Story: The Tale of St. Nicholas & the Troll of Christmas
Story by: Gail Nobles ©️ 2023
Cover Art by: Gail Nobles

Saint Nicholas had one little boy on his mind and that was Mrs. Jones little boy. His name was Brandon. He was a mama’s boy. Brandon knew his mom was sick. His mom had been sick for over 2 years with cancer. Brandon was only 6 years old. He often wondered what he would do without his mother though he had his father too. Brandon loved both of his parents, but he felt closer to his mom.

Brandon was visited by Old Man Troll in his dreams. He heard a wicked laugh in his sleep telling him that his mom was going to die. Brandon never told his mother the dream. He tried to be happy for his mom because he knew it would break her heart to see him sad. Brandon put on a smile but he was unsure in his smile. Deep down inside, he was hurting wondering what Christmas was going to be like.Saint Nicholas knew that Brandon’s mom had only one more Christmas to see. He went to visit all of Mrs. Jones’s neighbors who talked about her behind her back. However, nobody recognized him as Saint Nicholas because he did not appear to them as Saint Nicholas.

Saint Nicholas: Why come you don’t go visit your neighbor?

The neighbors: Well, she doesn’t visit anyone. She’s Mrs. goody two shoes.

Saint Nicholas hung his head and took a deep breath.

Saint Nicholas: Don’t you know that Mrs. Jones is very sick? She hasn’t been able to visit much.

When Saint Nicholas told the neighbors the news, they were very sad because they did not know. Mrs. Jones kept to herself and her husband never mentioned a word to the neighbors. So the neighbors got together a week before Christmas and made plans to give Mrs. Jones, her husband, and son a big dinner. Mrs. Jones was not able to cook and neighbors knew how she loved to cook.

When Christmas came around, Mrs. Jones, her husband, and her son had the biggest surprise of their lives. They did not expect anyone to come visit them in their hard time at Christmas. This made Brandon very happy because his mother was full of happy tears.

That night, Brandon laid down to sleep. It was his bed time. That’s the night that he saw Saint Nicholas standing in his room at the foot of his bed. He knew that when he saw Saint Nicholas he was his angel.

Brandon: My mom is going to die isn’t she?

Saint Nicholas: Pray for your mother. You’ve been a good boy. Pray for your father. Heaven may have more good gifts in store for you. Merry Christmas!

Saint Nicholas vanishes away. Old Man Troll would not show his face because of Saint Nicholas. He did not want to be around. Old Man Troll was very angry that Brandon had a good Christmas after all. After seeing Saint Nicholas it gave Brandon faith that his mother would live some more years in good health.

I'm Gail Nobles. You're listening to Christmas Tales. Today's episode: The Tale of Saint Nicholas & the Troll of Christmas Part 3. Story by: Gail Nobles ©️ 2023.

Story first published on medium.com 2015 by Gail Nobles.