"The good will of the season" For A Little Drabble Do Ya!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

“Well Christmas is only four days away,” Napoleon said. He was leaning back in his chair,  his feet crossed and resting on his desk.

He was speaking to Agent Goran Kovač, who was of Bosnian extraction.”

“A merry Christmas to you, though I don’t celebrate it,” Goran said. “Any plans?”

“Thank you and the blessings of Allah to you for your kind wish,” Solo smiled. “No plans, or dates and all the relatives are away, as is Illya.

“I know he’s back after the new year, perhaps you can celebrate with him on Russian Christmas? ”

“That’s the plan,” Napoleon smiled.

Comments

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

If only the world were more like this......well done. Has your Bosnian agent been in any of your other stories?

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

I love this. It's so each for people of different faiths to accept one another and greet them accordingly, but for some reason people are unwilling to do so. Even people of the same faith, but a different faction. can't seem to get on.

I'm sure the guy will have a great Christmas once Illya returns :-)

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, from your mouth to God's Ears! I introduced Goran after a reader requested a Muslim character a few years ago. He's been paired up with Illya a few times. There was 'Christmas in Bosnia" "The Heart Knows."

And there's a story about UFO, I think he's in "An Unidentified Flying What?"I think he's in "The Ice Prince" in my Snapshots collection.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I actually wrote this a few years ago, and during the holidays I often think of this one. Though this is a redux with a few changes/additions.

This was influenced by something that happened to me years ago when I worked retail The employees were told to only say 'happy holidays.' I refused, and continued saying "Merry Christmas," though I'd do it quietly, and often with a handshake as I thanked the customer. I sold very expensive fine jewelry, big bucks, so you needed to treat the customer well...which I always did. Which is why I had a huge customer following. I wrote nearly $5 million in sales in a department that did $8 million. Customers came back because I really helped them, many to save money and I treated them nicely. For my repeat customers, I thanked many of them in their language...Russian, Spanish, Italian, French.

Anyway the point of all this is I said Merry Christmas to a customer who said to me, "I'm Jewish." So I immediately wished him a Happy Chanukah and he smiled and we shook hands, and wished me a Merry Christmas. That's the way it should be, wishing each other the joy of our own particular holiday. No need to take offense if you don't celebrate. Just say thank you. Why try to ruin someone else's spirit.

That' part of the problem with this world...no tolerance.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Nice of Napoleon to recognize the other agent's beliefs. If it were only this way in the real world.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Amen to that! Thanks for the comment. "D

Oh you're Ecard, I couldn't get Santa to stop to send you a reply, so I think that answers your question. Dig that Santa booty. lol!