Christmas is supposed to be a merry time. A time of holiday cheer where children laugh and play. People sit by the Christmas tree opening presents, drinking hot cocoa, and eating cookies. Kids are out of school. Adults are out of work. It’s a time when everyone can relax and enjoy the company of others. Not for Ronald Gene Simmons Sr., though. Christmas of 1987 was when he decided that he had had enough of his current life and decided that it was time to do something about it. Permanently.