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|name = {{StoryTitle}}
|image             = The Fright Before Christmas (short story).jpg
|image = The Fright Before Christmas (short story).jpg
|series           = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' short stories
|series = ''[[Lethbridge-Stewart (series)|Lethbridge-Stewart]]'' short stories
|number           =  
|number =  
|main character   = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|main character = Colonel [[Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart]]
|featuring         = [[Sally Wright]]
|featuring = Corporal [[Sally Wright]]
|enemy             = [[Alien sphere]]
|enemy = [[Alien sphere]]
|setting           = [[London]], [[24 December]] [[1969]]
|setting = [[London]], [[24 December]] [[1969]]
|writer           = Tom Dexter
|writer = [[Tom Dexter]]
|cover             = [[Shaun Russell]], [[Adrian Salmon]], [[Nathan Hudson]]
|cover = [[Shaun Russell]], [[Adrian Salmon]], [[Nathan Hudson]]
|editor           = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]]
|editor = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]], [[Shaun Russell]]
|designer         = [[Simon Williams]]
|designer = [[Simon Williams]]
|publisher         = Candy Jar Books
|publisher = Candy Jar Books
|release date     = 23 December 2015
|release date = [[23 December (releases)|23 December]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|reprint          = The HAVOC Files (anthology)
|reprint          =''[[The HAVOC Files (anthology)|The HAVOC Files]]'', ''[[The XMAS Files (anthology)|The XMAS Files]]''
|format           = Online short story
|format = Online book
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'''''The Fright Before Christmas''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]].


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* Lethbridge-Stewart dresses up in a [[Father Christmas]] costume from [[Hamleys]].
* Lethbridge-Stewart dresses up in a [[Father Christmas]] costume from [[Hamleys]].
* [[Canapé]]s, [[champagne]], and [[mince pie]]s are served at the party at [[The Dorchester]].
* [[Canapé]]s, [[champagne]], and [[mince pie]]s are served at the party at [[The Dorchester]].
* [[Woodley]] is stationed at the [[Lovell Telescope]], part of the [[Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories]].
* [[Woodley]] is stationed at the [[Lovell Telescope]], part of the [[Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories]].
* [[Charles Wyvern|Charles]] and [[Dolores Wyvern|Dolores]] are going to [[Harrods]] in [[Knightsbridge]].  
* [[Charles Wyvern|Charles]] and [[Dolores Wyvern|Dolores]] are going to [[Harrods (store)|Harrods]] in [[Knightsbridge]].
* Two bodies are found near [[Marble Arch]].  
* Two bodies are found near [[Marble Arch]].
* Guthrie sells roasted [[chestnut]]s.  
* Guthrie sells roasted [[chestnut]]s.
* Sally gets Alistair a painting kit of military figures from the [[Scots Guards]] who fought in the [[Peninsular War]] in [[1809]].  
* Sally gets Alistair a painting kit of military figures from the [[Scots Guards]] who fought in the [[Peninsular War]] in [[1809]].
* A group of carolers sing "[[The Twelve Days of Christmas]]".  
* A group of carolers sing "[[The Twelve Days of Christmas]]".
* Lethbridge-Stewart speculates the alien sphere comes from the [[USSR]] or [[Korea]].
* Lethbridge-Stewart speculates the alien sphere comes from the [[USSR]] or [[Korea]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Lethbridge-Stewart is engaged to [[Sally Wright]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'')
* Lethbridge-Stewart is engaged to [[Sally Wright]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Forgotten Son (novel)|The Forgotten Son]]'')
== External links ==
* [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7184308/Lethbridge-Stewart_Free_Download_The_Fright_Before_Christmas.pdf ''The Fright Before Christmas'' online]


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[[Category:2015 short stories]]
[[Category:2015 short stories]]
[[Category:Lethbridge-Stewart short stories]]
[[Category:The HAVOC Files short stories]]
[[Category:WEB short stories]]
[[Category:Web-based short stories]]
[[Category:Pseudo-historical stories]]
[[Category:The XMAS Files short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in London]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1969]]
[[Category:Stories set in 1969]]

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The Fright Before Christmas was a free short story released by Candy Jar Books in 2015.

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