It was the night before Christmas

The power went out yesterday.
It was back on by today. We trekked out to Grandma's, Us kids got stuck once. We chained up for a bit. Weather wasn't too bad, starting to melt, slowly, in town.
We're driving home, we live about 3 miles from down town, and we barely make it a mile, and get horribly stuck. We chain up the van. As we do, this huge old tree starts to crack and break over head. So, not only are we trying to chain up before any cars come around the bend, but also hurry before this tree lands on top of us. A car drives by, doesn't even make it to us and slide back down. I cover mom's eyes, and we barely make it out of there. We parked at the top of the hill, walk a mile down the valley and up the other hill, humming "I'll be home for Christmas..."
We call our little bro, who was going to mass before coming home and told him to stay at his fiance's house tonight. So, no Christmas with li'l Rayray.
Also, the UPS hasn't been able to get to our town for days now, so I've printed off what I'm getting and wrapping the printed papers in shoe boxes. Merry Christmas everyone!