Excerpt
The Xmas Files
Elm Street Bethlehem, PA. 11:51 P.M. December 24
We're too late! It's already been here.
Mulder, I hope you know what you're doing.
Look, Scully-just like the other homes: Douglas fir, truncated, mounted,
transformed into a shrine ... halls decked with boughs of holly stockings hung
by the chimney, with care.
You really think someone's been here?
Someone ... or something.
Mulder, over here-it's a fruitcake ...
Don't touch it! Those things can be lethal!
It's OK. There's a note attached: "Gonna find out who's naughty and nice."
It's judging them, Scully. It's making a list.
Who? What are you talking about?
Ancient mythology tells of an obese humanoid entity who could travel at great
speed in a craft powered by antlered servants. Once each year, near the winter
solstice, this creature is said to descend from the heavens to reward its
followers and punish disbelievers with jagged chunks of anthracite.
But that's legend, Mulder-a story told by parents to frighten children. Surely
you don't believe it?
Something was here tonight, Scully. Check out the bite marks on this gingerbread
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