"Lass, why do I have to go shopping with you today?" Killian asked Emma for the fifth time today as she led him into the shopping mall they had driven to that day.

"Because, we're getting a tree for the apartment for Christmas Killian, I already explained this to you"

"But this isn't where we went last year for the tree. Forgive me, Swan, but trees grow outdoors. Why are we at a mall for a plant?"

"Killian, we are getting a plastic tree that we don't have to replace every year. That's the beauty of this realm. We have trees that are reusable, and not flammable." Emma said, remembering last year.

"Swan, I thought I already apologized for that. I didn't mean to set it on fire. I distinctly remember you saying that it was forgiven. Please stop beating that dead horse, love." Killian sighed, feeling bad once again for setting their Christmas tree on fire the year before. "I had never had one before; I didn't know the bloody thing would need to be watered."

Emma just chuckled and squeezed Killian's hand, "Killian, it's alright. That's why we are getting a plastic one this year. That way we just store it over the year when we don't need it. Come on, the store is over here." She said, smiling and pulling him towards store. She knew that they were getting it a bit early, but Emma knew that by buying it the weekend before Thanksgiving was the best time for prices and selection.

The couple walked hand in hand into Macy's, Emma leading the way to the area where all the fake trees were on display, slowly comparing the different sizes, colors, and prices of each one. She also tried to keep an eye out on ones that either came with lights already installed but mostly for an added feature of it being less flammable as an added bonus. She had stopped to look at one that was reasonably priced and came with lights installed already, but she wasn't sure because it was kinda small.

"Kill-" Emma started, turning to ask him a question, only to stop and see that he had walked to look on his own and had stopped at one. The one her pirate had stopped at was about 6 feet tall, had lights installed but the beautiful thing about this one was that not only was it a bright and vibrant green but that starting at the top and slowly decreasing as it reached the bottom was that some of the branches had a fake light snow dusting on it. So when it was turned on, it looked like there were little fireflies amidst snow covered branches as well as the occasional green and red light. Emma smiled softly as she saw the look of awe across Killian's face as he stared at the tree, clearly enraptured by the different colors and beauty of the tree.

When Emma took his hand and caught his attention, Killian looked down at her and softly smiled. "Love what do you think of this one?" he asked her quietly.

"I think it's beautiful and the one. I love it. What made you pick this one, killian?"

"It reminds me of the trees back home when it would snow."

Emma softly smiled, knowing that was what he would say. She hadn't spent enough time in the Enchanted Forest to see what it would look like in the snow and winter time, but she had skimmed through Henry's story book and seen a few pictures with trees covered in snow in the background and this tree seemed like it had been pulled right out of the pictures.

Leaning up and placing a soft kiss on Killian's lips, Emma quickly checked the price and saw that it was just perfectly priced. "Killian, it's perfect, let's get it" she said, smiling up at him.

Killian smiled and put his arm around Emma's shoulders as they made their way to the registers to get an associate to get one of the trees in boxes from the back for them. They quickly paid, loaded the tree into Emma's bug, and made their way back to Storybrooke and their apartment.

Once back to the apartment complex, Emma helped Killian pull the box through the doors and up the stairs to the apartment they shared with Henry. Continuously making sure all the doors were open and nothing was in the way, Emma and Killian dragged the box that held their new tree up in to the apartment and settled it in the living room by the television. Once down, Emma went and got a pair of scissors so they could cut the tape closing the box. After opening the box, Emma and Killian began assembling the tree piece by piece. By assembling that meant Emma was reading the instructions on the couch and telling Killian which piece to put where.

"No, not that side, the other side. See?" Emma said, stopping Killian in his tracks. "That branch is supposed to go on the other side and farther down. It's supposed to look like the majority of the snow fall hit the top, not was just thrown in random places."

"Alright, lass. I'll move it." Killian said, before putting the offending branch in its correct home. And on they went, Emma occasionally giving him multiple spots for specific branches and then fixing her mistake and Killian doing all the manual labor.

Once the tree was up, Emma brought the ornaments out of storage and the pair had just begun putting them up when Snow, David, Neal, and Henry come through the door after having spent the afternoon together.

Snow and David had stopped dead in their tracks once they spotted the tree sitting in the living room as Henry raced by, quickly giving Emma and Killian hugs before running up stairs to put his back pack up.

"Oh Emma, honey, your tree is beautiful. Where did you find it?" Snow asked, her voice getting a little airy as her emotions began to get the better of her. David put his arm around Snow's shoulders and led her towards the couch while Killian prepared drinks.

"It looks like trees from our old land around winter time, where did you find it?" David asked, thinking out loud about the tree's first impression.

"Killian found it actually. He said it reminded him of the Enchanted Forest as well." Emma responded, as Killian handed around hot chocolates before settling in the loveseat next to Emma, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her close to him.

"Aye, I did. It just popped out at me and I knew we had to get it." Killian said, smiling softly, "Besides, it was my fault that we had to get a plastic tree in the first place. One accidental tree fire, and its plastic for life." He joked; causing the whole room to burst out in laughter at the memories they all had flooding their minds. Emma kissed him on the cheek and snuggled into her pirate's arms, both of them gazing fondly at their new Christmas tree.