Victorian Christmas Mice Decorating Tree with Candles

Perched atop a large red and yellow ornament with the focused intensity of a tiny arsonist in a brown vest, one white mouse brandishes a lit candle toward the branches like it's discovered its true calling — decorating Christmas trees is its purpose, its art, its reason for being. Another crouches on the left in a purple coat and yellow hat clutching what appears to be a cookie or bread roll with the focused energy of a union rep, while a third faces away entirely, wearing a green scarf and presumably too emotionally overwhelmed to participate further. The tree looms enormous above them, festooned with gold ornaments and multiple lit candles that OSHA would absolutely not approve of, casting the whole scene in the warm glow of 'we are definitely about to have a mouse-caused house fire.' The teal background and weirdly competent rodent energy make this less 'holiday cheer' and more 'secret society of mice conducting their annual winter solstice rites.'