Chapter four: Harry's First Christmas

"Alright here we are a few weeks right before Christmas and Harry is nearly five months old and having his first attempt at solid food." James said behind the video camera while Harry sat up inside his highchair like a big boy with a blue bib tied around his neck with a cartoon green dragon on top of it.

"Okay, come on sweetheart, lunchtime." Lily told him before offering him a spoonful of strained bananas and moving her spoon around like an airplane and making the proper noises just like her mother used to do for her. Harry giggled and opened up his mouth as wide as a baby bird allowing her to feed him.

"Good job honey! What a big boy you are!" She exclaimed excitedly as she congratulated him and he began to clap his hands really rather proud of his accomplishment as James smiled.

"You know, after he finishes eating, I can always put him down for his nap and tell him the story of the three brothers." He suggested while Lily gave Harry another spoonful of strained bananas.

"I'm sure that Harry would love that." Lily replied as Harry swallowed his second spoonful of bananas happily and with a rather wide grin started applauding for himself again.

Once he was finished eating Lily began wrinkling her nose and waved her hand in front of her face. "PU,.. you reek!" she cried before he suddenly burst into giggles again. "I'm not sure why I bother giving you this in the first place if it just goes right through you." She said to herself.

"Here honey, give Harry to me and then I'll clean him up for you and change his diaper while you just relax." He told her.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it." She told him before giving him a quick kiss on the lips and handing Harry off to his father and watched as he carried him into the kitchen to wash his hands.

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"Alright Harry, pretty soon you're going to be next and then we'll be able to get your picture taken on Santa's lap." Lily told him before he let out an excited screech making both of his parents laugh. A few minutes later she gently sat him down on top of his knee.

"Smile son." James instructed but Harry just simply looked at him and then blinked his eyes a few times so he knelt down beside him and started tickling him underneath his armpits making him giggle and a huge grin appeared a crossed his face before the picture was quickly snapped.

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Harry tilted his head back and looked up at the ceiling as he laid in the manger full of hay while his father read from the Bible and studied all of the lights inside the room. "And there were shepherds living out in the field by nearby keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, do not be afraid.

I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you. You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace to those on whom His favor rests." James finished reading.

That's when suddenly Harry decided to make a mess inside his diaper and Lily who was busy playing one of the angels quietly turned over to look at her husband. "You know before Jesus learns how to change water wine, I think that you better change his diaper first." She whispered as James chuckled and Harry started to fuss.

"My apologies but I have to go and change baby Jesus now." He said teasingly as some of the people in the congregation laughed and then he slowly bent over and gently gathered Harry up inside his arms before he turned around and started carrying Harry back towards the men's restroom.

The following day he would wake up to the many different kinds of toys that Santa Claus would bring him even though he didn't realize it yet as tonight was Christmas Eve. Then shortly afterwards would be his Christening and James was especially looking forward to that since that meant he would see his old friend Sirius Black once again.