{"id":38733,"date":"2015-12-22T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T07:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/?p=38733"},"modified":"2015-12-22T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T17:31:35","slug":"get-shaken-and-stirred-on-the-eighth-day-of-kris-mas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromthekreme.com\/tales\/2015\/12\/22\/get-shaken-and-stirred-on-the-eighth-day-of-kris-mas\/","title":{"rendered":"Get shaken and stirred on the Eighth Day of Kris-mas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Shaken

Shaken by the Snowglobe by Kris P. Kreme<\/p><\/div>\n

When loving son and brother Brent brings home some surprise gifts for Christmas, the ones getting them might be getting much more than they bargained for, and much more than Brent ever intended.<\/p>\n

From the gag gum for Bree which has her unknowingly blowing out her bra to the fitted sweater for Laura which soon has her more fit to strip it off, everything is changing and all thanks to a special little snow globe that might just have more power than Brent ever imagined.<\/p>\n

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On his way home for the holidays from college, Brent finds himself lulled into nearly forgetting something he always makes sure to do for his mother and sister back home.<\/p>\n

It’s been just the three of them for nearly as long as he can remember and so he always held them in exceptionally high respect. Sure his younger sister, Bree, could be a rather typical bratty pain now and then, but she was pretty great even so and his mother, Laura dealt with a lot, not the least of which was raising two kids after being dropped by their deadbeat dad.<\/p>\n

The long drive home is rural and quiet, even more so when the snow begins to rain down, and about then is when Brent realizes in all the rush to get home he totally forgot to pick up little gifts to have for them when he walked through the door.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t right to just go home with laundry to do and little more than a hug hello so Brent considers himself very lucky when barely a matter of miles from his neighborhood he passes a quaint country store during a break in the blizzard.<\/p>\n

Even the sign outside read Last Minute Christmas Gifts and Brent couldn’t be more pleased with his luck, heading inside to browse the oddities and fun little inexpensive gift items.<\/p>\n

His mother and sister naturally would never expect him to spend much on them, but Brent wants to make the gesture and so before too long has found perfect gifts for each of them, small gestures and little more. The gag bubblegum he finds is perfect for Bree, always smacking gum and blowing bubbles like the bratty little sister she is, although even he knows that at eighteen she’s certainly not the brat she used to be.<\/p>\n

As well, Brent knows his mom will just love the Christmas sweater he found, the material seeming nice and festive but not tacky or uncomfortable looking. Before paying and leaving, Brent can’t resist going past the one section of the store the odd old man running it seemed to steer him away from.<\/p>\n

It’s truly bizarre the man wouldn’t want a sale considering the many Christmas items in the store with it being days away, but something about the mention of him shopping for his family made the man hesitate, and even when Brent finds the perfect little snow globe, the man still insists that those snow globes are costly… but not when it comes to money.<\/p>\n

Unsure what the man means and running short on time, Brent buys the little snow globe for an unbelievably low price and rushes back to his car, home just miles away and now wearing a smile as he knows that homecoming will be much brighter.<\/p>\n

Welcomed outside by the neighbor he has known since childhood, welcomed inside by his mom and loving sister, Brent is just relieved to be off the winter road, ready to rest inside the warmth of home.<\/p>\n

Of course things might just be heating up more than he expected after handing out his gifts, or more correctly after the special little snow globe gets its first shake.<\/p>\n

The Christmas Coal gag gum is much enjoyed by Bree, but as she blows up a bubble, are her own bubbles blowing up as well? His mother, Laura, loves the sweater but is she getting not just warmer but hotter wearing it? And what is with the little scene in the snow globe, a scene that looks remarkably like his home in the snow… but with little changes each time it is shaken?<\/p>\n

An escalating series of more and more disturbing behavior by the women in his family has Brent concerned until a surprise visit by his neighbor and that neighbor’s two sons spins Brent’s world out of control, or rather shakes things up more than even a snow globe can do.<\/p>\n

What is the mystery of the snow globe? Just what powers do these quaint country store gifts possess? And will Brent ultimately find his Christmas much more merry than he ever expected, with the closeness in his family taking on entirely new meaning?<\/p>\n

On the eighth day of Kris-mas, things truly get Shaken by the Snow Globe.<\/p>\n

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When loving son and brother Brent brings home some surprise gifts for Christmas, the ones getting them might be getting much more than they bargained for, and much more than Brent ever intended. From the gag gum for Bree which has her unknowingly blowing out her bra to the fitted sweater for Laura which soon … <\/p>\n

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