"The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown," Lily sang, smiling as she leant up against James' side. On their entwined hands, both their wedding bands reflected the glow of the fairy lights they'd strung haphazardly about the house.
"Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown," she continued. Remus grabbed a paper crown abandoned on the mantelpiece and dropped it on her head, off-kilter.
"Oh, the rising of the sun," she sang, and Sirius obligingly hoisted little Harry up higher, raising him above all their heads, "and the running of the deer" – James jogged in place, grinning madly.
"The playing of the merry organ," Lily sang, and Peter tinkled about on the keys of the old upright piano, smiling back at her, then they all joined in with one voice as she concluded, "sweet singing in the choir."