I'm back! Happy holidays, lovelies :) (PS I tried to post the next four chapters in one but the system wouldn't let me insert breaks no matter what I tried, so I'm doing them as separate chapters. Thanks for understanding!)

The next morning, Tonks, Remus, Molly, Fred, and George are eating breakfast together.

"Mum?" Fred says.

"What is it, dear?" Molly replies.

"Are we going to have a Christmas tree this year?"

"I… I hadn't thought about a tree. It completely slipped my mind with the war preparations."

"Pardon me, but what is a Christmas tree?" asks Remus.

This time, Tonks replies. "Darling, it's an evergreen tree that you cut down from outdoors and put up in the house. You decorate it with candles and things like glass baubles or strings of popcorn."

"Sounds curious…" Remus says, thoughtfully.

"Mum, can we go find a tree?" George asks excitedly.

"You are all adults! You may do whatever you like. I daresay it would be nice to have a tree this year, though." Molly replies.

Fred adds, "Yeah, and Tonks and Remus could join us!"

"I think that sounds like a lovely idea. We passed a little copse of evergreens yesterday evening, didn't we, darling?" Tonks says.

"Indeed we did. What a happy idea!"

"It's settled then. Let's depart at 11:00 sharp!" Fred says.