Entry for the "Christmas Collection Competition" - Prompt: 16. Reindeer
Entry for the "Speed Drabble"
Prompts: Gryffindor, home, "You should try something else"
Entry for the "Gringotts Prompt Bank"
Christmas Themed Prompts:
1. Advent; 2. Angels; 3. Bells; 4. Candles; 5. Candy Canes; 6. Cards; 7. Carols; 9. Christmas Cookies; 10. Christmas Tree; 11. December; 12. Decorations/Decorating; 18. Fruitcake; 19. Gifts; 20. Holly; 21. Icicles; 22. Lights; 24. Merry Christmas; 25. Mistletoe; 28. Pie; 30. Reindeer; 32. Rudolph; 34. Season; 37. Snowflakes; 38. Star; 40. Stocking; 41. Tinsel; 46. Vacation; 47. Winter; 51. Apple Cider; 59. Cracker; 61. Eggnogg; 62. Fireplace; 71. Hot Chocolate; 80. Ornaments; 83. Pudding; 85. Red and Green; 94. Spirit
Fay loved to stay at Hogwarts over the Christmas holidays. In her first year at Hogwarts, she had went home as her parents had took her to a ski vacation, but the following years, she had decided to stay, because of the transformation that Hogwarts went through as soon as December had approached.
The decorations were wonderful, and they were one reason why the winter had become her favourite season. All the Christmas trees that Hagrid brought from the forest were decorated with crystal angels, candy canes, ornaments, stars and real icicles, holly and tinsel were hanging in every corridor and the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room was decorated with stockings.
Bells were ringing, the protraits and even the armours were singing carols, advent candles were filling every place with a wonderful light and there was a wonderfully festive spirit wherever you went.
The house elves also seemed to be ruled by this spirit – whenever Fay entered the common room, there were plates of Christmas cookies, fruitcake or pie placed on the small tables in the room, along with hot chocolate, and the Christmas dinner of course was simply breathtaking – their eggnogg was wonderful, and in her Third Year, she had witnessed how Professor McGonagall had had a little bit too much of the warm apple cider. And the pudding...
On the morning of this Christmas not even the prospect of having to see Umbridge could tarnish her mood as she opened her gifts and the cards from her friends who wished her a Merry Christmas.
She dressed and went down to the common room which was deserted, except for Fred Weasley, who looked out of the window, watching the snowflakes drift by.
"Merry Christmas," she smiled shyly while avoiding one of the mistletoes that was floating towards her, trying to force Fred and her to kiss.
"You too," Fred answered, looking a little bit tired. Of course everybody had heard about how Arthur Weasley, his father, had been attacked and Fay felt very symphatic, hoping that the man would get better soon.
"Want to open a cracker with me?" Fay asked, trying to think of a way to cheer him up a little bit. She took one end of an red and green cracker and Fred tentatively took the other end. They both pulled, and with a loud bang, the cracker opened, a Christmas jumper falling out. Fred took it from the floor and held it up in front of his chest, the hint of a smile on his face as he asked:"How does this look?"
On the front of the jumper was a big reindeer which was downing eggnogg and already had a red nose and Fay shook her head, grinning:"You should try something else, Rudolph."
"Naah, I think I am going to keep it. I am so handsome that I can wear anything," Fred winked and Fay felt herself blushing slightly as she thought about how she could only agree with him, and that she was once again glad to have stayed over Christmas.