The Christmas Pig

Thinking about Poem’s warning, Jack realizes that the magic of Christmas Eve had allowed him, a living boy, to enter the Land of the Lost; however, this magic will likely run out by midnight, as Poem hinted. Worried, Jack and the Christmas Pig follow Compass across the Wastes, wary of the Loser and of the other strange Things that live there. Compass is confident that they’ll succeed, but Jack is frightened and worries about every shadow he sees. They hurry through the darkness until they see two large shapes in front of them.

As they approach, Jack sees a broken angel and a dirty blue bunny. Jack is amazed to realize that the angel is his own Christmas angel, the one that was just purchased to be a replacement for the toilet-paper angel. The angel is distraught to be so uncared for by the family. She explains that in the real world, she is actually hanging off the back of the tree, but no one has bothered to look for her. The Christmas Pig admits that he too is a replacement toy, and he reassures her that she might be found very soon.