Chapter 12
December (A Wiccaning and Christmas)
It was early on a December morning, Phoebe and Coop were dressing Parker in a beautiful white dress. It was Parker's wiccaning day, and Piper was summoning grams. Everyone gathered in the attic in order. Prue and Andy, then Piper and Leo with Wyatt, Chris and Melinda standing in front of them. Then Phoebe holding Parker, Coop beside her with P.J. in front of him. Then Paige holding Henry JR with adult Henry beside her and the twins in front of them.
Grams stood in front of them, she opened the book of shadows and began the wiccaning.
"I call forth from time and space, matriarchs from the Halliwell line, mother's daughters, sister's friends, our family's spirt without end. To gather now in this sacred place, and help us bring this child to grace."
The matriarchs appeared in spirt form behind grams, who turned around to face them.
"Another Halliwell has been born" Grams informed them.
Grams turned around and singled Phoebe to give her Parker. Once she was holding Parker grams faced the spirts again with Parker.
"We pledge to be with this child, this beautiful girl always, apart but never separate, free but never alone, she is one of us, and because of that, we will bless her with all the goodness that we are. Welcome to the family Parker Elise Halliwell. Blessed be" grams said.
"Blessed be" the spirts said.
"Blessed be' the alive adults said.
"Blessed be" the children said.
The spirts then disappeared, then grams followed after waving good bye. The family then left the attic and decided to go out for lunch to celebrate. Prue who was then five months pregnant got excited when she thought about when her daughter would have her wiccaning.
A few days later, it was time to have photos taken with Santa. The boys got dressed and brushed their hair on their own, but Leo had to help them with their teeth still. Piper dressed Melinda in a really cute red dress with a white bow tied on the back. Piper decided to leave Melinda's long brown hair down. Piper then brushed Melinda's teeth.
Coop dressed P.J. in a cute green dress that had a Christmas tree design on it, white nylons and black dress shoes. Coop put P.J.'s long dark brown hair into two ponytails on the side. Phoebe took care of Parker but didn't dress her up since Parker wasn't having a picture taken. It was a Halliwell tradition to only start pictures with Santa at age two. Billie was going to babysit Parker and baby Henry.
Paige dressed Tamora in a jean overall dress that had a teddy bear design on it, white nylons and purple dress shoes. Kat was dressed the same by Henry except her shoes were pink, Paige and Henry still colour coded the twins. The twin's hair was two braids on the sides. Paige wanted them to get a haircut, but Henry loved their long hair.
Once Billie arrived, the family got into cars. Once they arrived at the mall, they had to stand in a very long lone of eager children and their parents. After what seemed to be an hour of wait, it was finally Wyatt, Chris and Melinda's turn. They walked up to Santa, Wyatt sat on Santa's lap on the right side, Chris on the left side and Melinda on Wyatt's lap.
"Ho ho ho, hello what are your names" Santa asked.
"I'm Wyatt Mathew Halliwell, this is Chris and our sister Melinda" Wyatt informed.
"Well it's very nice to meet you, how old are you all?" Santa asked.
"I'll be seven in two months" Wyatt replied.
"I just turned five" Chris answered.
"I'm two" Melinda told him.
"Wyatt what would you like for Christmas?"
"A scooter, a water gun, race cars and a cowboy blanket" Wyatt informed him.
"What about you Chris?"
"I would like a water gun too, play doe, a fire truck, a monster book and markers" Chris said.
"And what would you like for Christmas Melinda?"
"Barbie dolls, Dora movies and a doll house" Melinda replied.
"Well I'll see what I can do, look at the camera and smile" Santa said.
The kids looked at the camera smiled then joined their parents outside the line.
Next the twins ran up to sat and sat on his lap.
"Ho ho ho, hello what are your names" Santa asked.
"I'm Tamora."
"and I'm Kat."
"Well it's very nice to meet you, are you twins?" Santa asked.
"Yes" the twins said and smiled.
"And how old are you?"
"We're two and a half" Kat informed him.
"Tamora what would you like for Christmas?"
"A pony, my powers, a car and a computer" Tamora informed him.
"What about you Kat?"
"I would like the same things" Tamora said.
"You two like to dream big, I'll see what I can do, look at the camera and smile" Santa said.
The twins looked at the camera smiled then joined their parents outside the line. Henry was videotaping everything.
