The teacher shuts off the lights as the children are sitting on the rug with candy canes in their little hands. They twist the plastic wrapping off, giggling to their friends. A Christmas movie plays on the projector, carols echoing through the speaker. Snowflakes fall down onto the sidewalks, decorating the bushes and roofs of the town.

“Shhhhh,” the teacher whispers, holding a finger to her lips.