A large turkey was placed on the enlarged dining room table as the Weasley's including Harry, Hermione, Fleur and Teddy sat around waiting for Mr Weasley to start carving the bird, after the bird was carved into slices, everybody started to help themselves to the vegetables and side dishes, once the plates were full everybody started to eat their dinner
The conversation was quiet silent as everybody with everybody eating their food, expect the occasionally request for the cranberry or bread sauce. Harry kept quite enjoying his food occasionally smiling at Ginny from across the table
Once the main course was finished, as Mrs Weasley collected the plates with Hermione's help, to the kitchen with the flick of her wand, a couple of minutes later a huge massive crash came from the kitchen as a plate fell to the stone floor as Mrs Weasley cried out,
"Oh my we forgot the crackers"
"There in the attic, I got sidetracked" said Mr Weasley smiling at Harry
"How could you have got side tracked!" shouted Mrs Weasley from the kitchen
"I tell you later, I will go and get them"
Mr Weasley got up from his seat and left the room, ten minutes he came back later with a large box labelled "Christmas Crackers". He opened the box inside 15 crackers came out with a flick of his wand and placed themselves on the places, were everybody was sat waiting for dessert to be served.
Mrs Weasley came out from the kitchen with a large Christmas pudding on a large plate, she placed it on the dining table, and it was soon joined by a jug of custard, bowls and a serving spoon.
Before the pudding was served, each person took a cracker and pulled it with the person sitting next to them, once pulled them everybody but there paper hat on which came with a small joke and a small box.
Everybody was intrigued to see what was in each box; the first to open their box was Teddy, he with the help of his grandmother open the box he opened the box inside was a small train, the front engine was very similar to the Hogwarts Express. His face light up as he saw the train, start to puff as to start move across the dining table.
All the Weasley's we amazed as much as Teddy by the little train as it continued to go around the dining table as it was Ginny's turn to open her cracker gift, she opened her box inside was a small bunch of red roses tied with Sliver Ribbon, she blushed as she placed the roses on the table.
It was Hurry's turn to open his box; he opened his box to find a small figure of a snowy owl on a small plinth with gold writing on it which said
"Hedwig"
Harry looked at the figure with a small tear in his eye; he not really got over the loss of his beloved owl since she had died over 3 years ago. Harry showed the rest of the table the little figure of the owl, everybody seemed to shed a small tear and smiled at Harry, Ginny got up from her seat opposite Harry to give him a massive hug.
Ron was next to open his box to find a broomstick about the length of a match stick, he took it out of the box, examining it h was impressed with the detail for something so small. Hermione opened her box which was a small book called "House Witches Practical Guide to Morden Living Edition 25" she smiled as she started to flick through the pages of the book paying special attention to the section on "Living on a budget"
Next it was George to open his box, inside was a massive pot of rainbow coloured exploding sherbet, with multi-coloured straws.
Everybody else opened there boxes which included a rarer nice scarf for Fleur & Bill, a set of Muggle ornaments which included a brass elephant for Mr & Mrs Weasley and a pot plant for Mrs Tonk's.
The pudding was finally served as the gifts from the crackers where placed in a save place, away from the bowls of pudding.
About half an hour later after pudding was being eaten and the washing up was being done, and everybody was enjoying a hot drink in the living room, it was decided to open the presents that had been put under the tree, there were lots of presents under the tree.
Everybody was excited about opening their Christmas presents, as the youngest had opened their crackers it was the turn of the oldest to open there presents under the tree, so with a little help; Mrs Tonks opened the one present that was under the tree, as Ron helped himself to his fifth mince pie
"Oh my!" as she opened the present
She turned to show everybody and photograph album, which in gold stitching was written Teddy Remus Lupin, inside was pictures of Teddy as a baby with Tonks and Lupin, as she showed it to everybody Harry started to have tears coming out of his eyes, which he quickly wiped them with a handkerchief
"Thank you so much, where did you find it" she asked looking at Mr Weasley
"It was left at Lupin's childhood home, before he left to fight, it was only when Harry and I went to clean the house, we found it, so I thought you better have it as memory for you" replied Mr Weasley with broad smile on his face
"Thank you so much Arthur" she smiled back whipping the tears from her eyes
The next person to open there presents was Mrs Weasley, as she opened her present she gave a small smile towards her husband, who smiled back. Her first present was a foldable new kitchen broom, then a dustpan to match with shrunk in size with one simple tap as George tried to explain, a few potted plants and a scarf, hair pin and necklace made up the rest of the presents
Next Mr Weasley opened his presents which included a Muggle umbrella, an egg timer, a new painted flower pot and a weasel paper weight.
