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    Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932
    Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932
    Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932
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    Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932

    By Darryl Matter

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    Christmas Eve, 1932. Times are hard. Customers at Mike's Diner that night included a homeless man in need of a hot meal, a young woman with car trouble, and a discouraged young man who had just lost his job. Mike would do his best to help them all--and make Christmas a little better for everyone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarryl Matter
    Release dateDec 8, 2016
    ISBN9781540162830
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      Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932 - Darryl Matter

      Christmas Eve at Mike's Diner, 1932

      by

      Darryl Matter

      This is a work of fiction. The characters and events portrayed in this story are fictional and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

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      It was Christmas Eve, 1932, eight o'clock in the evening. There were no customers at that hour, but Mike Matthews wouldn't close the diner for at least another two hours. People might be out and about on Christmas Eve, wanting something to eat, or a cup of coffee.

        Mike hadn't decorated the diner for Christmas that year. He'd lost his wife of fifty years just two months ago, and somehow he just hadn't felt like putting up a tree and decorating. At 75 years of age, he just didn't have the enthusiasm for Christmas trees and colored lights that he once had.

        He and his wife had purchased the diner about thirty years

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