Chapter 6
Even though this part of the world lay in natural darkness, the town’s center was bathed in light—Christmas illuminations hung from every streetlight and every roof. The windows were lavishly decorated with lampions, candles, and electric fairy lights. Anything to fight the glum blackness of the polar night. As if to show how feeble mankind’s efforts were, the northern lights sparkled green and yellow in the sky, paling the season’s tacky light show in comparison.
In order to stock up on some fresh food, or rather, as fresh as it got up here, Cody took Candy downtown for some grocery shopping. They walked. Cody had no car up here, and Candy insisted that his sleigh was broken, whatever that meant. Cody was too tired to try to figure out his houseguest. He thought better of comm
