Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival.

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“Baked with Love” by Lisa Garritano

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“Did you hear about the new bakery in town Aunt Cheryl?” Cheryl was busy decorating for her one year anniversary for her own bakery she had been thinking about opening since she was ten. “I can’t hear you Champ, hold on. “What about a bakery?” Cheryl smoothed out her personalized apron her sister Becky had made for her for Christmas last year to show her support. Cheryl remembers it like it was yesterday. “Seester, i have the best present for you.” “It’s not Christmas yet Becky.” She knew her sister could never wait u...

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“LOVE IS IN THE AIR” by MALIK 1

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You all must know how people say miracles occur during the festival time. Well, it’s true. Let me tell you the story of Jenny and Harry, two rival bakers who fall in love during Christmas. Jenny is an amazing baker running the B - Bakery for almost 3 years now. She is very successful in her work, people of this town love her sweets, she was all happy and settled till Harry shifted his bakery shop in this town and too, right in front of hers. It took some time but Harry’s bakery was on fire. People loved Harry’s stuff too. This heated up thin...

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“A Christmas love story” by Pamela Berglund

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My name is Eileen. When I was young, (about 13 years of age) I asked my mother how would I know when I was truly in love? "You will know when your heart starts racing, when you want to spend every waking moment and when all you see is stars. It turns out she was right. I fell in love when I wasn't even looking for it. I want to share my love story with you. ☆☆☆☆☆ t's not unusual to be competitive in small towns such as Basin, Arkansas, especially at Christmas time. Every year our town had store competitions.&nbs...

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“Sweeter Than Sugar” by Elena Rouse

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“I loathe him for his sugar cookie recipe. That’s all.” I protested, shoving the tray full of gingerbread cupcakes into the holly filled display. Mr. Braverman chuckled, crinkling the crow’s feet around his eyes. “You and I both know that is not all, but if that’s what you insist is the issue then you will have no problem putting that aside to work together for the Christmas festival.” I rolled my eyes. I had been avoiding this conversation. Mr. Braverman had been coming into ...

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“Two Bakers are Better than One” by Nicole Davis

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Tess loved to spend time with her niece, Stacy, and thought she may enjoy walking around the Winter Wonderland carnival. The brisk December air didn’t squelch the excitement or festivity in town. Lights adorned nearly everything, Christmas trees were being sold in one corner, hot chocolate vendors were here and there, people were dressed as elves and the Clauses, and a variety of Christmas music was played over a loud-speaker. Merriment and cookies galore! It truly captured the spirit of Christmas. “Auntie Tess, I want that one!” The ...

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“The love of the holidays” by Aliyah Bowers-Student

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December the most wonderful time of the year. This is the biggest time for bakeries, especially the two that have been rivals for years. Every year they compete to see who can get the most items sold at the annual holiday festival. But this year was different. Instead of doing solo shops, they decided to make it a partner competition this year. The two shops had no idea how to react to this, they had no other friends in the baking industry to partner with. They had no idea what they were going to do now. Do they drop out of it they both aske...

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“Two birds, One stone ” by Nabi H. Akhtar

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A bald eagle soars above the sky, looking down at the land below. It sees mountains, green in the summertime, now covered with snow, sloping down to meet a little town at its base. The sun begins to peak above the top of the mountains, chasing away the dark and replacing it with a soft orange glow. In the town, smoke rises up from the chimneys as the first day of December began. This was Revelstoke, British Columbia. A signboard on the way into town reads that the population was 7000 and some residents. Of course, this doesn’t account for ...

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“Crossing boundaries” by Magaji Emmanuel

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CROSSING BOUNDARIES The spirit of rivalry in man operates in so many ways, as it's capable of making humans do some many unexpected things just always be above their supposed rivals. Rivalries most times leads to jealousy, hatred and even destroy relationships sometimes. But the most important thing rivalry brings at our door step is a room for improvement. The sophisticated bakery and the Five Star bakery are both located in the city of Lagos State, Nigeria few blocks away from each other.. The two bakeries are the most well known bakeries ...

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“The Festival Union” by Thompson Emate

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It’s been indeed a stiff competition between Real Good Bakery and Tasty Wonders Bakery. One trying as much as possible to outsmart and outshine the other. Each had been involved in various advertising stunts and awareness on improvements and changes made on their products. There was a time when one of them organised a weekend breakfast show. Sandwiches and cappuccino were served. It was indeed a huge success. There were a lot of interesting topics discussed and many were in attendance. They didn’t just leave like that after the show. Most of...

