A PRISTINE CHRISTMAS_DAY 8

Alicia left the library with Chelsea and CJ around 6:30 that evening. The snow had begun to fall again and she knew they had little time to make it to their hotel before they would be snowed in.
“Mom, I’m hungry,” Chelsea said, leaning her head against the passenger window.
“Me, too,” CJ yawned.
“Okay, we’ll have to get something to eat close to the hotel. It won’t be too long before these streets will be covered in snow. What do you guys want to eat?”
“I want some pizza,” CJ shouted from the back, suddenly wide awake.
“I don’t care,” Chelsea retorted.
“Okay. Pizza it is,” Alicia announced. She cranked up the heat and the radio. Christmas songs were playing and she sang along with the melodies. They may not be having much of a Christmas this year, but at least they were still together and she was determined to make the most out of it.
They made it to the little residential hotel after stopping for pizza at a local pizzeria on the way in. It seemed as if the skies opened up the moment she put the car in park. Snow fell down in large drifts, blanketing the lawn, trees, and the buildings around them.
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