The romance is on-again, off-again and her mother doesn't understand why her daughter will move in with this person.

"I love my daughter more than anything in the world but I never enjoyed being a mother when I was younger," she said. "Everyone is going to hate me for saying this and I hate myself but I perhaps ...

My mom was going for big love; I just wanted a little fun. She saw a man once a month for expensive dinners. He was kind, but he didn’t want to do any hugging. My mom wanted to hug. And more.

To celebrate the season, we gathered five of our favorite holiday-themed Tiny Love Stories. Twenty-nine years ago, my mother upstaged Jesus by dying right before Christmas. I was a single mother ...