Grave by the Handpost

A group of carolers, on their way to a nearby neighborhood to sing, stumble upon the burial of a man who has committed suicide. Because of the manner of his death, he has been forbidden burial in the local churchyard and rumor has it that he may even have been buried with a stake through his heart.

The carolers have no desire to get involved, but, when the man's son returns to town, the carolers get caught up in plans for an honorable reburial of the dead man. Unfortunately, things do not turn out the way any of them had planned.