Christmas Present

Summary

''It's Christmas Eve at St Mary's, And all through the house, Nothing is stirring … Except for Max, Peterson, and Markham, sneaking out at midnight for an assignment that is very definitely off the books. It's ten years ago tonight that Senior Historians Bashford and Grey went missing in twelfth-century Jerusalem. So how did they end up in AD60 Roman Colchester? Max has a theory. Peterson has a plan. Markham has bacon sandwiches. Colchester has Boudicca and her bloodthirsty Iceni hordes. And then there's the giant pig … the enraged giant pig …''

Spoiler Plot Summary for the Short Story A Christmas Present (CP)
 * Max is awoken by Mrs Partridge aka Clio Muse of History and shown Christmas Past and near Future, where we see Elspeth Grey leave and never come back and see that Ian Guthrie has killed himself at the ten year anniversary of losing his lover, Elspeth Gray
 * Max, Peterson, and Markham rescue the historians Bashford and Gray from Bodecia