the Cabin in the Woods

Meanwhile, Elora was wrapped in a blanket, and had her leg elevated. They were all warming up nicely with a cup of hot chocolate.

"So, I'm wondering what you were doing all alone in the woods?"

"It's Christmas Eve, and I was going to the village to see the baby in the manger in the stable at the Inn.  But I saw some bunnies .......and followed them into the woods...... and got lost......and tripped and hurt myself.... "

Hans chuckled,   "I live across the street from the Inn, and there isn't any baby there."

"I thought Christmas was about the birth of the new King,
so I was going to the castle to see Him there..."

"Well, I live at the castle, and there's no new baby there. At least there wasn't when I left..."

Nick had to smile inside, at the thought of these two innocent little children, both out in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, ​looking for the Christ child.

"Yes Christmas is a celebration of the newborn King who was laid in a manger, 
but that happened a very long time ago, in a country far, far away. 
​I'm sorry, but you aren't going to find Him in a stable or castle here, or now."

Both Hans and Elora looked rather disappointed.  
So Nora offered them another cookie....

*That brings us to the end of Chapter 2