Sounds of jingle bells linger on your mind as you lay awake in bed.

Excitement surges through your veins while you lay silent, ears tuned for any indication of movement downstairs.

Just like any other child on this night, Christmas could not come fast enough.

While laying in the darkness of your room, you notice the snowflakes landing on your window,

illuminated by the soft glow of your outdoor Christmas lights.

The night is quiet.

Both you and your family have long gone to bed.

The only thing you can hear is the faded sound of Christmas carols

playing on the loop over and over and over again.

Yet somehow it's oddly comforting.

You know you should be sleeping, but you really want this to be the year that you finally

catch sight of the great Santa Claus himself.

You hear he would be making a stop at your house because you made sure to be extra nice this year.

Well, every year you've been sure you were always on the nice list

because you didn't want to find out what would happen if you woke up on Christmas morning

and found yourself on the naughty list.

So this is why you made sure to listen to your parents and always share all year long.

Your brother, however, did no such thing.

Sure, he helped out around the house every now and then, but that was greatly outnumbered

by the amount of times that he would decide to throw a tantrum.

Well, I guess that means he's getting cold this year, you think.

No longer able to fight your curiosity, you slowly slither out of bed, trying your

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