{"id":25244,"date":"2019-12-24T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=25244"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:47:23","slug":"holiday-collection-2019-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=25244","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Collection – 2019 Advent Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonanza Brand wishes to thank <\/span>faust<\/strong> <\/em>for her time and effort in coordinating and hosting our Fourth Annual Advent Calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you to those who contributed:<\/p>\n

Silver Sven, Questfan, faust, DJK, PSW, Belle, SKLamb, wx4rmk, Puchi Ann, Lizabeth, Patina, AC 1830, Sierra Girl, Cheaux, Sibylle, JC, Indiana, BluewindFarm, mumu74<\/p>\n

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Click any of the story title links below to reach the story, links to the next day are included at the bottom of each post.<\/p>\n

December 1 –\u00a0 Silver Sven
\nLate Return<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 2 – Questfan
\nThe Wrangler<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 3 – faust
\nMerry & Bright<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 4 –\u00a0 DJK
\nWrapping the Present<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 5 –\u00a0 PSW
\nThe Christmas Poem<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 6 –\u00a0 Belle
\nThe Christmas Hostage<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 7 –\u00a0 Belle
\nSmall Print<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 8 – Sklamb
\nSecond Sunday<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 9 –\u00a0 Questfan
\nA Debt of Kindness<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 10 – wx4rmk
\nThe Christmas Tree Surprise<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 11 – AC1830
\nA Splendid Laugh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 12 – Puchi Ann
\nThe Ghost of Christmas<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 13 – Lizabeth
\nThe Secret Santas<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 14 – Patina
\nThe Tipping Point<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 15 – AC 1830
\nChristmas Child<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 16 – Sierra Girl
\nA Christmas Miracle<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 17 – Cheaux
\nReflections<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 18 – Cheaux
\nGood Intentions and Unplanned Consequences<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 19 – Sibylle
\nChristmas Decorations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 20 – JC2
\nThe Last Gift of Christmas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 21 – Indiana
\nFirst Christmas in Boston, 1848<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 22 – BluewindFarm
\nA Thawing Heart<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 23 – PSW
\nThe Quiet of Christmas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 24 – mumu74
\nNaughty or Nice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Below is the list of quotes our writers were challenged to use within their story.<\/b><\/p>\n

Dec. 1 –\u00a0 Silver Sven\u00a0– \u201cI don’t know what day of the month it is! … I don’t know anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 2 – Questfan\u00a0– \u201cMen’s courses will foreshadow\u00a0certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead.”<\/p>\n

Dec. 3 – faust\u00a0– \u201cWhat reason have you to be merry?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 4 –\u00a0 DJK\u00a0– \u201cI\u2019ll retire to Bedlam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 5 –\u00a0 PSW\u00a0– \u201cHe has the power to render us happy or unhappy; To make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 6 –\u00a0 Belle\u00a0– \u201cForgive me if I am not justified in what I ask, but I see something strange, and not belonging to yourself, protruding from your skirts.\u00a0 Is it a foot or a claw?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 7 –\u00a0 Belle\u00a0– \u201cIt’s all right, it’s all true, it all happened\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 8 – Sklamb\u00a0– “Now, I’ll tell you what, my friend. I am not going to stand this sort of thing any longer.”<\/p>\n

Dec. 9 –\u00a0 Questfan\u00a0– \u201cIt’s not my business.\u00a0It’s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people’s. Mine occupies me constantly. Good afternoon, gentlemen!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 10 – wx4rmk\u00a0– \u201cRemove me from this place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 11 – AC1830 – “Really, for a man who had been out of practise for so many years it was a splendid laugh!”<\/p>\n

Dec. 12\u00a0– Puchi Ann\u00a0– “You may be an undigested bit of beef,\u00a0a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are.”<\/p>\n

Dec. 13 – Lizabeth\u00a0– \u201cI\u2019d rather not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 14\u00a0– Patina\u00a0– \u201cBah humbug.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 15 – AC 1830\u00a0– \u201cI\u2019m as giddy as a drunken man\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 16 – Sierra Girl\u00a0– \u201cYes, quite dead. As a doornail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 17 – Cheaux\u00a0– \u201cI am not the man I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 18 – Cheaux\u00a0–\u00a0\u201cIt is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it and would unquestionably have done it too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 19 – Sibylle\u00a0–\u00a0\u201cThere is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 20 – JC\u00a0– “No space of regret can make amends for one life\u2019s opportunity misused.”<\/p>\n

Dec. 21 – indiana\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 22 – Bluewindfarm\u00a0– \u201cHe was conscious of a thousand odors floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts, and hopes, and joys, and cares, long, long, forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dec. 23 – PSW\u00a0– “But his own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.”<\/p>\n

Dec. 24 – mumu74\u00a0–\u00a0“Yes! Yes I do! I like Christmas! I love Christmas!”<\/p>\n

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Note 1:<\/b> The Advent Calendar is hosted and first published in the Bonanza Brand Forums; and even though some of the contributions might not meet the Brand Library eligibility guidelines, the requirements were waived for these creations since we wanted to share the entire Calendar with our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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