I think my wish should be amended to include solar power. We should be green considering it’s the holidays, after all. Oh, was that humor too dark for this early in the morning?
And why does Julia get a Naked Chef? I wanna naked chef. Altho’ sometimes Mr. R … no, wait, self-editing in process here…
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:23 am #
LOL @K-rawk. I tried to add that you get crash test dummies too but it just didn’t work…
Lisa H on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:23 am #
In my version, I see Karen H and Claudia fighting over Hugh. Wise handmaiden Kim says, “You both cannot have him, so cut him in half.” Karen R decides to do the deed, for research purposes only, Hugh protests a bit, as does Claudia, then our godesses begin to fight some more. It seems they both want the bottom half!
Aemelia on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:23 am #
oh for shame…looking for creativity oh so early in the morning!!!! ;P
and…
Let all of our goddesses be blessed with creativity and imagination beyond compare in the New Year in which we all prepare!
ouch…I’ll go drink more coffee and see if a shower can wake me up! LOL
Kathy on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:46 am #
Too early this morning I typed out this ditty
So read it along with a good dose of pity
I’m wishing for you a great deal of merry
and hope that we’re all visited by the good gift fairy
Merry Christmas to all of the Goddesses
And, I might add, to all of our post-esses
Karen Rose on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:47 am #
I don’t know … Crash test dummy could lead nicely into “Julia’s yummy” — Naked Chef, that is.
LoriHandeland on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:58 am #
Great poem, Kim. You’re so talented. And energetic. Writing poems when you’re packing to move during the holidays. Go girl!
Gannon on 09 Dec 2009 at 7:03 am #
Love the poem, Kim!
I’m sure K-Hawk would love to find Hugh Jackman under her tree….wearing only a strategically placed bow! LOL
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 7:05 am #
Oh, Lori, thank you. I wrote it at 2am to boot. You were all going to get to meet Riley instead.
Ok, I’m off for coffee with a friend from high school. I’ll be back soon.
Sabrina Jeffries on 09 Dec 2009 at 7:18 am #
Kim, you pegged me exactly! *G* I would add:
And to all of our reader goddesses bright
I wish a good book for every night!
May their days be merry and their pocketbooks stuffed
May their nights be arrayed with men in the buff!
Karen Rose on 09 Dec 2009 at 7:25 am #
Sabrina, snort
Solveig on 09 Dec 2009 at 7:46 am #
I wish for health and happyness
for families and friends
and a healthy heavy rise
in romance pocketbook trends
Tíhí :Ö) couldn´t rhime to save my life :ÖD
Angela on 09 Dec 2009 at 8:35 am #
I wish for health & happiness for all and for all the goddesses books to be high on the bestseller lists in 2010.
I so do not do poetry.
Cail on 09 Dec 2009 at 8:49 am #
Lisa H, I was wondering why Hugh wasn’t listed anywhere on that list!!! You beat me to that one…
I’m not going to attempt a rhyme but, my Christmas (and Hanukkah) wish for everyone is that aspiring writers get their first calls, that new authors have success, and that our resident writers have lots of new ideas to keep publishing, so that I can keep buying. Here is to health and happiness in this holiday season!
Karen Hawkins on 09 Dec 2009 at 8:59 am #
Kim, what FUN! I love your posts!
LisaH, I thought you were supposed to write a fictionalized version of the Mt. Oly Christmas?
Heck, yes, I want Hugh with a strategically placed bow and of COURSE my favorite part would be the bottom half – those thighs. Have you SEEN them? But then I love his smile, too, and the way his eyes crinkle and … oh wait. I have an idea of something to add to Kim’s BRILLIANT story …
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter!
We all sprang over Julia (who was on the ground in a Christmas Cookie Coma) to see what in the blazes was going on!
When what to our wondering (and greedy) eyes did appear, but HUGH JACKMAN shirtless, riding a huge reindeer!
Now THAT would be Christmas!
Claudia Dain on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:00 am #
Yeah, Cail and LisaH, I was wondering the same thing about Hugh. I suspect Kim is wrapping him up in duct tape even now, moving him to her new =secret= location. NOT FAIR! Release the Hugh!
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:03 am #
LOL! I love it. You guys are crazy! Honestly, Hugh wasn’t even a thought. Sorry, I’m a bad, bad handmaiden. *G* No fighting on Mt. Oly!! LOL
SheridanLA on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:08 am #
My Christmas wishes are rather simple and few
Some things for the goddesses – and the rest of us, too.
The first is that this season be healthy and fun
Because getting sick at Christmas sucks for everyone.
The second hopes joy and love fills each day and night
Grumpiness over the holidays is common, but not right.
