Hello Jacky ,

I am here with a review for your holiday themed story because I am taking part in "12 Days Of Christmas 2024" .

The ending is too funny. It leaves me with one question though. The car that was in the driveway was mom's car. For Christmas, dad got "the" car super cleaned. Did he get his own car super cleaned? That would be something to make a little more clear since the story has a whole segment about where mom's car parks.

Of course kids don't want to get clothes for Christmas. Ha ha.

The time jump to when the kids are not only grown up but even had long careers was an interesting narrative choice. Are those people that you know? Was it a memory that you used for this story? Her career didn't seem to be a big deal for the overall story.

Even with the confusion about whose car was washed and my question about Melanie's professional choices, this was a vivid story full of things happening and a good mystery that luckily gets solved in the end.

Annette