"A Christmas Story" a TRUE story. 
While living in New York some years ago I found out that there were
thousands of letters addressed to Santa Claus North Pole at the Main
Post Office in Manhattan. I was curious so I went and looked at some.
Most of them were lists of toys that children wanted. But among the
letters I came upon a number that were so sad they made me cry. So I
sent each child a telegram "Got your letter. Will be at your house. 
Wait for me. SANTA". My wife made me a costume and I showed up. It was 
so wonderful that I did this for the next twelve years. I then moved to 
California. Some years ago I wrote the story for friends, I just called 
it "A Christmas Story" and, somehow, the story had its own wings and went 
everywhere. Although I can't make children happy any more I find that 
my story makes people feel good. How lucky can you get? Merry Christmas!

"A Christmas Story" can be previewed at 
http://www.mcn.org/a/wlp/christmas/
Jay Frankston e-mail wlp@mcn.org

"The Offering" a series of meditations on the Meaning of Life.
From his early encounters with anti-semitism as a boy in Paris 
to his narrow escape from the fires of the holocaust, 
Jay Frankston has sought to find meaning. A distillation of a 
lifetime of experience, The Offering sweeps the reader along 
on a personal, yet universal, journey of self-discovery.
 
"The Offering" can be previewed at 
http://www.mcn.org/a/wlp/theoffering/default.html 
Jay Frankston e-mail wlp@mcn.org

"Seeds" a collection of Sayings and Things.
Original sayings by the author. Some are witty, 
some profound, and all are thought provoking. 
This is a coffee table book which never winds 
up on the shelf.

Be forever sailing toward the island 
in your mind's eye
and remember it's the trip that counts 
not the getting there.

"Seeds" can be previewed at 
http://www.mcn.org/a/wlp/seeds/default.html
Jay Frankston e-mail wlp@mcn.org

"The Girl in the Picture" and other poems.
When the poet sleepwalks he sometimes walks on the walls, 
then forgotten words fall out of his pockets 
and arrange themselves into a poem.

"The Girl in the Picture" can be previewed at
http://www.mcn.org/a/wlp/thegirl/default.html
Jay Frankston e-mail wlp@mcn.org