The Shopkeeper's Cottage

Measurements: approximately ~5" × 5" × 5"

It stood there like it had been waiting all year.
Red walls—cheerful as cranberries simmering on the stove.

You could smell the pine before you reached the door. A wreath tied with velvet ribbon. A lantern glowing, promising warmth against the cold December night.

Inside?
Wool socks drying by the fire.
The faint crackle of old Christmas records.
The kind of laughter that only happens when no one’s in a hurry.

This wasn’t just a cottage.
It was Christmas distilled to its purest form: red, white, and a little bit of joy.