This is my favorite chapter so far. I've never actually celebrated Christmas before, so this is what I think happens. Tell me if I was accurate, would you? Tell me anything that I've missed and I'll fix it. Sorry its late…I forgot to post it.

Chapter 12

Christmas: Past and Present

Jenna woke up the next morning to a wide eyed and smiling Rhea.

"Get up, it's Christmas!"

Jenna grinned and pushed Rhea off the bed.

"I'm up, I'm up. Go annoy your sister now."

Rhea obliged and immediately jumped on Addy's bed and began poking her in the nose repeatedly.

"Get off me Rhea!" Addy opened one eye at Rhea, and then tossed a pillow in her direction, which missed and hit the lump on the bottom bunk.

"Ow!" All three girls looked over at a disheveled Desirée. She got out of bed, marched over to Addy and Rhea, and stared daggers at them right before smacking Addy upside the head with the pillow.

The pillow fight continued for about five more minutes when Hermione charged into the room. The pillows stopped flying as they stared through the feather filled air at the adult in flannel pajamas with teddy bears on them.

"That is quite enough! There are other people in this house trying to sleep and you four are making it very difficult."

She glared at the four sullen-faced girls before smirking slightly. "Now, there are presents down stairs with your names on it and the boys have been up for a half hour already."

Rhea gave Addy and Jenna a huge grin before bolting out of Addy's bed and dashing past her mother and down the stairs. Jenna, Addy and Desirée followed close behind.

Jenna was last to reach the bottom, which was lucky because she stopped short on the bottom stair and gaped at the scene before her.

The living room had been cleared of all the furniture and a huge Christmas tree stood in the center. The tree was covered in ornaments that had been enchanted to dance on their branches and hum carols, and it sparkled with tiny white lights. When Jenna looked closer, she realized the tiny lights were icicles glinting in the firelight.

Under the tree were presents of all shapes, sizes, and colors that were so numerous they spilled out from underneath the tree.

All the Weasley children were gathered around the tree, ripping open presents and chattering lively.

Jenna thought about past Christmas mornings with her mother.

Flashback

Jenna woke up very early Christmas morning and ran into the living room where the small and slightly brown tree stood in the corner. Her smile widened as she saw the four presents under the tree: two for her two for her mother.

Jenna picked up one of her gifts and shook it.

"You're lucky that's the one your grandparents gave you." Jenna turned around. Her mother was wearing a long, dark blue, flannel nightgown and her hair was loose and fell around her face in messy waves.

"Happy Christmas, Mum. Why am I lucky?"

"If you'd open your presents you'd see," she teased. Jenna grinned and ripped open the present from her grandparents.

"It's a book…The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. That's an odd name for a book, isn't it Mum?"

Elizabeth just smiled. "Are you ever going to open mine?" Jenna glanced under the tree and saw the small package her mother was referring to. She studied it for a moment before ripping off the wrapping paper and revealing a small, white box.

Jenna carefully opened the box and gasped. She lifted the silver chain from the box and gaped at the tiny diamond star dangling from the end.

It's beautiful, but how did you afford this? It must have cost a lot of money."

"Don't worry about it, Love. I've had that for a long time. I thought you might like to have it now " Jenna looked up at her mother and ran to her, giving her the biggest hug she could.

"I love you, Mum."

End Flashback

Jenna wiped a tear from her face as she held her star necklace. Addy called to her.

"Jenna? Come on, you've got presents!" Jenna smiled and walked over to the large mass of presents, being careful not to trip over Oliver's toy broom.

Rhea handed her a gift about the size of her head. Inside was a large box of assorted sweets from Honeydukes.

"How'd you get this? I thought you had to be in third year to go to Hogsmead." Jenna asked Rhea.

"I asked Desirée to buy it for me on their last trip." Rhea grinned. "Do you like it?"

"I love it!" Jenna shrieked as she hugged Rhea.

"Ok, ok." Addy patted Jenna on the shoulder. "Now you have to open mine."

"It's probably a book."

"Shut it Rhea!"

"Addy, that's not proper language."

"Sorry Grandmum. Open it Jenna!" Jenna smiled at her friend as she unwrapped her gift.

"Ha! It is a book." Rhea stated triumphantly.

"But it's a really good one, Jenna. I thought you might like it." Jenna stared at the cover. It showed a picture of a woman sitting on the moon and a man down below attached to strings that the woman was holding. In shiny, silver letters were the words: Novio by Gennadius Sugarbreeze

"It's about a woman who fall in love with a man, but he doesn't love her back, so she puts a spell on him to make him fall for her, but it was too strong and it drove her insane and….and you should just read it without me telling you the whole story." Addy caught her breath, while Rhearolled her eyesand Jenna giggled.

"At least she didn't give you Hogwarts: A History like she gave me last year." Addy stuck her tongue out at her sister and reached for another present.