December 14th - Candy Cane by Cleo the Muse
All Ages
Gen, Drabble, Holiday (Christmas), Humor
Warnings: Mention of the 'J' word.
Episodes: Season Three
Synopsis: The AO Happy Place Advent Calendar challenge, in which each day of December (until Christmas), a new door is opened on the Advent calendar, and a picture prompt revealed.
Word count: 200
Status: Completed as of December 14, 2007
December 14th - Candy Cane
Crunch.
Slurp.
Crunch.
Janet cringed. "Cassandra Fraiser! Eat that candy cane or throw it away!"
The young brunette took the red-and-white striped confection out of her mouth. "Oh, Mom!"
"'Oh, Mom'!" Janet mimicked. She'd had a long day at the Mountain today: SG-3 got into a scrap with some Jaffa, and SG-14 encountered a hostile... plant. Now that she'd finally gotten home, all she wanted was to sit down in her favorite chair for a few minutes and relax.
Cassie's determined racket was spoiling the mood.
"You know," Cassie began, "Uncle Jack told me there was a whole story behind candy canes."
"Oh he did, did he?" Janet asked, looking up at her adopted daughter, who sat in the kitchen across the way, perched on a stool with her homework spread across the counter in front of her. She vaguely remembered having heard the story about the candy cane as a child in Sunday school.
"If you turn it upside-down," Cassie explained, pulling the candy out again and turning it so that the curve pointed downward, "it makes the letter 'J'. You know what that stands for, Mom?"
"Jesus?" she guessed.
"'Jack'," Cassie corrected. "Isn't that just an amazing coincidence?"
Author's Notes:
Jack's determined to teach that girl all kinds of stuff that isn't true! "Every kid must have a dog..." My cat would object.