It was a time for rejoicing but no one had it in their hearts to anymore. Since that day, so many years ago the celebrations and festivities had ended. It wasn't the same and they all knew it never would be again. Even years after, the painful memories still haunted the happy season creating a dark hole for the once normal hopes and dreams. No one had put up decorations in years; it was just too painful a memory.
But then they moved in, the loud and rambunctious family with far too many children to count. Their bright hair set them apart from the rest of the block. They hadn't heard about the incident all those many years ago; after all no one had the nerve to talk about it. So the decorations went up causing them to be even more out of the ordinary. But they never seemed to notice; they would carry cookies to gifts to carols around the block. Many of the neighbors would cast their eyes away but the abnormal family would not be stopped.
