Let’s Talk Romance Tropes – Christmas!
Tropes are the building blocks of stories and characters. In Science Fiction, some tropes are The Quest and The Chosen One. In mystery there are Amateur Detective and Police Procedurals. And, in romance, there are many. Many! Let’s talk about one of my favourite romance tropes: Christmas!
The Christmas Trope
The Christmas trope is a hugely popular one. You’ll probably find it in every genre of romance and in many other genres too. Like Christmas movies, Christmas Romances are wildly popular. I love them!
Why do I love the Christmas Trope?
I love Christmas. I grew up in a loving family. My parents emigrated to Canada from Scotland, and my sister and I are first-generation Canadians. We didn’t have a lot of excess money but we had the best Christmases! Christmas was spent together playing games and eating delicious foods and treats we’d made together. We might not have been surrounded by relatives, but we heard stories and enjoyed the recipes they’d passed along.
To me, Christmas is all about comfort and love and memories.
Which Jemi books feature the Christmas Trope?
There are a few! It’s obvious I like this trope. While I don’t know if any of the stories are true Christmas stories, these ones all have their happy endings during the Christmas season!
In the Bloo Moose series: Reaching For Christmas and Reaching For Home. Lil and Max have a lot of fun choosing their gifts for each other, even if they haven’t spent a lot of time together as a couple by the time their first Christmas rolls around. In Home, Jaz is determined to give Malik and Nia the Christmas they’ve dreamed of. The entire town of Bloo Moose jumps in and soon Merry MooseMas Days are born. I’d love to take part in the festival! This is probably the most Christmas-y book I’ve written so far.
In Small Town Heroes: Built Of Second Chances. Tessa has never experienced a warm and cozy family Christmas. Her family wasn’t much of a real family. Flynn does everything in his power to make sure she has the best Christmas imaginable. And the gifts the group exchanges are full of love!
And in No Fail Heroes: No Good Deed and No Love Lost. Piper is FULL of ideas to help the town of Phail. One of them involves creating Christmas traditions the whole town can enjoy. Movie night Phail cards quickly become a hit. In No Love Lost, we see how the Christmas traditions have grown in the year since. Nina and Heath get a lot of father-daughter bonding time in this one! I still get teary eyed when I think about their first family Christmas!
The next series I’m working on is going to have a Christmas story as well!
Do you like the Christmas trope? Which of these stories was your favourite?
