Just another NOEL

They say Christmas is a time for miracles. They're half right.
It's a time for ghosts. For the things you buried in the shallow graves of the past to claw their way back to the surface, dressed in tinsel and smelling of pine. It's a season of sharp contrasts: the glittering star over the stable, and the red smear on the fresh-fallen snow.
A United States Senator vanishes from a fortress of money and power, leaving behind nothing but an open door and the scent of fear. The news screams of fore...