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Miss Burden's House

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Miss Burden is born and spends her entire life in this large, colonial style home which pre-dates the civil war. It is here where Christmas finds her one night, after breaking into the kitchen in search of food. The bedroom is the scene of their violent love affair, and ultimately becomes the scene of her murder as well. After she is murdered by Christmas, Brown sets fire to the main house hoping to cover his partner's tr