A/N: Sorry for such a delay! School has been really hectic, I've had to stay up til 11 to finish my homework! Also midterm exams are coming up.Ick.

Maya was rummaging through her things one pretty much dull day when she found her flute. "I completely forgot! Great, I'm outta practice! Oh well, might as well play, hopefully it won't sound too bad." She began playing all the easy stuff like Twinkle Twinkle and the Minuets. She did mess up a lot, but in due time it was coming back to her.

"What in the galaxy is that noise?" Anakin was in his room, which had turned out to be right next to Maya's.

"I'm practicing my flute. I found it in my stuff from home and found I was out of practice."

"Oh. It actually sounds pretty good. I've never heard that sound before." Anakin said he wanted to go work on one of his building projects, and left Maya to her practice.

Maya found that she was still pretty decent, but she should practice more often now that she found her flute. After a couple of hours she was tired of playing but felt that she had accomplished something. Maya decided to write some more in her diary she was keeping to bring back home, she hadn't done it for today yet. One thing Maya had always done was keep the date in her home calendar style, that way she would never forget what the day and year it was on her home planet. She began to write:

December 2,

"WHAT? December second already? Oh no! Where has the time gone? We need to start decor—"But then Maya realized that they probably didn't celebrate Christmas here, and Maya and her family had been great decorating enthusiasts. "Well, if they didn't celebrate Christmas, they do now!" Maya went to the Archives to do a little research.

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"Aha! They do have something resembling Christmas trees here!" That was the very last thing Maya needed, and she sought out her Master in need of someone to help her with a few… errands.

"And what is this all for, Maya?"

"Christmas! A holiday we celebrated back home! It was my favorite holiday! You like, give presents and stuff!"

"Well, ok, I actually have some free time right now. You were lucky for catching me today."

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Many hours later, many Jedi were surprised to see a young Padawan and her Master tromping in with boxes and boxes of who knows what. "This is just the beginning. Wait til y'all see the tree!"

"Trees? What trees? Why do we need trees in the Temple?" But the girl was right; soon they were levitating big spruce trees through the door.

"Don't worry, the Council has already approved of this; it'll be quite interesting." Actually, Adi had merely mentioned the decoration mission and the Council seemed to agree.

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"Phew." Maya had just finished putting a string of garland around every column in the Archives. She had also put a red bow at the top of each column. But, she had to admit, the Force made decorating a heck of a lot easier.

"Maya! The cafeteria's done!" Anakin had loved the idea of Christmas and had volunteered to help with decorating.

"That's great! I'm tired, we can do the rest tomorrow."

"Good idea."

Maya had a restful sleep that night knowing she was bringing the joy of Christmas to those who'd never had it before. She couldn't imagine a life without the holiday, and she already had gift ideas. There was still so much to do, and with Jedi duties in the way, she'd have to work extra fast. But Maya didn't really mind.

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Maya had only two things left to do the next day: the tree and the tower. That's what she had named these two projects, and she had decided to do the Tower first, it would be harder. She had already gained permission for this decorating escapade, and although quite risky, it would look beautiful. All Maya needed was a big star, bungee cords, and a lot of garland.

An hour later, Maya and Anakin were on the top of the middle Temple tower securing a really big sparkling star on top of it. "Almost! Can you reach that last point?" Anakin reached so far that he slid to the side and downward. "Be careful, Ani!" Anakin grappled for something to hold on to but he kept slipping…

Meanwhile, the Jedi Council had called in some leaders of the Republic to tell them about their two new "special cases". The meeting had been going on for a while, and now Master Windu had just finished explaining Anakin's uncanny ability to construct droids and other complex machinery. "He is very hard working and enjoys helping others out…"

"Does he enjoy swinging from the Jedi Temple on a bungee cord?" One of the Senators had seen a Padawan swinging back and forth waving through the soundproof window.

Everyone looked at the window. "Anakin! Pay dearly for this, you will!"

Anakin was mouthing through the soundproof window, "But I fell off, Master Yoda! I didn't mean to!" He then found himself being pulled up by Maya.

"Jeez, Anakin, get a grip!" Maya laughed.

"Actually I sort of dropped in on a Council meeting."

"Uh-oh. What did they say?"

"Well, there were senators there too, and most of them thought it was pretty funny, but I thing Yoda said I was in trouble but I tried to tell him that I fell."

"Oh well, we can explain it later. Let's get the garland; I already told Master Kenobi he could bring it up." Moments later they saw Obi-Wan fly up in a small cargo cruiser with all the tree garland that they had strung lights around. Their type of lighting had fascinated Maya at the time.

Obi-Wan couldn't believe what he was doing. "Are you ready for the garland now?"

"Yea, here!" Maya offered her outstretched hand and caught the garland as he threw it. "Thanks!'

"Now, remember the drill." Maya had come up with a plant to string the garland around the tower. This was a big project and the Council was only letting her do it because it was her first year, anyway. They slowly walked backwards down the tower supported by bungee cords as they used the Force to string the garland around the tower.

When Maya and Anakin reached the bottom, they stood back to admire their handiwork. "Turn the lights on!" Maya pressed a button on a power generator and the lights on the garland illuminated it and the star. But you really couldn't see them very well; it was still daylight.

"We'll turn 'em on at night. Let's do the tree." With the help of Adi and Obi-Wan, they had set up the big Christmas tree in the lobby. Now, they just had to decorate it. "On my home planet, we would've had to use a ladder to get the high places!"

"What's a ladder?"

"It's like this wooden thing with rungs that you stand on to climb up and get higher to reach stuff."

"Oh." They didn't have many ornaments, just ones they had made in their spare time. They also had red lights and gold beads to string around it; the Force made this an easy task.

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By evening, Maya and Anakin, even with their Masters' help, hadn't finished the tree. But there were always other days. It was only December 4th, anyway. Adi had told the Council about the tree, and a lot of people were coming to see them turn it on. Most of them had never seen such a thing, and were interested in this strange custom.

"Alright, y'all, here it is!" Maya pressed the button, and everyone stared in awe. "Well, looks like we did a pretty good job, Ani." She high-fived him. Anakin yawned.

" Can we go to bed now?"

"I'm pretty sure I can, I don't even think I can make it to bed. But I'll make an effort."

"G'night, Maya."

"'Night."