Large Fierce Mammal

On this date last year I treated you to a Christmas ghost story, The Shepherd,  written by Frederick Forsyth as a Christmas gift for his wife, Carrie.

“‘The Shepherd’ is set on the Christmas Eve of 1957, at which time I would have been eight months plus a day upon the Earth, snug as a bug in a rug far away from the fictional runway in Germany from which our 20 year old hero is about to launch his de Havilland Vampire into the night on a routine flight to spend the holidays with family in England. Along the way, Murphy’s Law, unfortunate weather, serendipity, and the timely assistance of a de Havilland Mosquito converge.” ~ A Long Winter’s Night — 2019 Edition Day 5: The Shepherd

This year I’m going to continue the tradition with another offering of Human travail in the face of every portent doom can provide. Tonight I offer Christmas at Sea written by Robert Louise Stevenson, and as presented by the YouTube channel Way of the World.