Happy Sunday everyone! Haha, yeah I know I don't like Sundays either. Oh well. Anyway, here is a happy chapter to cheer you up. Please keep those reviews, follows and favorites coming. They are the reason I keep writing. Also please check out my newest story, The Pitter Patter of Little Feet. I just started it last night and I already have a few people that have followed and favorited it. That makes me so happy. Ok, I'll stop rambling and let you read this chapter. Oh and before you ask, I do know that everything in this chapter is correct. So please don't say that it's not. Thank you and enjoy.
November had ended quickly and December had started. To the kids that meant Christmas wasn't too far away. They loved opening presents from all of their family and friends as well as Santa Clause.
Every year, the kids would run in and jump up on Blaine and Kurt's bed, waking up way too early for their liking. Then they would go downstairs and start to open their presents. After they opened their presents, Kurt would start to make a special breakfast. The rest of the day, the kids would play with all of their new toys while Kurt and Blaine would clean up the living room and get ready for dinner with Rachel, Finn and their kids.
Christmas was always a fun time for the Hummel-Andersons, but this year Kurt thought of something he hadn't thought of before. Blaine and Kurt were curled up on the couch watching a movie with the kids.
Kurt turned to Blaine. "Blaine, I was thinking-" he started, but Blaine cut him off.
"Uh-oh. What are you thinking now?" Blaine teased.
Kurt rolled his eyes. "Well I was thinking, that since it's almost Chanukah, Rachel should come over and tell the kids about Chanukah and we can celebrate with all of the kids. I mean she is the only jewish person we know."
Blaine smiled. "I think that's a great idea. Our kids should learn that everyone celebrates different holidays."
Kurt smiled back. "I'm so glad you see it that way." he leaned in and kissed Blaine.
The next few days, Kurt had been busy setting up the house for when Rachel would come over and tell the kids about Chanukah. He bought potatoes to make latkes. Kurt wasn't sure if Owen and Dalton would like them, but he knew Emma would try almost anything. And luckily, Rachel told him that latkes were usually eaten with applesauce, so he bought a couple of packages of applesauce too.
Before sundown, Rachel had come over. She brought several things with her to explain what Chanukah was.
"Aunt Rachel, what's that?" Emma asked pointing to the object Rachel had just taken out of her bag and placed it on the table.
"Well Emma, this is called a menorah. On Chanukah we light a candle for eight nights reminding us of what happened in Israel long, long ago." Rachel explained, as she placed different colored candles in the menorah.
"What that?" Dalton asked, pointing to a small toy on the table.
Rachel smiled. "This is called a dreidel. It's a game you play around this time of year and if you land on the winning symbol, you win all of the candy that's in the middle of the pot."
"Candy?" Owen asked.
Kurt and Blaine laughed.
"Yes, candy. And there is a special type of candy that I have." she started, as she dug into her bag and pulled out a little bag of gold coins. "This is called gelt. It's like money, but it's really chocolate."
"Chocolate!" all the kids said in unison.
All the adults laughed.
"Rachel, why don't we light the candles and then we can eat our potato pancakes?" Kurt suggested.
"Pancakes? For dinner?" Emma asked confused.
Rachel laughed. "They're potato pancakes and they are called latkes. It's made with potatoes and oil because the miracle of Chanukah is that the oil lasted for eight days and nights when it was only supposed to last for one."
"Oh." said Emma, now understanding the real meaning of Chanukah.
Rachel lit the candles on the menorah and started to say the prayer. The kids just watched and listened to her sing in the different language. When she was finished everyone gathered around the table and Kurt served the latkes.
"Aunt Rachel, what were you saying before? It sounded like something from Harry Potter." Emma asked.
Rachel laughed. "It's called hebrew honey. And I was saying a prayer for the miracle of Chanukah."
Emma nodded in understanding.
Blaine looked at all five of the kids that were sitting around the table. Six if you included Finn. All of the younger children, seemed to enjoy their potato pancakes. Dalton wasn't too sure of what to think of his new food.
"Taste it Dalton. It's yummy." Blaine encouraged.
"Too hot." replied Dalton.
"Blow on it." said Kurt. "Like this." he showed Dalton what to do and he followed his daddy's example.
"If it's still too hot, you can dip it in your applesauce to make it cool down." Rachel suggested.
Dalton poked at his latke with his fork and dipped it in the applesauce and took a bite.
"What do you think little man?" asked Finn.
Dalton nodded. "Yummy." he said, with his mouth full.
"Dalton, don't talk with your mouth full. Swallow first, then talk." Kurt scolded.
Dalton swallowed his food. "Sorry daddy."
Kurt smiled. "It's ok buddy."
After dinner Rachel taught the kids how to play dreidel. They all loved playing and getting chocolate gelt in the end.
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