I quickly grabbed one of my worn out running shoes that we could burn. Because I was in cross country and could run the fastest I offered to run out and grab the lighter. When I opened the door what laid before my eyes was a disaster. The creatures had overturned and broke all the furniture, devoured the leftover pork from dinner, and were in the middle of shattering the kitchen dishes. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me and quickly grabbed the red lighter my father had placed by the fireplace. I made it back to the room safe and was determined to get rid of these nasty unwanted guests.
The shoe caught flame and we opened the door so that the horrific smell of burning rubber would travel through the whole cottage. The Kallikantzaroi were disgusted by the smell and all four fled immediately back up the chimney where they came from. We were all relieved that they were gone but we had a huge mess to clean up. For the rest of the nine days we were on vacation we kept a fire going at night to prevent them from coming back. I focused on brushing this incident off because I wanted to have a fun time skiing in the snowy mountains. That was a winter vacation that I will never