How to write a Christmas tale

Before I'll start writing my own Christmas tale I will tell you how to write one. Of course there are many ways.

Classic

If you don't have a original idea this might be the right option for you. Before you start writing read classic tales. Do not copy them. Try to catch their spirit that people love year and year out. I think classical story could and should still happen in  modern era. Like I said before spirit is hard to capture because it's the heart of the story.  That's it, classic tale needs hearth. 

Ironic

This one should be original. If you have found some ironic aspect of Christmas you should hit it. Be careful that your story doesn't turn in to preaching. That is always the trouble when you feel strong about the subject. Typical subjects are forgetting of Jesus and rich people giving rich people material things. If you can find some other subject, don't start preaching and create an clever story with interesting character you have a ironic masterpiece in the making. Commercially this is not going to be a hit. Rarely would anyone buy this as a gift.

 Modern

This is a story set on Christmas and Christmas is a great theme. Story should have something new, something that makes it different. This is likely hardest to write because you can't rely on previous work but you can't completely leave them.

Some kind of an adventure involving Santa Claus is typical but of course you can make it interesting with a little imagination. 

Hopefully found this piece helpful or at least interesting.

One more tip: Go out during shopping season. You might get ideas.

Describe Color to the Blind

At CC i saw an exercise called Describe Color to the Blind.
It went like this:
"A test in doing the impossible: either framed in characters or outright, or however you think best, try to describe what color is like to a person who has never seen a thing, ever. How can you, in words, get across the idea of what exactly red or blue or any other color is like? The drab scientific understanding of light bouncing can be understood, but the essence of the idea is almost indescribable...that is until you come in! Do your best!"
Here is how I answer ed the question, hopefully you understand my deep thinking:
"Colors are not certain. It is assumed that almost everybody see the colors in the same way but how we understand colors varies. One of the colors is red. When people see red room some think about love and romance, others start to think about hell and lust.
They greatly affect the way we view the world, but they bring bias with them. It might be that if you didn't see colors you would see the naked, real, world."

What Has Been Going On

Well this is something different. I'm not going to publish yet anything but I'm going to tell you what has happened this week.
I have been sick. Fever and sore throat. I didn't let that stop me.
I have been heavily editing Melanie's blues. Folks at Writing forum have been very helpful. I feel that I have really developed as a writer. Melanie's Blues has ingredients for a full long book.
Also shot out to critique circle. It's also a good site. I sent Good Day there and I got a lot of interesting and encouraging information. Thank you for that. I plan to keep Good Day short but likely it's going to get a little longer.
I'm also working on a comic named Brutus the Pig. More about that later. If you like drawing you might get a change to work with Mike!
Luckily my little brother is good at drawing also. I'm more of a writer type.