Dang, I should've posted this sooner, but the holidays crept up on me and smacked me over the head, and I've not been online much, but in any case, I thought I'd point you to the story I wrote 2 Xmases ago, recently published at MarsDust -- "Riverrun Alley," from an aborted SF/F novel, featuring all sorts of nifty aliens talking about the Red Elf, Greentree Times, Portals, and most of all, holiday traditions. Enjoy!

Now I've got to do some revising on this novel so I can send it here, and soon...