**_A darkly magical realist re–telling that definitely isn't for kids_** >_If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart._ - Charles Dickens; _A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas_ (1843) > _I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me._ - _A Christmas Carol_ > **Frank Cross:** _I get it. You're taking...