Chapter 15: Christmas Eve.
The day before Christmas was hectic Lupin, Bailey, Draco, Dumbledore, Blaise and Snape were given the guests Christmas lists since they were the only ones allowed to leave. Bailey had taken on the job of wrapping and labeling the gifts since her shopping list was short. She loved how all the little kids faces lit up when one of the guys came back with presents. "Hey don't forget Santa's also bringing presents." Bailey told three of the little kids who tried to look in the room that held the presents.
"Whose Santa?" One of the kids asked.
"Follow me," Bailey took two of the children's hands and lead them to the music room, which was decorated with pictures.
"See that picture of the jolly man in the red suit. That's what Santa looks like, and he brings presents to all the good boys, and girls. Have you three been good?" Bailey asked sitting on the bench in front of the piano.
"Yes." All three kids replied.
"Well then, I bet Santa's going to come tonight and bring you presents, but Santa won't come if everyone's awake, so after dinner make sure you go to bed." Bailey said giving them candy canes off the tree. She then went back to wrap presents.
"Merry Christmas everyone!" Sirius shouted coming down the hall. It made Bailey and Narcissa happy to see him so cheerful.
"So Sirius what did ya get me?" Bailey asked.
"Now where's that Christmas spirit, you know I'm not going to tell you." Sirius said smiling. Before dinner Narcissa rounded up all the children to read them the story of Frosty the Snowman. Dinner that night was amazing Lupin thought it had taken the house elves days to plan.
"Everyone needs to go to bed, Bailey told me that Santa won't come if everyone's awake." Said one of the kids from earlier.
"She's right you know. Here I'll take you and your friends to bed, and I'll make sure your parents go to bed." Draco said leaving the table.
"When did my son get so into well everything?" Narcissa asked holding Aidan.
"I think it was when he started dating Bailey." Mrs. Granger said smiling.
"Oh, I was wondering if you wanted me to put all the presents under the tree, or put them in your room, or if you wanted me to keep them in my room until tomorrow." Bailey said coming in with tea and Christmas cookies.
"They should be put under the tree, that way we are all together when we open them, and we can see all the kids faces when they open their presents. The adult's presents can go in another room though so they aren't accidentally opened." Narcissa suggested.
"That's a great idea." Draco said entering the room. "I'll help Bailey sort the presents and put them into the two rooms if you all want to go to bed." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. After finishing their tea the adults went to bed. Draco followed Bailey to her room.
"How did you fit in here when you were wrapping presents?" Draco asked.
"See that tiny spot on my bed where there are no presents, I sat there the whole day jumping over presents into the free spaces. Ok all the presents on the left are the children's, the right is the parents. Which side do you want?" Bailey asked.
"I'll take the right Locomotor presents." Draco raised his wand and directed the presents out of the room. Bailey did the same thing with hers. Bailey went into the music room and started arranging the presents under the tree.
"What are you doing?" Draco asked entering the room.
"I want to make it look pretty, you said you wanted to give everybody an enjoyable Christmas, and I'm trying to make that come true. What time is it?"
"Almost five why?" Draco went over to help her.
"Cause there is one more thing I want to do for the kids." Bailey said yawning.
"Well I'll finish this and then meet you upstairs." Draco said kissing Bailey.
"Thanks. Oh and Merry Christmas." Bailey kissed Draco back then grabbed a tape from the bookshelf. She went to the entertainment room put the tape on low and hit all the hall buttons on the manor's speaker system, then pressed the button for the projection system. Bailey poked her head out of the door to see if the Santa projection was walking down the hall. When she noticed it she pressed play.
"Ho, Ho,Ho. Happy Christmas one and all." The tape played with bells ringing at the end.When Bailey went upstairs Draco was standing outside his bedroom in boxers that read ' naughty or nice?' across them.
"I think you suprised some of the kids, I saw some of them stick their heads out of the door, you should of seen the smiles on their faces." Draco smiled and kissed Bailey. "By the way it's now six thirty, we should sleep even if we only get two hours." Draco picked Bailey up and carried her to bed.