I couldn't help this one...I love Christmas.

For those of you just starting the series now that it is complete. I will suggest doing it like the first readers did and read a chapter a day. This chapter and chapter two go together but from there on it pretty much is a daily chapter thing until Christmas eve. I had to bust that day up into chapters due to personal time constraints. If you read my notes at the end you can follow things pretty easily. I hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas!

* I own nothing of Rizzoli and Isles I just have the privilege of playing with the characters for a while.

Jane walked into Maura's office without knocking. She wanted information on the Terinio case that had stalled over the past two weeks. She started to be her normal demanding self until she saw her friend's head hung down crying over a piece of paper on her desk.

"Hey Maur...is everything okay?"

The woman quickly wiped her eyes and took a deep breath before looking up trying to look like everything was okay. "Jane...I didn't hear you come in."

"I just got here. "

"Oh...I guess you are wanting news on the labs from the Terinio case."

"No...yeah...that can wait. What's wrong? What were you reading?"

"I...it doesn't matter."

"You were crying so it matters to me."

"It's Christmas Jane we all get emotional during this time wither it's super cheerful, unbearable grumpy..." She said looking at Jane, "...or misty eyed over nostalgia."

"What's got you misty eyed then?"

"I was looking at a card I received from one of the morgue's venders and it reminded me of the movie Miracle on 34th Street. I would watch it when I was a little girl and I longed to have a Christmas that included a Santa Claus even though I knew he didn't exist. I thought it would be fun to pretend to be a normal American family who believed in lying to their children but in the spirit of teaching them the art of giving to someone else."

Jane's heart sank knowing she had many wonderful Christmas mornings waking up to Santa's gifts. Then she was angry that Maura's parents probably had parties and left her to nannies. "What did you do for Christmas when you were young Maur?"

"The same thing I do now. I fly out to Paris and go to art museums. Sometimes I go and listen to a midnight service and read a lot."

"Well your not doing that this year."

"What are you talking about? I have already made reservations for the end on this month?"

"Cancel them. It's December first and it's time you experienced the twenty five days of Christmas Rizzoli style."

"Jane..."

"Nope...cancel them and I will pick you up here at six for the first day of Christmas. Helping ma putting up the decorations." She said smiling at the shocked look on her friends face. She walked to the elevators with an almost skip in her step. It was like the Grinch had just found Christmas and her name was Maura Isles.

I will try and up date this daily. It's a pop up piece that has me smiling because I'm like y'all I have no idea of the twist and turns yet. :)

Let's just have fun with it.