De'Ondre Goodley

Christmas Eve '96

By midnight of Christmas Eve, much of Fuselier Street was hushed. The young children who were trying to stay up to meet Santa Claus had fallen asleep and were carried away to their rooms by their parents, who made their way to their beds almost immediately after tucking them in. This left the teenagers to make up the majority of people who were still up. Five of which were together at the Cormiers’ house. Henry, Carter, Ava, Hudson, and Paisley. They knew each other from school, and since the farthest distance between them was no more than fifty feet, they asked their parents if they could spend the night at Henry’s house, and luckily Henry’s parents approved as did most of the other parents. There were two more who were invited, Lucas and Caroline, who are siblings, but their parents wanted the family to be all together for Christmas with no split time or late starts to any traditions.