Important: This is the 2nd last story of 2025! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 16th, 2026 with the first story of the new year!
Do you guys remember a few years ago when I did those 2 Sentence Horror stories? I thought it’d be fun to bring that challenge back and update it to be Christmas stories! I had a harder time with these two sentence stories than I did with the horror ones – apparently it’s harder for me to be fluffy in less words! Who knew?
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this collection of 20, 2 sentence stories!
AI
1. “Go for it,” You wave a hand at your anxiously awaiting daughter before collapsing against the back of the couch. Her shriek of excitement as she dives into the waiting presents under the tree makes you smile, maybe the world’s not so bad after all.
2. You can’t help but furrow your brows as you watch a tear slip down your girlfriend’s cheek, making a small splash as it lands on the gold-wrapped box in her lap. She sniffs and brings her watery eyes to yours, face breaking into an appreciative smile, “I-I’ve never gotten a present before.”
3. Sally watches with barely-contained excitement from the stairs as Santa places presents under the tree. Her father hesitates as he pulls the last present out of his sack, how am I supposed to disappear up the chimney?
4. Santa finishes placing the last present under the tree before turning around to the plate on the side table. He looks between the vegetables and the presents he’d just finished arranging before re-opening his sack.
5. You startle awake, eyes flying open to see a blurry mass of red, white and black standing over you.
Before you have time to react, the man’s gloved hand reaches for your mouth, “I need help.”
6. You hastily blow your nose as the kids begin tearing into the presents in the other room. You peer out the window at the startling loud noise and feel your heart melt as you spot your husband, struggling with a suitcase, he made it!
7. “What if Santa forgets us again?” Your pull your child into your chest as their tears fall and can’t help but feel a boulder of guilt drop into your stomach.
Your partner appears in the doorway then and nods, “I’m sure he won’t.”
8. Billy freezes at his mom’s question, sword absently dropping to his side, “S-Santa brought it for me.”
His mom raises an eyebrow at her husband, who was holding his own sword, “Oh, did he?”
9. You run a hand through your hand in exasperation as you take a much needed break from your family in one of the empty bedrooms. Your partner appears in the doorway after a moment, mischievous grin on their face, “We have until midnight to refund our Hawaii tickets.”
10. Santa sighs down at the plate of cookies, raisin?! Reluctantly, he shoves three into his pocket.
11. The elf finishes hammering the final nail into the toy chainsaw before pushing it onto the conveyor belt in front of him. At the look from his peers, he rubs a hand at the back of his neck, “Don’t worry, it’s not going to the same kid who got the coffin.”
12. Santa’s jaw drops and he peers at the elf from over the top of the paper, “How did Mrs. Claus make the Naughty List?”
The elf shrinks and takes a small step away from the desk, “S-she opened her present early.”
13. You hold up your hand as the cacophony of apologies start. “Guys, it’s okay, really,” You can’t help the tears that well up in your eyes as you look around the room at your family, “Still being here is the only present I need.”
14. “I know it’s dumb, but,” she sniffs and turns away from her boyfriend, folding her arms across her chest, “you didn’t even decorate.”
He chuckles and takes a few steps toward her, “Look up.”
15. My mom says your magic doesn’t cover it, but please Santa, bring my dad back.
Santa puts the letter down on his desk and he leans back in his chair, wiping a tear from his cheek, “I’m sorry, Timmy.”
16. The angry question hangs in the air between them for a moment, before he takes in a deep breath, and starts to get down on one knee, reaching for the ring in his back pocket, “You.”
17. No, no, no, the gingerbread man can’t do anything but look out over the broken ruins of his house and family. He feels his breathing catch as one of the monsters comes bounding back over, sadistic smile on their face, “Tomorrow, it’s your turn.”
18. Mrs. Claus blinks at the scene before her – the elves had tied Rudolph up in the middle of the room, weird circle and sigils drawn on the ground underneath him, and one of them was holding what appeared to be a very old book.
She let out a sigh and hung her head, “That’s not the kind of ‘exercise’ I meant.”
19. He watched with baited breath as the clock ticked down, 5…4…3… He brought his eyes back down to his wife’s hospital bed, nodding to the nurse as he picked up her hand, “Happy new year.”
20. He slipped the mistletoe out of his back pocket, holding it up as new tears pricked the edges of his eyes, “I-I love you.”
She turned away from the door, smile pulling at the corner of her mouth as she re-closed the distance, “I know.”
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