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|setting= | |setting=[[1958]] | ||
|writer=[[Richard Salter]] | |writer=[[Richard Salter]] | ||
|anthology=''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]'' | |anthology=''[[Short Trips: The History of Christmas]]'' | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Every [[Christmas]] morning, [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro|Ana]] sneaks out with her donkey to visit her father's grave. She prefers to spend this time alone with him. One Christmas, she encounters an elderly woman and a man with a scarf. She thinks the woman might be her grandmother. The two watch her for a bit, then enter a blue tomb which then disappears. | Every [[Christmas]] [[morning]], [[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro|Ana]] sneaks out with [[Santa Rosa (Callahuanca)|Santa Rosa|her donkey]] to visit [[[[Ana Maria Carla Perez de Calixtro's father|her father]]'s [[Tombstone|grave]]. She prefers to spend this time alone with him. One Christmas, she encounters an elderly [[woman]] and [[Fourth Doctor|a man]] with a [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]]. She thinks the woman might be her [[Grandparent|grandmother]]. The two watch her for a bit, then enter a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|blue tomb]] which then disappears. | ||
For the next several | For the next several [[year]]s, Ana encounters the two while she visits her father's grave. Even after she has left [[home]] for [[university]], she comes back at Christmas and sees them. One Christmas in [[1958]], however, only the [[man]] is there. He introduces himself as [[the Doctor]], and doesn't seem to recognise Ana or know who the elderly woman is. | ||
Suddenly there is an [[earthquake]], and the cemetery falls into a hole. The Doctor has fallen, and Ana uses her donkey to help pull him out of the hole. They head off to help out the townspeople, and then the Doctor joins Ana's family for Christmas dinner. | Suddenly there is an [[earthquake]], and the [[Graveyard|cemetery]] falls into a hole. The Doctor has fallen, and Ana uses [[Santa Maria (Callahuanca)|her donkey]] to help pull him out of the hole. They head off to help out the townspeople, and then the Doctor joins Ana's [[family]] for Christmas dinner. | ||
Ana is distressed that she won't be able to visit her father's grave any more, so the Doctor makes her a promise. When she's older, in about forty years, he will come back to take her to her father's grave. Suddenly Ana realises who was the elderly woman that she saw with him. | Ana is distressed that she won't be able to visit her father's grave any more, so the Doctor makes her a promise. When she's older, in about forty years, he will come back to take her to her father's grave. Suddenly Ana realises who was the elderly woman that she saw with him. | ||
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[[Category:Short Trips: The History of Christmas short stories]] | [[Category:Short Trips: The History of Christmas short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Mexico]] | [[Category:Stories set in Mexico]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 1958]] | |||