A/N: After stumbling across several fics with the "5-1" or similar format, I decided to try my hand at it. With a twist! I also added the 221B format to increase the difficulty. Everything is typed up, all I have to do is upload 'em now! So, I hope you enjoy! Reviews would make me happy!
Summary: There are five reasons John Watson hates Christmas, and one reason why Sherlock loves Christmas.
Format: 221B / 5-1
The First Reason John Watson Hates Christmas
As a child, John Watson always loved Christmas. The snow on the ground, the respite from Primary school, the extra time with his family.
Things were brilliant... Until Harry told him there was no Santa. At first, John refused to listen to his sister. She eventually cornered him with the facts he was loath to admit made sense. Flying reindeer, a sleigh carrying billions of toys, a trip round the world in one night while visiting every child on the nice list. John's belief had faltered at this, but when Harry stated that a fat man in a red suit breaking in to a house was sure to have the police called on him, he stopped believing altogether.
Seven year old John felt empty without the belief of Santa, and the moment everything clicked in his mind, he burst in to tears. Their Mum quickly sent Harry to her room and scooped up her youngest in her arms, sitting him down on a kitchen chair and going to make John a cup of cocoa. She set the small mug in front of him and repositioned him so he was sitting on her lap, and while it soothed John, the cocoa and his Mum's lap were unable to regenerate his faith. Mummsy would receive the credit this year for John's new bike.