Chapter Fifty Three: It was probably a wrong idea to shield the children from all the harsh realities of the world, but they must be safeguarded from the idea of violence as a means to achieve something. Pain is a natural consequence of existing, and an opposite feeling is necessary to being alive in order to experience the true meaning of happiness.

But a bloody Christmas that will be discussed in this chapter is not at all normal because murder is such a vicious act that cannot be justified; as much as a cruel manner of disagreement happened in between two rational beings that resulted to injuries or loss of life is also unacceptable to a society in search of peace and order.

Yet, bloody it is. This particular scene must be described as vividly as possible, and with much greater resolve. Albeit too graphic violence is not an acceptable reason to introduce the concept of pain to innocent minds, children must, nonetheless, learn the responsiblity on which acts to embrace and which behavior to avoid as they fully develop as human beings.

It was supposed to be a peaceful Christmas Eve in that particular house. The mother was busy cooking the usual Christmas pudding and roasted beef with gravy and well-cooked lasagna, while the father was readying the grilled meat and several side dishes. Everything was all set, and the presents for the family were already deposited at the foot of the giant Christmas tree, when suddenly, a murderer quickly entered the house and what could have been a joyous occasion abruptly became the worst nightmare anybody could ever think of.

It was a well-publicized massacre of the Vultren family, known to many in the surrounding towns as the "Bloody Christmas." The investigation of the five murders went on for months, but nothing that the local sheriff can do to look for motives, so the FBI was brought in to help shed light to the most unlikely murder ever to be committed in recent memory. At least, for this town.

The case was so peculiar that it confused the investigators even more, further than necessary. It was as if the case itself does not want to be resolved, despite diligent efforts to process the evidence in the scene and the surrounding circumstances surrounding the killings. All facts that matter only point to one certain thing: that the massacre was too bloody.

When anyone will relate the murders with respect to the Magic of Christmas, especially to those select few who were aware of the presence of the real Santa Claus and his alter ago the Father Christmas, nothing else can be inferred other than the person responsible for the brutal killings may have come from someone who has a sinister power, which is so similar to the Magic of Christmas.

Whatever occult power there is, no one knows the magnitude of such thing.

Again, it must be emphasized that this murder has been described to be bloody, and bloody it is, indeed. But which creature would want this so much blood of a mortal being, whether human or animal?

Of course, the Sinister Agent who have done this might have the biggest intention on letting in the Vampires to arrive in reality to be experienced from the childish dreams, out through the highway, and into the momentum of this mortal world.

[Chapter Title: A Bloody Christmas]

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