The third is that inspiration flows freely through the coming year
With creativity following and focus always standing near.
My final wish I hope lasts throughout all of twenty-ten –
I wish you all happiness, laughter and lots of romantic men.
that’s all I got.
Lisa H on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:16 am #
Sabrina – LOL!
Of course if we were in Lisaland istead of Mt. Oly, my Christmas wish would involve Captain Jack and Edward Cullen fighting over me!
Karen Hawkins on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:41 am #
Wow, rhyming before coffee — I’m IMPRESSED! But then I just got up, so maybe I’m a bit behind the rest of you.
I’m glad Hugh showed up, however he arrived. What would Christmas be without a hunky, buff angel?
LauraR on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:42 am #
Yay Sheridan!
Freshechelle on 09 Dec 2009 at 9:58 am #
Sabrina choose a very ladylike way to rhyme “men in the buff” with “stuffed” – nice job keepin’ it classy ; ). I’m imaging a “blue version” of TGB in your future.
Sheridan, nice rhyme and kind wishes especially that last wish.
KH, Lisa H, Claudia – poor, poor mangled and molested Hugh. He doesn’t know how lucky he is.
Kim, great Christmas tale! Very modern poetry-esque to abandon rhyme while conveying a meaningful holiday message. I’m no poet so I’ll try a letter to Santa:
Dear Santa –
All I want for Christmas is a year filled with:
masculine eye candy
goddess written books that top the NYTBL
really good stuff for all my fellow TGB posters and goddesses
limited exposure to Christmas carols in public places &
no more famine, no more war and no more calories in chocolate
an unexpected surprise for me – Santa, you can pick what type of surprise.
Say hi to the little guys and mrs. C.
Fresh
Sherri Erwin on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:31 am #
Happy holidays, all! May all of your wishes come true, and cheers to a wonderful new year with new joys ahead.
limecello on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:37 am #
“And a RITA to all, and to all a good night!”
Kat on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:08 am #
To all our wonderful goddesses:
Not a pound this Christmas,
Unless it’s “his.”
May your nights be chilly
And warmed by a fire,
That comes from within
With only ‘optional’ attire.
May your days be merry
And your time be blessed.
And try not to giggle like children
When the FROS get undressed!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you — Sabrina, I loved your poem. Maybe they should wish for Hugh’s twin brother!
Julie on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:18 am #
I also do not do poetry. As a result, I wish the Goddesses more inspiration than they can handle in 2010. Of course, I’d like the same!
SuzyQ on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:30 am #
And Suzanne is very grateful for not having to shovel snow on Mt. Oly this year!
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 12:06 pm #
You don’t have to do poetry! A fun Mt. Oly holiday wish/greeting works!
What’s everyone doing today? Right now, I’m playing with Riley. For those of you who don’t visit the contest forum, she’s my new Quaker parrot and a total sweetheart. She’s so silly. Her favorite thing is to sit on my shoulder while I’m working. She cleans my hair, nibbles on my ear and kisses my cheek. Oh, and she bites me. A lot. LOL
Madeline Hunter on 09 Dec 2009 at 12:08 pm #
Madeline is curious to know what was on her list too! At this very moment, due to unreal hassles in the day job, a year’s supply of prozac sounds like a good stocking stuffer, LOL. Are those pills either pearly or red?
I can’t believe some of you rhyme in the morning. I’m not sure I can do it even on half a bottle of wine.
Um. . . . With a new series coming
All pearly and red
Madeline’s only wish list
Is that worry not mess with her head
Distraction is needed
That’s certain to say
Hugh Jackman, of course!
She’ll just join the fray
Madeline Hunter on 09 Dec 2009 at 12:11 pm #
Kim, I am watching the thunder storm outside my window while I write. Yes, thunder storm. Mind you, I live in Western PA. We aren’t supposed to have thunder storms in October, let alone December.
Madeline Hunter on 09 Dec 2009 at 12:13 pm #
oooo, can I have a cook too? He doesn’t have to be cute. He doesn’t have to be a great cook. He doesn’t even have to be a he. Please, please, please?
Kim on 09 Dec 2009 at 12:16 pm #
LOL-of course you can, Madeline. Does he just have to clean up? That’s important. I can’t believe you’re having tstorms. PA is very confused.
Madeline Hunter on 09 Dec 2009 at 1:23 pm #
Now we are having a wind storm, Kim. Debris is being thrown around, hitting my windows. What the heck?
Alicia on 09 Dec 2009 at 1:51 pm #
I just realized that a half of a day has gone by without me checking out TGB, and look at the fun you gals have been having without me!! Hmm…let’s see if I can come up with something…..
