Challenge
5 sentence holiday horror story
Man in red
From light taps on the roof, he awoke in his bed.
So excited he was, just pulled tight as a thread,
to sneak down to see the man in red live,
who had been no more than a symbol from the mere age of five.
The living room empty; no old fool at all,
yet a noise from the kitchen led him
straight down the hall.
Upon his arrival he turned on the lights,
and what did he find but the most tragic of sights;
he looked on with terror as he stared at his now former wife,
while Santa Claus stood, still holding a knife.
Her eyes held no life just a lost vacant stare, and a splatter of blood stained Santa’s chin’s silver hair.
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