Disclaimer: Not mine. Just having some fun with the characters.
Author's Note: Originally written for The OWL (On-line Wizarding Library) House Cup 2009, for the Christmas season.
Weasley Christmases
by Scribe Teradia
1969 - Molly & Arthur
The puddings were burned.
She'd wanted everything to be perfect, but it was all wrong; a series of disasters leading up to the catastrophe that was (at least to Molly's way of thinking) the 'ruined' Christmas dinner.
By the time Arthur's parents arrived, she was weeping into her apron, her distraught husband at a complete loss as to what might be wrong with his normally down-to-earth bride.
When Cedrella Weasley ordered the men out of the kitchen, Molly braced herself for a lecture about how she'd failed as a wife and housekeeper.
Instead, Cedrella confided in a whisper, "I burned my first puddings, too."
