The Golden Snitch
20: (object) tinsel
AJ, Kasai; Mahoutokoro.
Advent Calendar Event
Word count: 300
Draco Malfoy hated tinsel, absolutely despised the horrid substance. It was thin and stringy, sparkly and just so not him. But most didn't understand why he hated it, Blaise didn't understand, neither did Theo, nor Astoria, not even Daphne. The only person who understood his annoyance was Pansy Parkinson. Pansy who was possibly one of his best friends, though he'd never tell her that.
They both knew the struggles of decorating with tinsel, after all, they were both pure blooded. Their mothers didn't have the time to decorate their large mansions for Christmas, and so the job landed on them to do. Which was one of the reasons the two of them despised tinsel. It was their worst nightmare. While they also didn't quite like the other decorations, like holly, or mistletoe, the worst by far for them was tinsel. But it wasn't up to them.
Their mother's adored tinsel, because it was shimmery and looked like icicles. It gave the house a wondrous flair that was just so brilliant. It was eye catching, gained attention and praise. Draco didn't think his mother knew how painstaking the process to put it all up really was. After all, she'd always had siblings to put it up instead of her, or magic when she was a mother. He honestly didn't understand why she insisted he put it up by hand.
Much to Draco's dismay Christmas time was nearing again, and thus he was sitting cross-legged on the common room floor, preparing his tinsel so that it wouldn't be as bad of a job when he got home. It was currently all over the floor area, his friends - save for Pansy - snickering as they passed him. His hands hurt, for one.
But that's not even the beginning of why Draco Malfoy hated tinsel.
