Chapter 28: Merry Christmas
Now that the wedding between Dagur and Mala was over, the kids were looking forward to Christmas. At Midge's house, Hiccup had just put up the tree, and the three were ready decorate it. They had bangles, brightly colored balls, stars, and special ornaments that looked like Santa Claus, reindeer, and homemade ones.
"Look, Mom here's the Popsicle stick snowman I made when I was in kindergarten." said Midge. "I remember, you were so proud when you brought that home." said Astrid, as Midge hung it up. "And I remember this one." said Astrid, taking out a ornament.
It was a little pink bunny, that read, "baby's first Christmas". "Yeah, Mom and Dad bought that for Midge for her first Christmas." said Hiccup. "I can't wait till Christmas." said Midge. "Neither can we." said Hiccup, referring to himself and Astrid.
At Tim and Spikelout's house, they were helping their dad pick out a good piece of meat for Christmas dinner. "So what do you think, boys? Should we go with a turkey or a ham?" asked Snotlout. "I say ham." said Spikelout.
"I don't know why don't we try something different this year, like a goose?" Tim suggested. "Interesting idea, son." "You boys decide on dinner yet?" asked Ruffnut. "Not yet, Mom." Said Spikelout.
At the Ingerman home, Fishlegs was putting lights on the roof. "Careful, Dad." said Jack. "Don't worry, son." Fishlegs assured. Inside, Heather and Beth were looking at Christmas recipes. "What are we gonna bake this year, Mom?" Beth asked.
"Oh, I don't know, Beth. We can either bake, sugar cookies, brownies, apple strudel, bundt cake, pumpkin pie." said Heather. "They all sound good, why don't we make them all?" Beth suggested. "All of them? (chuckles) we'd never be able to eat them all."
"Well, we can make them all and give the treats we don't eat to our friends." Beth told her. "Hmm, that sounds like a pretty good idea." Said Heather.
And at Tam's house, she and Tuffnut were decorating their house. "How's the garland coming, Tam?" he asked. "Almost done, Dad." she answered. "This place is looking really Christmasy." said Tuffnut.
"You said it." Tam agreed.
The following day at school, the kids were cutting paper snowflakes. "I can't wait till Christmas." said Midge. "Neither can I. I asked for a new football for Christmas, how about you guys?" asked Spikelout.
"I want a scooter." said Midge. "I'm hoping to get a chemistry set, and Jack wants a new pair of nice sneakers." said Beth. "I want a video game." said Tim. "And I want some play-doh." said Tam.
"All right, class, are we just about finished with our snowflakes?" asked Fishlegs. "Yes, Mr. Ingerman." said the class. "Then let's get them hung up." he said. The class w ent out into the hall, and hung the snowflakes on the made the school look more festive.
When school was over, and after getting home, Midge saw that her grandparents were there. "Hi Grandma, hi Grandpa." she said. "Hi, sweetie. How was school?" asked Valka. "It was okay. What are you guys doing here?"
"We're helping plan this year's Christmas party." Stoick answered. Every year each family hosted a Christmas party at a country club. This year it was the Haddock's turn. "So what's gonna be at the party?" asked Midge.
"Lights, music, treats, and fun." Astrid told her. "Awesome." said Midge.
As Christmas grew near the kids were soon let out for winter break. The snow kept falling, the families shopped, and baked goods. When the kids had shopping to do, their parents took them to the mall, and let them go off on their own.
"Now remember kids, stay together, be careful with your money, and don't talk to strangers." said Snotlout. "We will, Dad." said Tim. "And we'll meet back in two hours." said Tuffnut. "Got it, Dad." said Tam.
And the kids went to do their shopping. "Any idea what you want to get your parents?" Midge asked her friends. "Our dad he wants a watch." said Jack. "And mom deserves a new shirt." said Beth. "I'm getting my dad a swiss army knife." said Tam.
"Well then let's start shopping." said Midge. They went into several different stores, and managed to get presents for their families. Midge got a new notebook and pencils for her dad, a scarf for her mom, a book about vikings for her grandpa, and a shawl for her grandma.
Spikelout purchased a belt for his dad, some perfume for his mom. Tim got a tie and a hairbrush. Beth bought a shirt for her mom and a some slippers for her dad, while Jack got a watch and a ring. And Tam found her dad's swiss army knife.
"Hey, I just found another store we need to go to." said Midge. She pointed to a pet store. "Good idea, Midge." complimented Beth. So in the pet they each bought something for the dogs.
Which included chew toys, collars, bones, and dog food and treats. Once they were each home, they wrapped their gifts, and put them under the tree.
Like all young kids, they couldn't wait for the holiday. They couldn't wait to wake up on Christmas morning, and tear open their gifts. But while the presents were great, they knew what the holiday was really about.
It was about being together with your family, friends, and giving. To show this they gave donations to charity bins. Even did some volunteer work by handing out food at a soup kitchen. It made them feel good to help the needy.
On Christmas Eve at the Christmas party at the country club, everyone was having a great time. Jingle bells played, everyone wore nice clothes with either Santa hats or reindeer antlers, and there were tons of Christmas cookies and eggnog.
"This is good eggnog, Hiccup." said Tuffnut. "Much better than the eggnog Astrid made a couple years ago." Whispered Snotlout. "I heard that." Astrid piped up. They snickered, and all the kids were having fun too.
"I can't wait till tomorrow." said Tam. "Neither can I, hopefully I can fall asleep." said Tim. "Hopefully we can all sleep." said Midge. After a few hour of singing, dancing, and eating, everyone headed for home.
The kids were already pretty tired, but before going to bed, they set out plates of cookies and glasses of milk for Santa. Then after changing into their pajamas, and kissing their parents goodnight, they went off to sleep.
Midge slowly opened her eyes, to see that the sun had risen. Today was Christmas! She quickly leapt out of bed, and ran to her parents room. "Mom, Dad, wake up it's Christmas." she said, getting on their bed.
Toothless and Stormfly also woke up, and started barking. The two parents sighed, there was no avoiding this. "(Yawns), okay Midge, we're awake." said Hiccup, sitting up. "Merry Christmas, sweetie." said Astrid.
Slowly they all got out of bed, and went downstairs. Midge gasped, there were lots of presents under the tree, even more than there were last night. "Santa came." she said. "He sure did, but we have to wait until your grandparents arrive before we open them." said Hiccup.
"I'll get breakfast started." said Astrid going into the kitchen. Within a sort of Stoick, Valka, and their dogs arrived. After the "good mornings", "hellos", and "Merry Christmases", they all opened their presents.
Midge got her scooter, and various other presents. Her family loved the presents she got them, and she wondered what her friends were doing at that moment. Each of the had gotten the gift they wanted, and their families enjoyed their gifts.
Even the dogs enjoyed their new toys and food. This is what Christmas was about being together and happy.
That's chapter 28, plz review
