“I want it!”
“You got it last Christmas. This one’s mine, Bitch!”
“Come and get it, Loser!”
Gramma cradled her prize fruitcake to her breast, regretting the weary day she’d announced she’d be baking only one a year. Five years later, and the twins, Jacque and Jill, had yet to find a peaceful way to resolve their differences. Gramma shook her head sorrowfully.
Nobody else in the family wanted to be responsible for her secret recipe. God knows what would happen if she just stopped altogether!
“Enough!” roared Katie, the youngest there. “Yer killin’ Gramma! Time for a dance-off!”
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)
Carrot Ranch Prompt (12/12/2023): In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a dance-off. Who has come together in dance for what purpose? What are dancers wearing? What kind of music? Bring some unity to people through the act of coming together, each getting to step to their own groove. Go where the prompt leads!
Valley of the Trolls 
A dance-off is one idea. So is family counseling.
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OK… that’s one way to resolve an issue ;)
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There must be something very special in Gramma’s fruitcake to warrant a dance-off. Can anyone join in?
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If you can dance, you can play, I guess…😆🎵🎶
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Makes me wonder exactly what’s in that fruitcake!
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Only the freshest ingredients (for fruitcake)!
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Hahaha!! A dance off!!
Most people run at the thought
of receiving a fruitcake for Christmas!
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Gramma’s secret recipe!
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Good one. Why couldn’t they share?
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Another puzzling family tradition!
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😅🥹
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A dance-off! At least that’s better than using violence to settle the argument.
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Was time for a change!
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