Meet the Icicles: unpredictable, exciting, comedic, and festive.<br><br>When Jonah Icicle decides to spend Christmas with his family and introduces his new boyfriend Sandy, everyone reacts differently. His mother Pam is combative, always judgmental to a fault, obnoxious, and loud. Jonah’s sister Willa adores the new man in her brother’s life and feels he will be a key player in their close unit. Willa’s husband Bobo suffers from hypersexuality and unfortunately can’t keep his hands off Sandy. And Jake, Jonah’s brother and Pam’s favorite son, is more interested in his marijuana than his relatives.<br><br>As the snow flies and the electricity goes out, the Icicles fight, hug, and laugh. Can they welcome the holiday spirit -- and Sandy -- into their lives?

The Icicles

None of it, though. At least not for the next forty-eight hours. There are bigger and better battles ahead Jonah knows will surface once they reach 393 Ross Street in Channing, frozen by Lake Erie. Jonah expects the worst to happen, but nothing he can’t handle. A dozen or more of his boyfriends have been taken home for the holidays, none of which he has married or fallen deeply in love with, minus his previous affair with Lucas Beam. Damn him. The man just won’t go away.


“You passed the exit for coffee,” Jonah says, crinkled eyebrows and squinting eyes that offer concern.


“My mind got away from me,” Sandy admits.


“How so? Tell me what you’re thinking about.”


“Shit,” Jonah whispers. “We promised not to talk about him. We shook hands on it. Do you remember?”


Chapter 4