Sad Christmas in Sandy Hook

A member of the Rutter family of Sandy Hook, Conn., walks past candles and other offerings that make up a memorial in Newtown, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Friday, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Angel pendants hang from a snow-covered string in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials in the wake of the shootings after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Portraits of slain students and teachers hang from a tree at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Stockings and angel silhouettes honoring Sandy Hook Elementary School students and teachers line an iron fence in Newtown, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Among a memorial to the Sandy Hook Elementary students and teachers, Julian Revie of Ottawa, Canada, plays Christmas music on a piano he helped bring to the memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 in Newtown, Conn.

Craig Ruttle | AP
In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 file photo, Christmas stockings with the names of shooting victims hang from railing near a makeshift memorial near the town Christmas tree in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn.

Julio Cortez | AP
A light coating of snow blankets Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. The town is dealing with the aftermath following gunman Adam Lanza's shooting spree at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, that killed 26, including 20 children, before he killed himself.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Mercer Given hugs his wife, Lynne, Monday, December 24, 2012, as they listen to a group of carolers sing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" for the Sandy Hook Fire House on Christmas Eve. The Givens, from Sherman, Connecticut, were one of thousands of people that have visited the memorial for the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown.

John Woike | MCT
Sue Cleary and her daughter Madison, 11, stopped by the Peace Tree memorial Monday, December 24, 2012, to pay their respects to the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

John Woike | MCT
A Christmas wreath leans against a fence Monday, December 24, 2012, at the Sandy Hook Cemetery along with Christmas stockings and little angel cutouts in memory of the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

John Woike | MCT
Jackie Fedor of Monroe, Connecticut, places a handmade ornament Monday, December 24, 2012, to honor the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown.

John Woike | MCT
Joanne and Bill Brunetti of Newtown, Conn., part of a group monitoring memorials around the clock, take an early morning shift Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Newtown, Conn, near a memorial for Sandy Hook Elementary School students and teachers. Gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, on Friday, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Erik Johannsen of Dover, Maryland, places stuffed animals at a memorial Monday, December 24, 2012, to honor the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Johannsen, a member of the Air Force in Dover and a volunteer firefighter, stopped to pay his respects on his way to be with family in New Hampshire.

John Woike | MCT
Members of the Rutter family of Sandy Hook, Conn., embrace early Christmas morning as they stand near memorials by the Sandy Hook firehouse in Newtown, Conn.,Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself.

Craig Ruttle | AP
Snow-covered stuffed animals with photos attached sit at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.

Craig Ruttle | AP

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