Soon, they turned on the other side of the town square, headed toward the edge of town. Then on the left was a restaurant with the name Christmas Around the World Restaurant. It looked... well... for lack of a better word... magical. Kira felt like a kid again, ready to venture into new terrain. Even though she had been a New Yorker for a few years now, this was Christmas Cove.

“Wow! When did they open this?”

Xavier smiled, glad to see her reaction. “A few years ago. They have Christmas cuisine from all over the world. It's really quite spectacular.”

“It looks like it,” she said, her eyes wide...