part i of

chip crockett's christmas carol by elizabeth hand (via boing boing)

This is a serialization of my 2001 Christmas novella. For ideal viewing, please enable the Yule Log:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf-4lCsLlpgAlso, cue up some seasonal music — this is "Welcome Christmas," the song all the Whos down in Whoville sing despite the Grinch's worst efforts, here hauntingly performed by Love Spirals Downwards:http://www.projekt.com/excelsis/lovespirals_welcomexmas.mp3And here's the real-life analog of the news item Tony faxes to Brendan:http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E5D71039F931A25757C0A960958260The world has altered drastically in the ten years since I wrote this, but I've chosen not to revise the story to reflect these changes. The spirits of the season are timeless, right? Cue Yule Log...