Yes, Oli, it was mentioned years ago, and I believe you were the mentioner.
The explanation is simple: Michael made a huge donation to the Church,.and they gave him a dispensation to have Anthony's First Communion in December. It paved the way for him to become a Knight of St. Sebastian at the beginning of III.
I think you're right TB. In a deleted scene, although it's sunny and warm in Nevada even in December, you see at the compound a truck filled with Christmas decorations being unloaded by some men. I think that maybe a couple of them were the assassins.
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