Next P.J. got to sit on Santas lap.
"Ho ho ho, hello what is your name" Santa asked.
"P.J." "Well it's very nice to meet you, how old are you" Santa asked. "Two" P.J. Informed him.
"P.J. what would you like for Christmas?"
"A Barbie" P.J informed him. "I'll see what I can do, look at the camera and smile" Santa said.
P.J. looked at the camera smiled then joined her parents outside the line.
The adults waited around until an elf approached them with the photos. The adults paid for them then everyone went back to the manor. Piper was relieved the elves didn't need the charmed ones this year. At manor everyone decided to have family photos taken, so Parker and Henry Junior were dressed up.
The order was" Piper, Leo, Wyatt, Chris and Melinda, then Piper Leo and the boys, then Piper Leo and Wyatt, then Piper Leo and Chris, then Piper Leo and Melinda, Then Piper and Leo. Then it was Piper and Wyatt, Piper and Chris, Piper and Melinda, then Piper and three children. Then Leo and Wyatt, then Leo and Chris, then Leo and Melinda, then Leo and the three children.
Then it was Phoebe, Coop, P.J. and Parker, then Phoebe Coop and P.J., then Phoebe Coop and Parker, then Phoebe and Coop. Then it was Phoebe and P.J., then Phoebe and Parker, then Phoebe and both girls. Then it was Coop and P.J., then Coop and Parker then Coop and both girls. The same with Paige and her family. Then it was Prue and Andy.
Then it was Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Paige. Then Prue and Piper, then Prue and Phoebe, then Prue with Paige. Then it was Piper and Phoebe, then Piper and Paige. Then it was Phoebe and Paige. Then one picture of Andy, Leo, Coop and Henry together.
Then it was Wyatt, Chris and Melinda, Wyatt and Chris, Wyatt and Melinda. Then it was Chris with Melinda. Then it was the twins and Henry Jr., then just the twins, then Tamora with Henry Jr., then Kat and Henry Jr. Then it was P.J. and Parker.
Then there was one of all the children together. Then a picture of everyone except Billie, and one with everyone including Billie. They didn't bother with Aunts and nieces or other pictures like that.
Christmas Eve came again. Like every year, grams and Patty were summoned to spend Christmas with them. Leo turned on the video camera, while the adults talked and the children played. At seven the children got to open their special Christmas Pajamas and put them on. Then Christmas carols came on and hot chocolate or chocolate milk was served.
"Mommy put on the song I learned at school" Chris said.
Piper put on frosty the snowman and Chris sang along and danced.
"Frosty the snowman was a happy jolly soul" Chris sang.
"And that was the amazing singing of Chris Halliwell, thank you Chris for filling our ears with great sound" Prue said sounding like an announcer once Chris was done.
Not long after the children passed out, so the parents put them to bed and went to bed themselves.
"So when do you think they are going to wake up" Patty asked.
"I'm guessing 5" Grams answered.
"I'm going with 5:30" Patty said.
"We'll see who wins" Grams said.
"So do you think the girls are going to figure out how powerful and dangerous they are as the power of four?" Patty asked.
"Yes, they haven't had a reason to use their full powers, so they haven't realized it yet, the power of four never existed before, their powers are stronger now" Grams said.
It was true, with one wave of Piper's hand the whole world could freeze, or she could make a volcano erupt with her other power. Prue would easily be able to move a car or building. Phoebe would be able to levitate above the clouds, and feel everyone's emotions, even if they're not close to her. Paige would be able to orb whole buildings, heal any wound no matter how deep or bad, and she would be able to protect an entire city with her orb shield.
At 5:15, Wyatt, Chris and Melinda orbed down to the Living Room and P.J. beamed down. 6 tired parents came down the stairs followed by Andy and Prue who were holding baby Henry and Parker. The twins followed. Neither Grams or Patty won the bet.
Leo turned the video camera back on and recorded the children opening their presents. The children loved their gifts and had huge smiles on their faces. After present opening, Piper made pancakes, French toast, waffles, bacon and eggs for breakfast. The children ate as fast as they could because they wanted to go play in the snow. After they ate, the adults helped the children into their snow clothes and went outside with them.
The family had a great time in the snow. The built snowman and snow forts, and had a very unfair magic snowball fight. Everyone was laughing and smiling. It had turned out to be a very good Christmas.
