Holiday Interview with the Vampire from Lisa Lane

Please welcome vampire Karen from The Darkness and the Night trilogy, who will share the unique holiday traditions on which she and her blood donor Jason raised her half-vampire twins Anna and Andy.

Thanks for joining us today, Karen!

Karen:  It's my pleasure.  Thanks for the interview.

Why don't you start by telling us a little about your holiday traditions?

Karen:  Well, I was raised celebrating Christmas and Jason grew up celebrating Yule back on the commune, so instead of one of us giving up family tradition, we decided to combine the two.

Combine Christmas and Yule?  How do you do that?

Karen:  At first, it seemed like a difficult task, but the more we looked into the two holidays, the more in common we found they had.  We actually learned that Christmas integrated Yule tradition, slowly taking over the holiday.  Yule songs became Christmas carols.  The Yule log gave way to the Christmas tree and Santa entering through the fireplace.  Ritual sacrifice became gift-giving.  The Yule feast transformed into the big, family Christmas dinner those of us who celebrate it know so well.

So I take it you approach the holiday from a secular point of view.

Karen:  Not entirely, but I think that's for a different interview.

Fair enough.  Let's talk about that big, family Christmas dinner.  How exactly does a vampire family go about that?

[image error]Karen:  Neither of the twins drank blood until they matured, so Christmas/Yule dinner for us was more normal than you would think.  Even though I couldn't partake personally, I prepared a ham every year along with all of the fixings.  We sat together as a family, then when the kids went to bed, Jason and I kissed beneath the mistletoe and cuddled by the burning Yule log.  Sappy, I know, but it's true.

What about Christmas/Yule morning?  Did you take the Santa route?

Karen:  For Andy.  There was no fooling Anna, given her omnipresence, but she was happy to play along for her brother.

I suppose that made gift-giving a little complicated too.

Karen:  Only for Anna.  How do you find the perfect gift for someone who can just pull whatever she wants from the Astral?  Even so, she always played the gracious child—and the gifts she would come up with for the rest of us every year were amazing.

Can you give us an example?

Karen:  I think the neatest gift Anna ever got anyone was when she transformed the back yard into an amusement park for Andy.  We all enjoyed that a lot.

We want to thank you for sharing your holiday tradition, Karen.  Is there somewhere readers can learn a little more about you and your very untraditional family?

Karen:  Again, it was my pleasure.

For more information about us, check out The Darkness and the Night erotic horror romance trilogy, by Lisa Lane.  Note that the series can be scary (and a little bloody) at times, and also contains explicit sex with strong language, so it may not be appropriate for all readers.  You can find Lisa Lane's website at http://www.newsensuality.blogspot.com.

Happy holidays!