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“Bakery Love” by Nicole Elliott

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CANDICE POV:“Rey where the hell are you?” was the first thing I asked my best friend, Aubrey, as soon as she picked her phone. “Hey Candy, just coming you know how Tinder can be in the mornings.” Firstly, my name is Candice, Candice Cabell but as a considerate best friend Aubrey decided to call me Candy and secondly, Tinder was her cute female golden retriever who can be quite tiresome at times. “Ok just come to the shop as soon as possible.” With this, I ended the call. I currently work at my grandma’s bakery, The Sugar Encou...

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“One bowl of love,please.” by A.A Lawson

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"Bowl?"Michael's lips stretched to a thin line as he waited for the lawyer to change his words."Antique bowl," the lawyer corrected."It says it right here, Mr. Lawson. It's a requirement."Michael's hands balled into fists and the veins on his neck surfaced."What does-" he lowered his voice." What does a bowl have to do with my inheritance?""If you'd like, you could always ask your father."Michael shut his eyes. His father was six feet under and so was his patience.Flipping the table on the smart-mouth lawyer seemed befitting, but even he kne...

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“SANA BAKERY” by Anil Chowhan

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My friend BHUSHAN was running towards me and said Bhushan : broo......SANA BAKERY announced 10 % discount on RUSMALI on her birthday Me : we are going to announce 15% on occasion of your birthday. BHUSHAN : U ALREADY ANNOUNCED MY BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK ONLY. ME : THEN NOW OUR DOGGY BIRTHDAY. 'SANIYA look at that CAKE'S BAKERY'S also announced 15% on his DOGGY birthday' said her friend. Immediately SANIYA came out and start shooting on him. Me :...

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“The Perfect Blend” by Samira Davis

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Estelle James was proud to say she was the best baker in the whole of Cherry Blossom Town. Truffles, pies, cakes, even snicker doodles, everyone relished her scrumptious creations. However, at twenty-one, she still lived alone, loneliness was inevitable. Only a small baby rat, Monty, to keep her company. Brushing long chocolate colored curls out of her pale, elfin face, her emerald green eyes locked on the clock resting at the top of the kitchen shelf. Ten o'clock. Time for work. She drove off in her vintage scarlet Cadillac, drawing up to h...

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“Enemies in love” by Ionascu Diana

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It is said that during Christmas time everyone becomes more understanding with others, more compassionate and thatmerriness and love are everywhere, making us more vulnerable to other people’s feelings. Luis and Maeve, a beautiful merried couple, experienced together this type of Christmas magic ten years ago. By that time, the young boy and girl were not even friends, even though they knew about each other existence, they were enemies. Both of them were running rival bakeries that have been&nbsp...

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“Baking Memories of Us” by Anna Romano

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He could see her passion for her craft. He could see it in her face. Her skin was tanned from checking in on the oven constantly. He could see it in her hands. They were strong from taking the time to knead every batch of dough by hand. She could see his love of baking. She could see it in his arms. They were strong from lifting bag after bag of ingredients. She could see it in his gestures as he tried to sell his wares. She could see it in his eyes as he spoke to customers. In that moment, they saw kindred spirits in ...

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Write about two people who run rival bakeries, but fall in love during their town’s annual holiday festival.

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✍️ 137 stories

“Baked with Love” by Lisa Garritano

“LOVE IS IN THE AIR” by MALIK 1

“A Christmas love story” by Pamela Berglund

“Sweeter Than Sugar” by Elena Rouse

“Two Bakers are Better than One” by Nicole Davis

“The love of the holidays” by Aliyah Bowers-Student

“Two birds, One stone ” by Nabi H. Akhtar

“Crossing boundaries” by Magaji Emmanuel

“The Festival Union” by Thompson Emate

“Bakery Love” by Nicole Elliott

“One bowl of love,please.” by A.A Lawson

“SANA BAKERY” by Anil Chowhan

“The Perfect Blend” by Samira Davis

“Enemies in love” by Ionascu Diana

“Baking Memories of Us” by Anna Romano

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Write about a group of people determined to win an award for making the biggest cookie ever.

Write about someone investigating a break-in at a bakery. The only thing missing? A very secret ingredient.

Write about someone trying to recreate a grandparent’s signature baked good from memory.

Write about someone hosting a cookie exchange as a cover to hide the true reason for inviting one of their guests.

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