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Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Phobias, Writing Prompts and Exercises

December 2025 Writing Prompts

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Christmas is a very special time of year. The giving of gifts and showing love for others is in the air. It is when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. It is also the time of year we watch π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΊπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘β„Ž and π‘…π‘’π‘‘π‘œπ‘™π‘β„Ž π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑅𝑒𝑑-π‘π‘œπ‘ π‘’π‘‘ π‘…π‘’π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿ. But some suffer from Christmas/winter phobias that make this joyful season into one of terror for them.

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Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises

The Darker Side of Santa

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December 25 has always been a holiday, but it hasn’t always been Christmas. What the Romans celebrated on that day was not the birth of Christ. The pagan festival of Saturnalia took place at this time. The birth of Mithra, the god of light, was celebrated on this day. The story of the conception, birth, and death of Mithra is very similar to the story of Jesus. Mithra is even supposed to have resurrected from the grave.

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