After a few more sips of coffee, it was time for the younger members of the family to open their presents, which included various pink baby clothes, a reindeer cuddle toy, toffee's and a sleeping potion to help babies sleep, as they opened their last present, a cry came from upstairs, which prompted Fleur to leave to check on the baby who was now 7 months old, she came down a few minutes later with the child, try to get her back to sleep, as Bill opened the last gift of a paper weight.
So George next opened his presents which were a paper weight, a month's supply of quills, a hand knitted jumper and ear muffs which he tried on which perfectly hid his hole of an ear, a book of American wizard jokes, and a discount card for Sugarplums Sweet Shop. With his ear muffs on George finishes opening his presents as Hermione took her turn to open her gifts, which include a subscription to witch weekly and the daily prophet, a small pygmy puff, a body and bath set, a photo frame and some jewellery which Ron blushes when she opens. Ginny helps Hermione put on one of the necklace, which was has a charm on that reflects the light, as she quickly looks at herself in a pocket mirror, she smiles and thanks everybody for the gifts Ron makes a quick dash for the tree, as he opens his gifts which include a subscription to quidditch weekly and Chudley Cannons magazine, he flicks through the pages, looking at every page in detail before opening the next lot of present s which included a jumper, a scarf, coat, a pair of trainers, a sugarplums sweet shop gift card and a finally a box of owl treats. He takes all his gifts, and sits back on the sofa, takes another mince pie and starts reading the cannons magazine, Mrs Weasley gets up asking who would like a pot of tea, everybody agrees as most of the youngest start to fall asleep on their parent's laps. A Few minutes later Mrs Weasley bring a large tea pot with some cups on a tray, she places the pot on the middle of the coffee table, as everybody pours them self a cup and relax, as outside a fresh amount of snow beings to fall, as everybody starts to drink their tea Harry starts to think, that this was the best time to ask, as it seemed to take ages to open everybody's presents. As everybody finishes their cup, Harry started to open his presents which included a jumper, a coat, a pair of trainers, a woolly hat, a bottle of butter beer, a sugarplums Sweet shop gift card, a book on time management for effective businesses, a soft toy dragon and cookery book for wizards living on their own. Harry thanks everybody for their presents, as he sits back on the sofa; he smiles, and then relaxes in to the sofa, watching the next person open there presents. Ginny starts to open her presents, which includes a jumper, a pair of sock with owls on the front, a pair of owl print pyjamas , a box of chocolates, a book on quidditch, a pot plant, a calendar and finally a small little velvet box, she curiously looks at the box, she opens it to see a small note inside "To Ginny Meet me at 6pm by the apple tree Harry" She looks over at Harry who is now reading his book, she shows the note to Hermione, who looks puzzled "That's not like Harry to be so secretive" Hermione says when Ginny sits back on the sofa as it starts to get dark outside Finally Teddy opens his presents which include a knitted jumper, a bobble hat, a toy broomstick, a soft toy dragon and owl, and some wizarding toys As Teddy starts to playing with his toy, Harry decides to play to with the new toys to make up time, he looks at his watch it's 10 minutes to 6, how to make to the apple tree without been seen by everybody. He excuses himself, saying he needs some fresh air, he puts on his shoes and coat and heads for the apple tree, as a snow drift starts causing poor visibility as Harry walked towards the tree. He finally got to the tree, resting against the tree as the drift of snow finished, the clouds moved, to reveal a starry sky the perfect chance someone had thought that something special was going to happen. For what seemed ages for Harry waiting, leaning against the tree he could see a figure coming across the snow, it must be Ginny. Butterflies started to fill his stomach as she came closer, what was he going to say, he had practiced it somemany times in front of the mirror but never to her face By the time Ginny had reached Harry she was wondering what the monkeys what was going on "Hey, so you wanted to meet me here then" "Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to watch the stars tonight" "You said that on our first date at the astronomy tower" "Oh did I, I don't remember that" Harry answered looking in to Ginny's eyes "I do remember that!" Ginny answered smiling "Well we can do it again, if you want to" "Sounds like a great idea" Ginny said stating to lean against the tree with Harry "Okay...well over there is the Dog star" harry said pointing towards a distant star Ginny started to look up at sky "I don't remember a Dog star being in that direction I thought it was the other way" she turned around to look the other way. Harry saw the perfect chance to propose as he got down on one knee as Ginny said "Oh well it must be over this way" she turned around again to face Harry who was on the floor, he face changed to shocked as Harry asked "Ginny Weasley will you marry me"