Dan was humming 'Angels From the Realm of Glory' in his sleep. He had had so much fun that he had simply tuckered himself out. Chris and Elise brought him back home and tucked him underneath his bed. Oddly enough, his apartment was far more tidy than it had been and he even had a Christmas tree, merrily decorated from top to bottom. On the tree there was room for a new ornament. Carefully, with stealth, Chris placed the ornament from the ski-lodge on the tree without making any noise. He hugged Elise close and walked out of the apartment quietly as they both slunk out.
'Won't he be surprised when he wakes up !', Chris said.
'One more reason I am glad I married you; the magnitude of your golden heart.', Elise said, kissing him as they left for their car. Above them, snow began to fall and lightly cover their vehicle as they rode home. Strains of 'White Christmas' accompanied them over their radio, all of them realizing none of them would ever forget their cosmic experience, for it each improved them in a deep, profound way only they would understand in the days and weeks to come.
The End