Author: Muduoduomu

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Chapter 16. Merry Christmas

Christmas was a time of reunion.

In the living room of Bush family, a tall Christmas tree was erected, under which all the family sat to exchange Christmas gifts.

—The Bush family exchanged presents before dinner every year.

It's said that father Jack always thought it was to cruel to keep the presents until the next morning.

"Who can keep it?" he said. "When I was a kid, I couldn't sleep because thinking about my gifts."

So when he had children, he asked them to open their gifts whenever they wanted.

Therefore, no one could keep it until the next morning.

Hannah was excited that Della firstly handed her the present. It's a big snack pack every year since she went to Hogwarts.

—By the way, she even used that excuse to pester Fred, asked him how to pick a Christmas present for her little sister.

She had a lot of ideas that time.

Dick was also looking forward to the present, he kept looking at Della's hand. But what Della brought out were two boxes, one big, the same as Hannah's; one small, only as big as a toffee.

"As far as I'm concerned, what I give you this year depends on what you give me." Della said smilingly.

Dick immediately hid the present behind.

Della narrowed her eyes, "if you don't give me a well-prepared gift, I can only…" she wobbled the little box.

Dick said cunningly, "the present I gave you was well-prepared, but if you don't like it…" Della continued, "that means you didn't prepare well. Well-prepared gifts can't be unattractive." She shook another gift box with snacks, "or you want to say you don't like the snacks of Honeydukes I gave you before? Oh, then you should have told me earlier!"

Dick bit his lips. Now he didn't dare to take out the present for Della, she'll be angry and then he won't get that box of snacks! He's always looking forward to the Pepper Imps!

He suddenly covered his stomach and said, "I have a diarrhea! I'm going now! I'm going to fart!"

Mother Lucy gave him a pat. "Go! Oh, you bad boy!"

Dick quickly got up and ran away, with the box of "gift" he was going to give Della, a box of dead insects he collected in Hogwarts.

He wanted to play a prank on Della, but he didn't expect her to be so smart!

Dad, Jack said, "ok, let's go on. Hans?" Hans's gift was requested by Della: a unicorn brooch of Miss Tiffany.

Hans thanked to Della in a low voice as he handed her: "I bought that sunflower brooch, she liked it!"

Della blinked, "you're welcome."

To be honest, she didn't know whether it's more surprising for Hans made a girlfriend or he pursued a girl, or both.

What Della gave her mother was a bottle of perfume, and to her father was a magic pipe. It can smoke but without Tabacco, so it's a very healthy smoking cessation product.

"It's minty," she said, "there are many other tastes." She was very interested in the whisky flavour. It's said that it could imitate the drunk and turn face red. She decided to buy a whisky flavour pipe for the next year's gift.

Lucy was glad and said to Jack, "that's great, so the smell in your mouth will be much better."

Della showed a gross expression.

Hans's eyes brightened and asked Della, "how long will it last?" Della said vigilantly, "what do you want to do?" Hans replied sheepishly, "I don't want to keep mints in my pocket all the time."

Well, she couldn't bear to hear the "love story" from two couples in one night.

For the rest of the gift, Hannah gave her a card made by herself, with a magic brush, the little stars on it would dance around, even to her hands.

Della kept the star on her and didn't sweep it.

It's very Christmas, wasn't it?

Dad Jack sent a bunch of flowers. He said she was a big girl, the first flowers should be given by dad. As for her boyfriend.

"He can only stand behind me!" He said with a sneer.

Della: "…" She found out Fred didn't really give her flowers!

—It gave her another impulse to break up.

Mom, Lucy sent a lipstick, "a magic lipstick." She smirked and said, "if you rouge lips to kiss your boyfriend, the hickey will last for a week! He can't wash it off!" Della was beyond happy! She decided to stamp Fred when she got back to school!

At this time, Dick came back, he finally brought out his gift: a pretty beautiful specimen of Fluxweed.

It was placed in a small glass cup, still in bloom.

"Wow," Hans looked at Dick, "you've got blood, bro!"

Dick snorted, blushed.

It should be his own favourite. Della knew he liked to make specimens before, but he was not very fond of animal specimen, he preferred the plant one and charm restoration specimen, which was very, extremely difficult to save the moment when the charm was launched.

After Della took this, she gave Dick the snack box. She thought she could give him a comprehensive book for making specimens next time at Dick's birthday.

Since he liked it so much.

