It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
AN: Hey, everybody! Woop, only three weeks left till Christmas! Y'all excited? Me Too! Anyway, time to get back to the story. Enjoy :) SJS
Sapphire breathed a huge sigh of relief when she saw that her stateroom door hadn't been reduced to a mess of hacked wood, because she knew that she would have been in a heap of trouble if it was. With a smile, she wandered over to the closet where she had found some green wrapping paper the day before and opened the door. Pulling out the wrapping paper and scissors, she began to whistle Andy Williams "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year."
The books of musical instruments were very easy to wrap, but the cheese board proved to be a little tricky to wrap on her own. Whipping out the cell phone she had found earlier that morning in her bag, she sent Olivia a text.
S- Hey, Come give me hand? Please?
O- Sure, what's up?
S- Can't wrap the cheese board. It's tricky.
O- On my way.
Minutes later, Olivia and Sapphire had successfully wrapped the cheese board, and placed it under the tree. There was a rumor going around that one of the crew would come around on Christmas Eve while everyone was at dinner, collect the presents, then take them to the Staterooms at Midnight, putting all of the appropriate presents under the appropriate trees.
"It certainly embodies the Christmas Spirit," Olivia smiled, as she and Sapphire discussed it.
"Yes, it does," Sapphire agreed happily. "Olivia, what are your thoughts on this joyous season of Christmas?"
"It's fabulous, darling," Olivia gave a cheeky grin and Sapphire chuckled.
"Well, I think "It's the most wonderful time of the year."" Sapphire sang.
"With the kids jingle-belling, and everyone telling you be of good cheer," Olivia said.
"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" They finished in unison, and laughed happily.
When they had stopped laughing, there came a knock on Sapphire's door. She got up, opened it, and found her siblings, along with Phillip, standing there.
"Can I help?" She asked.
"Fancy a dance and sing-a-long?" Alice beamed.
"Sure," Sapphire agreed, and let them in.
"So, what song do we do first?" Felix asked, smiling at Olivia.
"How about "Santa Baby?"" She suggested, and Philip grinned. Sapphire laughed, remembering what had happened the last time she'd heard that song. She caught Philip's eye, and they both laughed, remembering.
"Going to let us in on the joke?" Olivia asked curiously.
"Sure. The last concert I went to, this girl was singing this, and she came into the audience and started hugging all of the guys. It was very funny," she said.
The others all laughed, and they all decided to let Alice sing "Santa Baby."
"Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree for me, Been an awful good girl, Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight.
Santa baby, a '54 convertible too, light blue, I'll wait up for you, dear, Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Think of all the fun I've missed, Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed, Next year I could be also good, If you'll check off my Christmas list
Santa baby, I want a yacht and really that's not a lot, Been an angel all year, Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa honey one thing I really do need, the deed, To a platinum mine, Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa cutie, and fill my stocking with a duplex and checks, Sign your 'x' on the line, Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree, With some decorations bought at Tiffany, I really do believe in you, Let's see if you believe in me
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring, I don't mean on the phone, Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight, Hurry down the chimney tonight, Hurry, tonight." She sang with a smile on her face.
The others clapped, Philip included, and he'd accompanied her on his guitar. Sapphire smiled at her, and asked, "What on earth is a sable, though?"
"A sable is a mammal, but she wants a coat made from said mammal," Olivia explained.
"I see, and a duplex is what?" She asked.
"A duplex is like two houses in one, but you can't see the other house," Philip informed her.
"Thank you, Philip," she smiled. They played and sang all afternoon a variety of Christmas Songs, which was all in good fun. Songs like "Do They Know It's Christmas," "Step Into Christmas," "Thank God It's Christmas," "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," and several others were sang, until everyone had had enough, and Philip's wrists were beginning to ache.
By that time, it was twenty-five minutes past five o'clock, which gave everybody time to get ready for dinner. When the others had left, Sapphire decided on a deep red dress with a golden sash, red pumps, and a necklace with a small ruby in it. Her dark hair was done up in a bun, and she smiled at herself in the mirror.
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Dinner that night was a much more cheerful affair than dinner the previous night had been. Sapphire and Olivia sat with Molly Brown who was thoroughly entertaining, and kept them laughing heartily all through the four courses of dinner. Course one: A choice of either sushi salad or seared rare duck breast with cranberry sauce. Sapphire and Molly had the duck, and Olivia had the sushi.
"My compliments to the chef," Olivia smiled, sipping on a glass of cranberry juice. Sapphire nodded in agreement.
Course two: The mains. Smoked salmon with gluten-free noodles, garlic prawns with salad and bacon, lemon and ginger chicken, or Confit Byaldi for anyone who was vegetarian. Sapphire had the garlic prawns, for although she wasn't a big fish lover, she did enjoy prawns. Olivia had the salmon, and Molly had the chicken.
Course Three: The Pudding. Caramelized pears with chocolate sauce and cream, traditional Christmas Cake with Whiskey Butter, Chocolate Brownie that was gooey in the middle, served with fruit and French Vanilla Ice-cream, or Creme Brulee.
Sapphire's mouth watered at the sight of the words on the menu, and didn't know what to pick. Olivia and Molly were having the same problem, as well. Finally, after a good five minutes, Olivia chose the pears, Molly chose the Christmas Cake, and Sapphire had the brownie.
The forth and final course was a selection of fruits, cheese, crackers, dip, and soft drinks for children, and wines for the adults. By the time they were finished, Sapphire and Olivia were stuffed, and weren't even sure if they'd be able to move. They found that they could, but with some difficulty. Fortunately, Mr. Andrews and Mr. Stone were able to assist, and led their daughters back to their staterooms, where they both fell into a very deep sleep.
AN: Hope you guys enjoyed this one. I don't own the Christmas Songs, and did any of you get hungry while reading the last part? Next chapter up soon. Two more sleeps till Christmas in this story.