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|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 | ||
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|enemy = [[Alien sphere]] | |enemy = [[Alien sphere]] | ||
|setting = [[London]], [[24 December]] [[1969]] | |setting = [[London]], [[24 December]] [[1969]] | ||
|writer = | |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 = | |release date = 23 December 2015 | ||
|reprint = The HAVOC Files (anthology) | |reprint = The HAVOC Files (anthology) | ||
|format = Online short story | |format = Online short story | ||
|prev = The Dogs of War (LS short story){{!}}The Dogs of War | |prev = The Dogs of War (LS short story){{!}}The Dogs of War | ||
|next = In His Kiss (short story) | |next = In His Kiss (short story) | ||
|series2 = ''[[The XMAS Files (anthology)|The XMAS Files]]'' | |series2 = ''[[The XMAS Files (anthology)|The XMAS Files]]'' | ||
|prev2 = The Feast of Evans (short story) | |prev2 = The Feast of Evans (short story) | ||
|next2 = Home for Christmas (short story) | |next2 = Home for Christmas (short story) | ||
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'''''The Fright Before Christmas''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. | '''''The Fright Before Christmas''''' was a free short story released by [[Candy Jar Books]] in [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. | ||
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== | == 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]]. | ||
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The Fright Before Christmas was a free short story released by Candy Jar Books in 2015.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Colonel Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Corporal Sally Wright
- General Trubshawe
- Corporal Woodley
- Charles Wyvern
- Dolores Wyvern
- Guthrie
- Officer Watkins
- DI Meadows
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lethbridge-Stewart dresses up in a Father Christmas costume from Hamleys.
- Canapés, champagne, and mince pies are served at the party at The Dorchester.
- Woodley is stationed at the Lovell Telescope, part of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories.
- Charles and Dolores are going to Harrods in Knightsbridge.
- Two bodies are found near Marble Arch.
- Guthrie sells roasted chestnuts.
- 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".
- Lethbridge-Stewart speculates the alien sphere comes from the USSR or Korea.
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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lethbridge-Stewart is engaged to Sally Wright. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
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