That old man is a real piece of shit "yeah sorry kid, I threw your precious belongings to the garbage but instead of taking resposability for it I'll ask you to go get it yourself since I'm old y'know, I'm sure you don't have better plans anyways, it's just christmas eve, looking for something...
ghostlykidd yes, those are the same kids from Kyoko-chan but back then they were very little, here they are teens, it makes sense in the timeline, the only weird thing is the dog still being alive.