07 By the time he went outside, ash was already coating the ground.

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By the time he went outside, ash was already coating the ground. It was then he knew that it would be a merry Christmas after all. Since the enslavement of the human race, the weather hadn’t been quite the same as it once was. Sure there were replacements, with the acid rain instead of plain rain, and smog in place of fog, but they weren’t the same. This didn’t concern Harry 234 though, who had grown up in this new world.

Seeing the white flakes drift in slow motion and begin coating the pavement, he reminisced of Christmas past. There had been so few times that it “snowed” on Christmas day. Sure factories exploded regularly, but it wasn’t often that it happened nearby, nor at the right time.

He ran outside and stuck out his tongue, catching a still smoldering flake on it. His face curled up and he winced. It was supposed to be good luck to catch the flakes still glowing hot. He touched his tongue and smiled, looking up into the grey sky.

He saw in the distance a small red dot, moving towards them. Harry 234 soon recognized it to be the leader’s blimp. So He was coming to our sector! This was a much better “present” than he had expected from his government. As he began to walk towards the stadium, where he was sure the meeting would be held, he kept smiling. This was indeed going to be a merry Christmas after all.