AN: Hey guys, thank you all for reading this far. I'm really sorry I haven't been writing very much recently, but last night I got some of my writing mojo back and then this morning my e-mail box was filled with reviews from: Ella ().Thank you very much for all your reviews, btw all your guesses were right and your encouragement has really helped me. So as usual please, please keep reading and reviewing. So here it is our Christmas special from everyone's favourite little guy: 1st Noelle, Love Holly
My first Christmas or Noelle wouldn't exactly have been my 1st but it really is the first I can remember and maybe even the first the tribe can too. And boy was it a cool one at that. My 6 year old self was a tad confused when some of his many uncles came into the Mall one night proclaiming they knew what day it was and that we should all come and listen. At this point I was still confused even when they said it was November 30th, so I just kinda sat there and grinned as all the adults got really excited. In the end my mum or mummy came and told me what it meant. That the next day was the 1st December and on the 25th December it was Christmas Day. I still didn't understand and my mum clearly understood this so she explained a little more. That Christmas was the celebration of the birth of a special baby boy called Jesus, who was God's son and sent to help and save the world. I liked that idea so mummy told me the rest of the story about the kings and angels and the star and the shepherds. And then my auntie and cousin came over and we all talked. And my mummy and auntie told us how when they where children they had something called an advent calendar where you have chocolates and sweets and stuff like that in pockets or behind doors with the day on them and you count down the days to Christmas.
That day some of my aunties and uncles went out to see if they could find some advent calendars or anything. It didn't take long and before I had to go to bed they were all set up and ready for us the next morning. The whole of the month was a crazy blur of fun, colour and excitement. One of my favourite days was the day we put the decorations up. I helped, me and my dad decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and lights and other colourful things. By that point I knew that Santa was coming and that I had to be good or he wouldn't come. Oh I was so excited I couldn't wait everyday was busy finding presents for people, wrapping presents; it was kinda overwhelming yet incredible at the same time. And then it came, only that one sleep and he would have come and we could all have fun and open presents and eat food and have fun. And boy was it the crazy day that I'd thought it would be only not in the same sense I'd originally thought.
One of my aunts was pregnant, very pregnant and I woke up on Christmas not to my parents waking me up but to her screams. My biggest cousin came running into my room and jumped into my bed saying Santa had come but we'd have to wait because the baby was coming NOW. We sat together talking and trying to block out the noise, but after a while another of my uncles, came into the room saying we could come and see the baby. Me and my cousin couldn't get out of the room quick enough, we raced down the stairs and into the room we'd heard the screams echoing from and there she was, Noelle Ruby; my newest little cousin. Born on our 1st Noelle, and from that day on we, the Mall Rats always celebrated Christmas.