Two of the Damned

Two blighted beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath under the light of a struggling moon.

"I wish you a merry Christmas," said the First Blighted Being, his voice reminiscent of a singing tomb.

"And I wish you a happy New Year," responded the Second Blighted Being, speaking with the accent of a penitent accordion.

In that moment, they fell into each other's embrace, weeping scalding tears that trickled down each other's spines. This act was a token of their banishment to the Realm of Ineffable Bosh. For one of these accursed creatures was the First of January, and the other was the Twenty-fifth of December.