"The ladder might be in the shed outside," Kiley said. "But I don't know for sure." And it was way too cold and snowy for her to be the one to go check. She walked over to one of the boxes and peered inside before reaching into it and pulling out a stocking shaped ornament. Inside the box were more ornaments like the one on her hand. Santa Claus, reindeers, stars...
"This is weird. I wonder what the catch is." Because it was Zenith. And sure, this was nice and all, but it felt like the calm before the storm. They would have fun, be all Christmas-y and then BAM! something terrible and shitty would happen. Duh.