Look no further: the best Christmas story of the year has been found.

In the middle of the night on Christmas Eve, a 3-year-old American girl was found wandering the streets of Salzburg, Austria, dressed in only socks and a nightie. According to The Associated Press, police found her mother after asking at different hotels; the mother had no idea she’d gone missing at all.

It’s not clear whether she was searching for Santa Claus, or perhaps looking to enjoy the Austrian nightlife. But the prowler was quickly taken into custody, where she promptly fell asleep on a couch.

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