May all of the Goddesses Christmases be merry and bright,
Especially when snuggled by the fire with Mr. Right….
Or the Naked Chef would also be a delight
I can’t believe I just said that, but OH! What a night!
Alicia on 09 Dec 2009 at 1:53 pm #
BTW…I’m lovin’ the Decked-out Christmas Goddesses!
TrishD on 09 Dec 2009 at 2:46 pm #
I wish I could be creative and witty today, but the cold and snow seems to have drained all that from me. I’ve been watching it snow horizontally for most the day, cursing the fact that I know the wind is going to get stronger before this storm moves on. Thankfully the local schools have already cancelled for tomorrow.
Here are a few of my wishes for everyone on Mt. Oly…
Cute shoes on sale, in your size, that don’t hurt your feet.
Your name showing up on the nice list, even though I sometimes think the naughty list is more fun.
Best sellers all around… I promise to do my part to help with that!
The Stanley Cup in Hockey Town… ok, that one is for me.
Awards for everyone!!
And peace, love and happiness all year long!
Karen Hawkins on 09 Dec 2009 at 5:56 pm #
ACK! Kim just called and she has NO internet! I can’t even imagine!
She wanted me to check in and tell you that as SOON as she gets internet, she’ll be back. She doesn’t know what’s wrong, but the entire neighborhood is without ‘net.
So keep bringing on your Christmas stories — we’re all ears and Kim will select a winner when she’s able!
Freshechelle on 09 Dec 2009 at 6:08 pm #
Dear Santa –
Please restore Kim’s internet access pronto! Don’t let the internet faeries mess with her connection please.
Lisa G on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:18 pm #
The Goddess were nestled all snug in their beds
With visions of booksales twirling in their heads.
Their stockings all hung over the shower door with care.
In hopes that New York Times list would soon be there.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all satin he loved his suit.
A bundle of contracts he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a gigilo, who’s car did he hi-jack?
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, he really wasn’t a jerk.
New contracts for all, book signing galore
You do all the writing and I won’t say anymore!
He sprang to his feet, to his team gave a whistle,
As they flew out the door like they were riding a mistle.
But I heard him exclaim, they drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!”
Lisa G on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:20 pm #
sorry, missle, LOL
Karen Hawkins on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:30 pm #
Fresh, amen! Poor, poor Kim. I can’t imagine being without internet for long. When my cable internet doesn’t work, I use my smart phone. I know there was a time when we didn’t have internet, but apparently I was too young to remember, or else I’ve blocked it. One or t’other.
Wowza, LisaG! That’s spectacular! I am sooooo impressed. Poor Kim, without internet and THEN she has to come back and pick a winner from some darn outstanding entries. Whew! That would be HARD!
nancyg on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:29 pm #
Christmas wish list?
automatically refilling toilet paper roll holders
the return of full-service gas stations in wintertime
lipstick that lasts as long as the commercials say they do
finding Ugg boots on sale
Nate Berkus (design) & Peter Walsh (organization) from Oprah to redo my house
finding the end of my never-ending “to do” list(s)
other drivers on the road actually obeying traffic signs (yes, that line through the left arrow means no left turns!)
temporary suspension of late fees at the library & Blockbuster
a lasik process that does not involve an actual laser in my eye
oh, a cabana boy, and I don’t even have a pool!
but most of all, for me to be FINISHED Christmas shopping! argh!
Lisa G on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:33 pm #
We were without lights for 3 hours; no heat, 6-8 inches of snow and temps way below zero tonight!
Thank goodness they came back on so I have my internet, heat and my T.V. to sleep by!
Sorry Kim!
Tina on 09 Dec 2009 at 11:38 pm #
I hope the Goddesses and readers get what they want for the holidays and new year.
Trini on 10 Dec 2009 at 2:36 am #
mmmmm I couldn’t write a poem in spanish, so you can imagine in my pathetic english….
All that I wish for my dearest Goddess… is that their creativity never finishes so that we can enjoying their stories (yes, I know… it’s a very egoistic wish).
Hot in your hearts (and in your beds)
A big smile in your faces
A shoulder on which to cry
The hug of a friend and the kiss of a lover
Music in your lifes
For all the Goddess I hope YOUR DREAMS COME TRUTH
kh on 10 Dec 2009 at 11:45 am #
a trip to hawaii and watching the surfing contest with kelly slater
funny one laides
Kim on 11 Dec 2009 at 2:34 pm #
Hey goddesses!! Can you believe someone at Verizon cut the main line? Our whole area was without phone or net for over a day! Most stores couldn’t even run credit cards!
Okay, the winner is picked and is going up on the announcement right now.
Thanks K-hawk!