Violet was rather fond of Christmas, or Yule, as her family referred to it--everyone in the family got together and at least pretended to get along. "My family burns a Yule Log--my grandfather lights it with a bit of last year's log and we let it burn all night on the winter solstice." And now she was deemed old enough to stay up and watch it and help keep it going. Violet loved staying up at night.
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