Fog Blog Maritime Christmas Stories Log:

OUR STORY THIS WEEK COMES FROM CAPE BRETON AND THE BOOK SHELF!......IT'S A BOOK CALLED ' CAPE BRETON CHRISTMAS 5'....A COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM DOZENS OF WRITERS....THE 5TH IN THE SERIES.......From a part of the province long recognized for its writers and its heritage of engaging storytelling comes a new collection of stories about Christmas.Just in time for the holidays, Breton Books released a new collection of 57 stories for readers who can’t seem to get enough of festive tales from the heart of Cape Breton Island. Cape Breton’s Christmas 5: A 5th Treasury of Stories and Memories, edited by Ronald Caplan. The book offers readers stories from dozens of writers ranging from Silver Donald Cameron and Phonse Jessome to Eleanor Wilson and Marjorie Simmins. From the beginning of Silver Donald Cameron’s story First Days of Christmas:......’Naturally I’m depressed,’ said Pickle Oickle. ‘It’s Christmas time.’‘Pickle,’ I said, ‘Christmas is the most joyous time of the year. And besides, this is only the end of September.’”The new treasury includes funny tales, pranks and more tender-hearted Christmas stories focusing on kindness and love. A portion of the sales from the book will be donated to Feed Nova Scotia though CBC Cape Breton’s annual Light Up A Life campaign.“The wind from the North had the Bras d’Or Lakes whipped into heavy swells that rocked me back and forth as I fished along the shore,” begins Don MacLean’s story To Cape Breton for Christmas.“It was a nasty day in late November where the cold wind combined with driving rain to make for a miserable day, but I was having a ball.”