Christmas Drabbles: December 24th
Well my computer is recovering from it's exciting adventure. I'm still not sure how it even happened.... but oh well, it's repaired and I did it by myself.... so here is the story that I just wrote that was supposed to be posted last night.
Title: Christmas 1980
Rating: PG
Starring: Potter family (and friends)
When: Marauders Era
Word Count: 463
Summary/Notes: For Harry’s first Christmas, Lily introduces her family to one of her favorite Evans’ tradition
Series Link: Masterpost
What a difference a year makes, Lily thought as she smiled down at her baby boy on Christmas Eve. It was just last year, at Christmas, that she and James had told their friends about being pregnant.
Harry was here with them, now, and Sirius and Remus had come to Godric’s Hollow to spend Christmas with them. Unlike Peter, who was spending Christmas with his mum, she, James, Sirius and Remus were all each other had.
Her parents had passed away in a car accident shortly after she had left Hogwarts and James’ father had died a few weeks later and his mum had died of a broken heart shortly after James had married Lily.
While changing Harry’s nappy, she had decided to change him into the red, plaid Christmas pajamas she had sewn from fabric she had purchased in Muggle London. She had made herself, James, Sirius and Remus pajamas as well, but she hadn’t said anything to them about it, yet.
It was an Evans’ family tradition to open one gift on Christmas Eve and, for most of her life, the gift that her parents had given her was a pair of pajamas that matched a set given to her older sister.
James and Sirius were already holding their gifts when she entered the sitting room. Remus’ gift laid by his feet, but there was a hint of excitement on his face as he looked everywhere but at the gift.
“Ok, you may open them,” she said as she set Harry on a blanket then grabbed her own gift.
The sound of tearing paper filled the room then was followed by dead silence, prompting her to look up from the pajamas she had unwrapped.
“Is this the rest of Harry’s present?” Sirius asked, shooting a look between her and James.
“No,” she replied. “I made us all matching pajamas.”
“Why?” Sirius said.
“Because we’re a family,” she told him.
“They’re lovely,” James said, before Sirius could say anything else.
“I think I know why Wormy went to his mum’s for Christmas,” Sirius mumbled under his breath.
“Shut it, Padfoot,” James stated. “Lily made these for us to help give this Christmas a bit more cheer.”
Sirius’ stony expression did not change.
“Think of the photo that we’ll take and how Harry will laugh when he’s older.”
There was a crack in his expression.
“We’re in the middle of a war,” Remus said, taking over for James. “This might very well be the last Christmas we spend together.”
Silence fell over them as their brains shifted to the place they least wanted them to go.
“Alright fine,” Sirius grumbled. “But I’m holding Harry.”
A few minutes later, they were all dressed in their red, plaid pajamas and posed for a family photo.
Title: Christmas 1980
Rating: PG
Starring: Potter family (and friends)
When: Marauders Era
Word Count: 463
Summary/Notes: For Harry’s first Christmas, Lily introduces her family to one of her favorite Evans’ tradition
Series Link: Masterpost
What a difference a year makes, Lily thought as she smiled down at her baby boy on Christmas Eve. It was just last year, at Christmas, that she and James had told their friends about being pregnant.
Harry was here with them, now, and Sirius and Remus had come to Godric’s Hollow to spend Christmas with them. Unlike Peter, who was spending Christmas with his mum, she, James, Sirius and Remus were all each other had.
Her parents had passed away in a car accident shortly after she had left Hogwarts and James’ father had died a few weeks later and his mum had died of a broken heart shortly after James had married Lily.
While changing Harry’s nappy, she had decided to change him into the red, plaid Christmas pajamas she had sewn from fabric she had purchased in Muggle London. She had made herself, James, Sirius and Remus pajamas as well, but she hadn’t said anything to them about it, yet.
It was an Evans’ family tradition to open one gift on Christmas Eve and, for most of her life, the gift that her parents had given her was a pair of pajamas that matched a set given to her older sister.
James and Sirius were already holding their gifts when she entered the sitting room. Remus’ gift laid by his feet, but there was a hint of excitement on his face as he looked everywhere but at the gift.
“Ok, you may open them,” she said as she set Harry on a blanket then grabbed her own gift.
The sound of tearing paper filled the room then was followed by dead silence, prompting her to look up from the pajamas she had unwrapped.
“Is this the rest of Harry’s present?” Sirius asked, shooting a look between her and James.
“No,” she replied. “I made us all matching pajamas.”
“Why?” Sirius said.
“Because we’re a family,” she told him.
“They’re lovely,” James said, before Sirius could say anything else.
“I think I know why Wormy went to his mum’s for Christmas,” Sirius mumbled under his breath.
“Shut it, Padfoot,” James stated. “Lily made these for us to help give this Christmas a bit more cheer.”
Sirius’ stony expression did not change.
“Think of the photo that we’ll take and how Harry will laugh when he’s older.”
There was a crack in his expression.
“We’re in the middle of a war,” Remus said, taking over for James. “This might very well be the last Christmas we spend together.”
Silence fell over them as their brains shifted to the place they least wanted them to go.
“Alright fine,” Sirius grumbled. “But I’m holding Harry.”
A few minutes later, they were all dressed in their red, plaid pajamas and posed for a family photo.