It was one of those tins that were supposed to hold cookies but inevitably just held sewing supplies, or, in this case, small ornaments. The decorative layer had melted away and the whole thing was malformed, like it had gotten incredibly hot and then left to cool. If Dante hadn't been stronger than he had any right to be, the lid probably never would have gotten pried off.
Inside were the remnants of a bunch of different ornaments, mostly homemade. There were a few charred wooden ones, the kind you bought and painted yourself, and wisps of fabric that had once been bows or angels or god only knew what.
There were only two ornaments that had survived relatively unscathed: a glittery, green vaguely-triangular blob that was blackened on one side and a collection of delicate little fans that had somehow escaped being warped by the heat. They were lying loose now, but all of them had small holes at the base where a string would tie them. They looked very old and worked by hand.
"This one, one of the girls made in school I bet," Max said, pointing to the green blob. "I made something like that myself when I was a kid. It's meant to be a little Christmas tree. And these ones...they look old. Probably came over from Korea with them."
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Re: Thursday
Date: 2018-10-05 05:48 pm (UTC)Inside were the remnants of a bunch of different ornaments, mostly homemade. There were a few charred wooden ones, the kind you bought and painted yourself, and wisps of fabric that had once been bows or angels or god only knew what.
There were only two ornaments that had survived relatively unscathed: a glittery, green vaguely-triangular blob that was blackened on one side and a collection of delicate little fans that had somehow escaped being warped by the heat. They were lying loose now, but all of them had small holes at the base where a string would tie them. They looked very old and worked by hand.
"This one, one of the girls made in school I bet," Max said, pointing to the green blob. "I made something like that myself when I was a kid. It's meant to be a little Christmas tree. And these ones...they look old. Probably came over from Korea with them."