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"Melody! Jenny! Come down here! Everyone will be here soon." Ariel said as she finished braiding her youngest daughter Rosy's hair.

Her husband Jim came in and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He was in black pants and a festive red button up shirt. Ariel stood and smoothed down her black dress. It was embroidered with red and white candy canes. She also had red heels on and her hair up in an up do.

"Darling you look amazing." Jim said as gave Ariel another kiss then he picked up Rosy. She was in a white dress with a green sash and snowflakes along the skirt.

"And you my little angel are so pretty." Rosy giggled and hugged her dad. Jim smiled as he saw his step-daughter Melody and his other daughter Jenny come down the stairs.

Melody had her hair in curls with a piece of holly clipped in the back. The teen also had a knee-length red dress that had green gems along the waistline. Following Melody, was Jenny in her green dress with white polka dots on the skirt. She also had white tights underneath her dress and a green headband in her red hair.

"All the beautiful girls in my life look so beautiful tonight." Jim remarked as they heard the doorbell ring.

"Jim, you get that I'm going to check on dinner. Melody can you come with?" The teen nodded as she followed her mother. Her two siblings went to the couch and turned on Frosty the Snowman.

Jim opened the door and was greeted by his parents Sarah and Sinbad. Sarah was in a long green velvet dress and his father was in a green shirt with brown pants.

"If it isn't my little boy!" Sarah gushed as she hugged Jim. Sinbad gave his son a handshake after his mother peeled off him.

Sarah headed to the kitchen seeing her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

"Ariel darling can I help with anything?" Sarah inquired. The older woman saw Ariel placing a ham into the over while Melody was slicing bread.

"Sarah!" The redhead smiled. "Well no I don't need help but I will gladly take it." The two women laughed as Ariel handed her an apron. Sarah set off to start the mash potatoes.

"Ariel I do not want to interfere with how your family does Christmas but our family has this amazing garlic mash potato recipe." Ariel thought it over. This was the first-year Sarah and Sinbad were joining their family for Christmas. Every other year they had been busy with this or that. Her family was big on tradition but, in Ariel's mind traditions changed.

"I think that would be perfect Sarah, this is our families' Christmas not just mine." Sarah's heart swelled as she heard her daughter-in-law's words.

Ariel beamed as well. She had been worried about this Christmas but, maybe both families could get along. History was not on their side in terms of the two families getting along. Ariel's side had always liked her ex-husband Eric. He came from a respectable family and had a great job as a Navy officer. However, Ariel never wanted Melody to be moved around as much as they moved around her first two years of life. So, they split but, they were still friends and Melody saw him whenever he was in town.

Ariel and Jim had met in college and were good friends. They met up years later and fell in love. Jim was great with Melody and was an amazing father to their two other daughters. He was a mechanic while Ariel taught music at the local high school. However, unlike Eric, Ariel's family did not like Jim's family. His mother they could get along with as she was only a simple hotel owner however, Jim's father's job as a bounty hunter and someone who recovered stolen goods made them think he was shady.

Ariel sighed as she worked on the vegetables. They managed to be civil during their wedding but, during Jenny's baptism arguments broke out over some trifle little thing. Ariel's just didn't want anything like that again.

The doorbell jolted Ariel out of her thoughts. "Great. I pray nothing will happen"

So, this is an idea I had over Thanksgiving. So, Ariel and Jim have a family but they don't get along with each other. It will have maybe 3 to 5 chapters. Also about my other stories. I have some ideas but they are locked away. For Disney High please please vote for the poll on my profile page. It will help me know which tone to go towards for the next chapter. Also in the comments give me your ideas about which of Ariel's sisters is with which Disney/Non-Disney guy. I will shout you out if you win!