I just realized something. 'Don't let them stay home that night...' I always thought that was Jason's mind saying it to him, but now I'm wondering if it was someone else telling him that...like maybe Cronus?

As always a beautiful story. However I think Jason's memories a little faulty. Italians traditionally give gifts on January 6th, Epiphany and their gift giver isn't Santa, it's an old woman known as La Befana. I'm not sure they have xmas trees either. They're a german tradition that crossed the atlantic with emigrants and became fashionable in britain when Prince Albert set one up for his own children.