Merry Christmas, Mr. Babbers! is a cute Christmas bauble, a little science fiction tale set on Christmas Day of a far future.

Our protagonist is a meticulous accountant, Mr. Babbers, who, on the day everybody should rejoice and be happy, has lost something precious.

He’s sad and downcast, but he doesn’t know yet he will soon find something... Something amazing that will change his life forever.

It’s a short story of about 6,700 words.