A student with “a contusion to her face and bleeding on the inside of her lip” was talking to a school resource deputy and a sheriff’s deputy in the front office of a local high school Dec. 5.

The student explained that she overslept that morning because no one in the house could wake her. She “was irate due to her being late for school,” and she confronted her grandmother about it. The two of them quarreled about “stupid stuff.”

Irate Granddaughter went into her room, “slammed the door shut and locked it.” Irater Grandma tried to open the door with a butter knife, but Irate Granddaughter came out and walked into the kitchen.

So Irater Grandma threw the knife at her, Irate Granddaughter ducked, and the knife slid down her back.

Irate Granddaughter slammed the butter knife on the kitchen countertop and kept quarreling with Irater Grandma.

Grandma “became irater the longer the argument lasted and threw a Christmas decoration made of brick at [Irate Granddaughter].”

The decoration hit Irate Granddaughter in the mouth, “causing her to bleed from the inside of her cheek due to her braces catching on her cheek.”

She walked outside and threw a rock through the front glass door.

After investigating the incident further, the sheriff’s deputy concluded that Irater Grandma was the primary aggressor and arrested her on charges of domestic violence child abuse and throwing a deadly weapon (the decoration made of brick) inside a dwelling. Irater Grandma was taken to jail.

No word on whether the family’s Christmas was merry and bright after the events of Dec. 5, but no family quarrel is worth throwing a brick.