Light It Up

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Francesca is struggling to come to terms with the fact that her husband, who is deployed to Afghanistan, won't be home for Christmas for the second year running. As she sits alone on Christmas Eve, her children sleeping upstairs, she looks at the lights twinkling on the Christmas tree in front of her and makes a wish.

Written for the Mute Christmas contest by masochist.
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