Christmas Horror

The wind was strong outside, rattling heavily on her windows as the trees pushed back and forth violently with the snow. But her house was warm. The fireplace lit beside her Christmas tree giving the tree a glow from behind. It looked beautiful and big, decorated wonderfully with various items. Yes, everything was perfect. Tomorrow will arrive soon, bringing Christmas with it. 

She slipped inside her night dress and walked to her room. She turned off the lights before extinguishing the fire and going to bed. Her eyes closed as the night remained windy. 

Jingle bells jingle bells…

Distant Carols rang in her ear and her head jerked forward with a start. Her eyes opened to darkness and she stared at it, listening hard. But the wind seemed to have eaten the voices outside and her room responded to her ears with a cold silence and an occasional beating of the windows. 

She shrugged it off and closed her eyes again when she realised her blanket was gone. She moved her hand around looking for it, but the bed seemed empty of it. It didn't fall off to the floor either. 

Bells suddenly started ringing and her eyes became wide searching for the noise. It seemed to come closer and closer but nothing was seen. She ran towards her window and opened the glass. Cold air slammed to her face and her eyes squinted. But the night gave her nothing other than howling trees covered in white. The snow seemed Wilder and fought with everything coming on its way. The bells kept going. It kept jingling. But nothing was seen. She turned her head around and stepped back to her room, and then noticed something quivering at the walls. 

Slowly there was movement around every corner of the walls and the ceiling started creaking. Her face turned white and her stomach clenched when suddenly the walls gave away and vines shot out grasping her legs. She let out a scream as she struggled to be free. It dragged her to the floor and her head banged against it leaving a trail of blood. The doors collapsed and fell to the ground with a thud as the room swirled around her. The bells blared loudly now and it tore open her ears cutting them into pieces. She screamed and she screamed more kicking her legs and hitting with her hands, trying to hold onto anything she could find. But everything she found collapsed and broke, turning into dust as the room swallowed it whole.

Dashing through the snow…

Shadows lurched at the windows. The glass shattered into pieces and the next moment a head hung from it. its eyes bulging in and out. Its teeth were clattering against each other. His beard was white as the snow. Tendrils and springs burst from the mouth and he crawled inside nearing her face.

In a one-horse open sleigh…

His head split open, and sprouts crept out which covered her face muffling her screams. It curled everywhere around her. binding to her like a rope, stretching her hands away from her body until it tore completely free from her joints. She went pale. She tried moving, but then she stopped moving entirely. 

Making spirits bright….

He shoved her behind letting the walls eat her away and crept outside the room. The wind sang lightly and the bells never stopped. The night turned beastly. He sat by the fireplace and it snapped and started burning. The Christmas tree glowed again as he placed a gift under it.