think it will be better for us, the core of the family gathered in a simple table with beautiful decorations.
I think a "Merry Christmas" is happier when less messy.
I'm now responsible for the tree and its decorations.
December -3
Today was the day to take the old decorations of the boxes and assemble the tree.
Everything was kept in the back of our house, covered by an abnormal lot of dust.
The star, last decoration of the tree, was reddish, as the effect of a chemical process, like rusty, but still shinning beautiful.
I think it has become more beautiful than before, so I left it in my room waiting for the day to place it on top of the green branches.
December -5
The family went to the mall for a simple strool to see how the decorations are.
This year the streets are discouraged, then we enjoy the decorations in the commerce, which never ceases to adorn the shops, the food court and the many trees in it.
I realized that, everywhere, there was a abnormal number of stars in all windows, glass, walls and they even had the idea of putting them inside the bathroom, in the mirror!
December -7
I decided to put the star on top of the tree at home and make it complete, after all, everywhere people had done the same thing.
In a brief walk through the neighborhood, I saw some decorating nearby trees, wrapped in those little lights flashing at night.
Even with the star placed at the top of the tree here at home, it seems that no one found it interesting, Like they haven't noticed it yet.
December -10
My little brother has not yet entered into the holiday mood, I think it's because he's too young to care about the lights here and there.
I was mistaken, this year it seems that people decided to spend a little more decoration!
Our neighbors have awesome lamps being lit by colored lines that flash, with stars here and there.
Taking advantage of the free time, I walked around my neighborhood more to see the creativity of the people, this year blessed by art.
Every house nearby had new designs, different from last Christmas, and some I do not understand, more like mysterious symbols, and yet I like.
December -13
Walk through the neighborhood turned into a task on my list of things to do at the end of the year.
Sometimes I step in front of the houses and praise the owners for the care they had to do it all and even cover the roofs.
It's funny how some people smile when I comment their decoration and others just look at me serious, almost confused, like they can't feel this fantastic mood.
It must be like people say, "Christmas spirit" doesn't reach everyone.
December -15
The "happy night" is almost there and I think it will be the best Christmas ever, for I've heard the neighbors organizing something, like a choir.
I do not think they're singing one of those well known themes... Maybe one of them composed new songs to give a new look to the holiday, after many, many years.
December -17
Last night I heard more from neighbor choir and think they are really prepared, since the theme made me calm and sleepy, like professionals singing lowly... Distant.
I did not understand the lyrics of the song, but it was very good to hear, very soft in the ears.
When I woke up, I felt ansious, more than as a child and expect gifts.
This year the holiday seems too important, in a way I can't explain.
December -21
It's so close!
I think everyone is too busy to stop and pay attention to the beauty of these days.
My father and mother,more than once, asked me about the star on the Christmas tree, but I made sure it was there when they left to buy more stuff for the dinner.
There was the star, with its different color, red, shiny, reflecting the light in the room.
Maybe they have not seen it above the tree due to it's size.
December -22
I hope that during the christmas dinner the neighbors do not go with the choir, otherwise I'll be forced to leave everything chilling to watch the singing.
From what I see on television, when they do that, they go with candles, lighting the night ...
Although the light of the decorations make it hard for the street to get dark.
Sometimes I get shy to see our humble and dark house among so much light and beauty.
I have no idea if I'll get a gift, but I think that I already have witnessed beauty enough to consider a gift.
December -23
The tests of the neighbors has intensified night and day since that tomorrow night is the most important.
There are also more shapes and symbols around the houses and, to my surprise, even in the street, on the pavement.
Must be a new technology since I walked over this special decoration and did not see any wires nor cables, so I figured it must be a kind of luminous paint on the street floor, making symbols and designs beautiful to behold.
I had no idea it was allowed to spread so many decorations!
I look forward to tomorrow night, when all will shine and blend with music.
In the night of December 24, Manuel left the Christmas dinner of his family and ran out into the street, leaving his relatives confused.
The family said what he said he was following the "choir", but walked alone, dancing down the dark street until the place where he stopped dancing and singing those bizare words, then looked into the void and started screaming endlessly, begging for help, hugging his parents and saying something like:
"They have horns ... my God! What is this? And what is that thing in the middle? Right there? You're not seeing it?".
An ambulance was called, but the boy already had died of a severe heart attack.
The family suspects he had some type of outbreak that led him to force the heart to the limit.
In the last days, he walked around the neighborhood to see the Christmas decorations, even without any decoration in the neighborhood.
This was a year different and people preferred not to decorate the houses.
In the family's house the young man had not put the star on top of the tree, like a future reference to his life, fading like a star in the morning.
Outsider.
February -13
I decided to make this dairy as a way to deal with this personal war.
I live with my dog on my property where I plant enough to hide anyone in the middle of the green walls of corn, wheat and such.
Recently, there's something wrong outside, I know that, so I decided to start reporting these things before anything bad happen.
I do not know what it is, but I've seen things here and I don't want things to keep going like this...
February -14
My dog is nervous, fierce, barking against the corn, but we know, as soon as night falls, the thing there moves and tries to enter the house as soon as the night falls.
I managed to reinforce doors and windows with all kinds of protection and improvised more defences with wire.
I could not do this to all the entrances, but the windows have this scheme.
It all started a few days ago will, when something appeared at dawn and we do not know where it came from.
My dog was the first to realize, by the smell and sound... animals feel this better than us, they say.
I saw a shadow passing under the moonlight and I know that was no person making some dumb prank.
The closest neighbors live too far from here and it would be foolish to leave their houses to pretend they want to invade my place.
Worst of all, I think it is not a person
in any way... Like... The thing under the moon light wasn't no person nor anyone dressed as something... I've seen it.
February -16
Last night that thing tried to enter the house again, and this time left marks on the door.
The scratches are profound, such as heavy blows made by more than a machete.
Now I had proof to call the police, and that's what I did.
My fear was so great that I went with my dog to the police station, because I know he is a large animal, a German Shepherd, and will try to attack any strange thing that appear, but I don't want him facing that beast alone, by himself.
The police came and were impressed by the marks.
Here in the country life is simpler and problems are less frequent, so I retired and decided to live a calm life, not knowing that I would be victim of these events... I even saw fear in the expression of the officers who saw the scratch marks.
The delegate, thank God, offered a round throughout the region, especially around these parts at night.
I'll feel safer, but still decided to reinforce the door with more wood.
February -17
It seems the police cars scared the creature, but it came and we all could feel it watching us from afar.
It was too dark at night, but a group of police man told me they scared something with the flashlights, and they aren't sure of what it was.
By the morning, they called me to show something near my house, around the tree, a smelly substance.
It is a strange liquid, viscous and very smelly, like sulfur.
As much as I want it to be nothing, I know that thing might be planning new things, new ways to invade my humble house.
February -18
The presence of police continued after they saw the substance that the creature left, but things got worse for them.
In the middle of the night the tires were punctured, or rather torn by something sharp.
I talked with the team and said I think that with them around, it seems to me that the creature feels "competing" against them who, in its eyes, also wants to entry here at home.
During