Daddy Harry

Chapter 23: Christmas

:"Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride, in a one horse open sleigh, hey. Jingle Bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh." That was heard all through the halls of the school during the last weeks before Christmas. It seems that a group of students from the Muggle studies class got together to go caroling throughout the castle and Hogsmeade on Christmas eve, and they had a ball doing it. Harry and Ginny decided to join in on the fun, and bundled up the twins to go caroling with them at least when in the castle. They joined up in Harry and Ginny's quarters after for hot chocolate and cider. The night was a clear one, and they all went to bed early that night for the next day was Christmas, and they all saw the piles of presents under the Potter's tree.

"The next morning Harry and Ginny were awakened at 6 am by a big black dog jumping up and down on there bed barking up a small storm so as not to wake up the twins. Harry opened up one eye, and said, "get off Sirius, we're awake now." Harry gave him a pet on the head before he threw him off the bed with a gust of wind and a cushioning charm to make his landing soft. They didn't have to worry about Sirius waking the twins, because when they went to there room, they found Lily and James holding the twins all ready for the day. "You guys ready to go down to check out the presents?" Harry asked his parents.

"Let's go, don't we have to be at the Weasley's for breakfast in a couple of hours?"

"Yes we do. Let's go down then."

When they got down to there common room, they found about double the presents that were there the last night. "You didn't have to get so much mom and dad, I mean they are going to be spoiled from this. But thank you for everything." Harry had a smile a mile wide when he said this, so James and Lily new that they weren't mad for this. Harry hadn't had a Christmas with his family since he was less than a year old, so he was happy.

The morning went great, and everyone got presents galore from both staff, students, and family. Harry and Ginny both got new brooms that were top of the line for quidditch and just plain flying. The twins got all kinds of both Magical and Muggle toys and clothing. Harry got a complete set of all the new books that were out for advanced defense against the dark arts, and all the possible new teaching tools that were out there. Ginny was offered a position as a professor when she graduates as a co-professor with Harry in DADA, which she readily accepted. James, Lily, Sirius and Remus were each given a picture album of the twins lives so far, which would be updated frequently as soon as pictures were taken. The one big thing that they got was a deed to a new house in Hogsmeade from there parents. There were a few tears shed when they realized where the house was, it was the shrieking shack, and it was newly remodled for the family.

"Thank you mom and dad, it is great." Harry and Ginny thanked them both with hugs and kisses.

From Sirius and Remus, they got all kinds of furniture and beds and all for the new house. From Dobby and the other house elves, they had two volunteer services to there family as there personal House Elves. The two that came to work for them happened to be old friends of Harry and Ginny's, Dobby and Winky. They were going to stay with them at the school for the school year, and stay at the new house during the summer months.

After exchanging of the gifts at the school, they packed up the rest of the family's gifts, and flooed to the Burrow for a huge breakfast and more presents to open. The only one that was there that wasn't technically family, but still considered family was Remus Lupin. His girlfriend and Sirius Black were relatives of the Weasley's through cousins or something like that. Remus was welcomed with open arms considering as most of the family knew, next Christmas he was planning to be part of the family, because he was going to propose to Tonks today with the ring that he was hiding and just waiting to give to her.

The breakfast was a huge one, that had all the cousins and kids and grand kids all there. Molly outdid herself in the cooking department, and everyone had there full of food. The Grangers pulled up just as breakfast was finishing, and piled into the house, finally having the whole family there. Mr and Mrs. Weasley and Mr and Mrs. Granger being the elders of the clans, were sitting in the living room full of presents and family, sipping eggnog and hot cocoa waiting for the family to come in to open more presents.

All the kids got new brooms from the Potters for quidditch and general flying. Hermoine got a hole load full of books of all kinds and she found that they also had a new house in Hogsmeade to live in that had a extremely large library for all of Hermoine's books. They also got all kinds of furniture and clothing for there new baby that is on the way in March. The family had lots of fun, and considering that it was a warm winter, they had a pick up game of quidditch out back. They had fun for the rest of the holidays, and spent the rest of it at the Burrow. They had a lot of games of quidditch and chess.

A/N: Ok everyone, I hope that this wasn't to short or to fast, but I hope you enjoyed it. Next we will be going with the new years. Then we only have a few more chapters left. Thank you for your reviews. ----Donald