A Retail Carol—
Lee Vetter — Author
A Retail Carol is a quick, enjoyable HOLIDAY read filled with ENGAGING STORYLINES and well-developed characters. The story captures the TRUE SPIRIT of the season and brings back a warm sense of CHRISTMAS NOSTALGIA. With its gentle HUMOR, sharp dialogue, and a touch of SARCASM, this festive tale offers both HEART and LAUGHTER—perfect for anyone who loves stories that celebrate the MAGIC (and MADNESS) of the holidays.
Book Details:
Shopping for a last-second gift on Christmas Eve isn't for the faint of heart.
The Westbrook Trading Company is a struggling department store, slowly losing its battle with online shopping. With flickering fluorescent lights, outdated shelves, and the relentless buzz of the Rat Pack Christmas playlist, the store is a weary monument to a retail era long gone by. But tonight, it’s the unlikely epicenter of desperation, nostalgia, and absurdity.
As crowds descend in search of the elusive Plastic-Thing-3000—this year’s must-have gadget—an ensemble cast of bargain hunters, exhausted employees, and misguided romantics collide in a night of chaos, longing, and tender moments. At the helm is Archibald Hensley III, a joyless miser clinging to cassette tapes and outdated ideals, whose personal regrets echo through the aisles like the Ghost of Christmas Gone Wrong.
Between a pastor who cut his service short to go last minute shopping, a mother trying to win a toy for her daughter, a chintzy snow globe with too much history, and two best friends fumbling to relive their glory days, the night unfolds as a bittersweet, darkly funny reminder that sometimes the worst places bring out the most human parts of us.
A Retail Carol is a satirical holiday story for anyone who’s ever spent Christmas Eve fighting for a parking space, battled for a bargain, or tried to buy love with a receipt.
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About Lee Vetter
Lee Vetter has always had a passion for storytelling. Over the years, he’s written scripts for a variety of plays and short films, bringing both real and imagined stories to life. At the heart of his work is a simple belief: everyone has a story worth sharing—it just needs someone to tell it.
Lee lives in New Jersey with his wife, where he can be found taking long bike rides, keeping the local ice cream shop in business, and befriending every dog he meets.
As an author Lee Vetter writes darkly funny, heart-felt fiction. Pre-order “A Retail Carol,” a Christmas-Eve department-store satire about chaos, nostalgia, and second chances