In this special episode of the Quiltfiction Podcast, Florence Grangerfield searches for the Christmas spirit in a church soup kitchen.

For long-time listeners of the podcast, you best know Florence as a 27-year-old who decides to start her own business. In “Dresden Plate,” she’s twenty-four, so two years out of college and only six years out of high school (Milton Falls High, of course). She’s gone through two major traumas in recent years–the end of her relationship with Arthur Purefoy and the loss of her mother, who had been ill for some time. The Christmas spirit has been at best elusive! (Originally published on the Quilt Fiction Podcast on Dec. 20, 2019)