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Howie and Sarah, two young siblings, bring home a unique advent calendar from the local vintage store, Gloria's Glorious Findings. Upon opening the first golden-hinged door, they find themselves in the craziest Christmas countdown they've ever experienced. A glass sphere on the end of a necklace, a portal, a snow-laden world - the siblings have no recollection of the world they've arrived. It's Knick-Knack, a seemingly pleasant holiday town, populated with lots of jolly residents dressed in green and bearing pointy ears. It's cheerful here, where children play and decorate trees day after day, embracing the holiday sprit with mugs full of cocoa and egg nog. All is warm and all is bright. Until Howie uncovers the darkest secret of Knick-Knack...one that YOU, dear reader, must find out for yourself. Not everything is as it seems. Every smile is hiding something. Every step is carefully planted. Every child hides their true desire: to leave Knick-Knack.