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Seoul Christmas

December 24, 2016 Mo Duffy Cobb Leave a Comment

Thanks to all the folks who submitted Christmas stories, essays, poems and photography for our contest, “A Cargo Christmas”.

While all of your Christmas memories touched and inspired me, there is something about this sweet photo that seemed to dust the magic of Christmas over the world perfectly tonight. It’s the perfect amount of chaos and confusion.

Thanks to Jessica Tyner Mehta for her contribution of “Seoul Christmas”. Follow her on Facebook,  find her on Twitter.

Happy holidays from all of us at Cargo.

-Mo, Tyler, Kathy, Lauren, Laura Michelle, Camille, Monica, and Renee.

Artist’s Statement

Nearly a decade ago, I had just finished my master’s degree in England and vehemently didn’t want to scuttle into the real world. The obvious solution? Teach English to Kindergartners abroad. This is a photo of my Korean Christmas. They didn’t have much context of Santa, and they certainly weren’t fooled by a well-known teacher dressed up in a red suit. Still, the magic was fully delivered. Recently, I looked up my favorite (yes, I had a teacher’s pet) former student on Facebook and was overwhelmed. She looked incredibly happy, beautiful, and even though she’s now a teenager I can still easily see the 5-year-old in her.

As for me, I still haven’t joined the real world. I make my living as a writer (often a travel writer). You can find out more about me at jessicatynermehta.com.”
–Jessica Tyner Mehta
 Seoul Christmas

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About Mo Duffy Cobb

Mo Duffy Cobb is a freelance travel and culture writer who has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction. She has been published in The Rumpus, Literary Mama, Damselfly Press, and Understorey Magazine, among others. She is the Founder and Editor of Cargo Literary, and you can find her own travel memoir here: Unpacked: from PEI to Palawan (Pottersfield Press, 2017). Check out the book trailer on Youtube: Unpacked. Mo lives in the sunshine of the Atlantic with her own cargo: a husband and three blond beauties, aged eleven, four, & one. | moduffycobb.com.

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