Disclamer I Don't own the Pretender if I did it would still be on the air.

AN: this was going to be in my story Just Passing Though but I just couldn't fit it in. It just something I wrote around Christmas time. Hope you enjoy.







A Pretender's Christmas

By

Dolphinchic



He hardly remembered Christmas, the stockings, the lights and the presents. Over the years the memories had slowly faded. Jarod sat in his motel room at the Lexington Motor Inn and tried to remember his last Christmas with his family.



December 25, 1965

"Jarod, Kyle, Leia, you go and wash up for dinner." Their Mom said with a smile. The three kids went tromping upstairs to do their Mother's bidding. The living room was decorated with garlands and wreaths. The lights on the tree sparkled against the tinsel and the colorful glass balls. The presents were piled in vast piles under the tree.

"Mom can we open the presents?" They coursed with delight.

"You can when your father gets home." Their Mom said as she put the Christmas dinner on the table. As if in response to her words, the door opened and a tall hansom man in a Navy dress uniform walked through the door.

"Honey, I'm home." He said as he shifted the packages from one hand to the other.

"Daddy, can we open the presents?" Jarod, Kyle, and Leia hollered as they ran to their father at the door. He smiled and gave his children a big hug and picked Leia up and swung her around. "Yes, we can open presents after we eat dinner." Their Father said with as an immense grin that spread across his face. For dinner they had a mouth-watering turkey, some delectable sweat potatoes, tasty green beans with almond slices, and for dessert they had scrumptious apple pie with ice cream. After they had all helped clean up after dinner, they went into the living room. The exchange of presents was orderly and tidy. Jarod got some toy Navy planes, a lunch box and a PEZ dispenser. Kyle got the same thing. Leia got the same plus a doll. After opening their presents Jarod, Kyle, and Leia when to bed.

As Jarod drifted of to sleep one thought entered his mind. That thought was God bless us everyone. The End