by GratefulFred
This certainly has all of the ideas to make it a Classic Christmas story. Its nice to know you would have been missed.
My best friend is a Cleveland Browns fan (I know, some maladies just can't be cured by modern medicine), and he has ALWAYS claimed that Bill Belicheck was Satan. Nice to know someone else agrees. Seriously warped writing, my friend.
and, it it's true, I hope you live a long time. The alternate world sounds awfully boring. However, I can't believe a bookie would go to that much trouble to collect a fifty dollar bet.
Great play on "It's a Wonderful Life" It was humorous while still making some (doubtless unintentional) profound points.