And she also divided the unicorn hair which Professor Hagrid gave her into four parts for her family, once of each. Because it remained less for everyone, they were all woven into thin bracelets, like the moonlight in the hand.

Dick put it on, looked at the moonlight in his hand and exclaimed, "is there really a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest?"

Della warned him: "There are not only unicorns, but also spiders that eat people! If you dare to run into the Forbidden Forest, you'll become their food!"

Dick snorted, "I don't believe it… is it true?" Della nodded, "you can ask Professor Hagrid."

"That big man?" Dick humphed.

Dick didn't like Professor Hagrid. Of course, the only one he didn't complain about was Professor McGonagall, since he didn't dare to. All the rest of professors he didn't like.

"What about Quidditch? You don't like it, neither?" Della thought it was strange that all the boys should like Quidditch.

Dick shook his head, "it's silly to fly in the sky on a broomstick."

Della was surprised, "you're so different."

If it's necessary to choose a professor he liked, it's Professor Binns, the ghost professor who taught the History of Magic.

"He doesn't care what we're doing in the back." Dick said.

Della: "…I think we can worry about your final marks from now on. You may set a record low."

Dick made a face at her. Fortunately, he didn't spit now.

She even had a sense of comfort that her little brother was growing up.

For the rest of the time, they just enjoyed ice cream and set off the cracker, each of them could only have one.

A few mice sprang out of Della's cracker. It's said that some of them would have rabbit inside, but she always had mouse.

…The merchant was the most cunning.

She caught the mice and was going to give Ron when back to school.

Dick got a wizard hat from the cracker. It's a big thing, he was beyond happy to put it on immediately, but later he began to say if he were in school, he could have put more crackers!

Dad, Jack nodded, "that's right. One year I didn't go home, I stayed at school and had ten crackers! I've never had so many!"

Dick immediately asked his father, "dad, please! Can I spend Christmas in Hogwarts next year? Please!" he said as he fled from Della and ran behind Jack.

Jack shook his head: "Dick, Christmas is a family reunion day. Are you going to leave us for a few crackers?"

Dick was awkward, "but you spent Christmas in Hogwarts."

"That's because my family went to see my aunt that time." Jack replied.

Dick suggested at once, "next time, you can visit my aunt Katie!"

Jack immediately refused: "Oh, no! I don't fancy herring pie for three days!"

All of them made faces to barf.

Della also thought of the pies and puddings aunt Katie was proud of. The haggis pudding, which she had eaten for the first time at aunt Katie's house, gave her a new understanding of mutton.

On the morning of the holiday, everyone greeted each other through the fireplace. In her pajama, Della was there to open the presents arrived in the early hours of last night, all from her relatives and friends.

She could hear Lucy greeting her relatives in the fireplace and talking to each other about what were on the table at Christmas dinner of last night.

Aunt Katie was showing off: "A whole salmon! You've never seen such a big one, even my biggest plate can't hold it…"

Della opened Hermione's present: A book that taught girls to dress, make-up and comb their hair. Very practical! She fell in love as soon as she saw it!

And Harry's, in fact, Della was a little surprised to receive his gift. Maybe for that conversation? Perhaps he didn't know what to send, so it was a box of chocolate from Honeydukes, with various combinations.

But she also sent him a gift. She hoped he wouldn't mind, it's a book of "Men's Hair 100 Choices" and a magic comb to deal with his hair.

She always felt that Harry never combed his hair after he got up.

Ron, he gave her sweets, too.

And she gave him a concealer to cover his freckles.

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In the Weasleys.

Ron complained in the fireplace, he didn't go home this year.

"She gave me a bottle of this!" He held the concealer, "I need to ask Hermione to know what it is!"

Everyone at the table was laughing.

Fred said: "So what? You really should think about your freckles."

George asked: "What did Della send you?"

Fred: "It's love."

He got the sight of everyone.

Fred: "…all right, it's an eyebrow shaper."

Everyone on the table chuckled.

Fred said forcefully, "what's wrong? I just need one!"

George patted him on the shoulder and said, "of course, bro. After shaving your eyebrows, you're totally different from me."

All Weasleys looked at the half eyebrows of Fred with magic bandage.

Fred, who shaved off half of his eyebrows after received it this morning.

Since it's impossible to make it grow well in a short time, it could only be covered.

Their mother, Molly said: "You really gave me a fright when you came down in the morning!"