Her brother’s children could have gotten killed out there on the train tracks, and he thinks it is entirely her fault, even though his children thankfully were not seriously hurt in the cold.
Then, her brother said he was not going to take his kids to their mom and dad’s house for Christmas, and that crushed their mom and dad.
Right now, her brother still is not speaking to her, and he threatened never to let her spend time with his children again.
“I feel really awful about it, but at the same time, I really don’t think it’s my fault,” she said. “They recently moved to this house, and I’ve never visited before Christmas Eve since I live in the city and they’re about two hours away.”
“So I’ve never seen the house in daylight and had no idea there were train tracks near it. It never occurred to me to say that the movie wasn’t real, all the kids still believe in Santa, so I didn’t think there was any harm in showing them a Christmas movie.”
“I’ve gotten mixed reactions from people. My husband says it’s not my fault, and it’s completely on them, as does my father and sister, but my brother and my mom think I’m the worst person in the world. I feel really awful and don’t know what to do.”
Do you think she’s to blame for the kids sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve to wait for the Polar Express?
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