Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Late on Christmas morning at the Potter Mansion showed a strange scene in the Marauder's bedroom. The two black haired boys had identical grins on their faces as they each moved to one of their friend's beds. When James Potter was close to where Remus Lupin, the boy who was 'asleep' opened his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he was already awake.

Meanwhile, Sirius Black was standing near the head of Peter Pettigrew, who was still sleeping peacefully. Glancing around the room he saw that both James and Remus were watching him, waiting for the wake-up call he was about to give Peter. Sirius crouched before leaping onto Peter and landing on the boy's stomach.

Peter woke with a start when he felt something jump on him. Or someone, he realized when he opened his eyes and saw Sirius lying on him laughing his head off and Remus and James out of his eyesight, also laughing.
"Sirius" Peter said, trying, and failing to get his friends attention.
"SIRIUS!" yelled Peter.
This time it worked and Sirius calmed himself down enough to ask "yes?"
"Get off me?" It sounded like a question.
Sirius just looked at him blankly then started to laugh again. Peter groaned and looked to his other friends for help. Together, they picked Sirius up and dropped him on the floor.
Sirius yelped, and glared at his friends who were laughing again. "What was that for?"
"You were lying on Peter" explained Remus, who was still smiling.

There was a knock on the door of the room, and Mrs. Potter's voice reached their ears. "Breakfast will be in 15 minutes. Get dressed." They did as she suggested, and soon they were all eating breakfast in the kitchen, although Sirius was still glaring at his friends and rubbing the arm that he fell on.

This did not go unnoticed by Mrs. Potter who asked "are you alright dear?"
"They thought it would be funny to drop me on the floor" said Sirius, pointing at James, who wasn't even attempting to hide his laughter and Remus who was trying unsuccessfully to hide his smile behind his hand.
"Sirius, you forgot to add the part about you jumping on me and not getting off" added Peter, who was feeling a bit sore from Sirius's landing on him. James laughed harder, while Remus shook his head. "We" he said - indicating James and himself - "pulled Sirius off Peter because he was getting crushed, but dropped him on the floor." Mrs Potter seemed to be holding back a smile. "Do I really want to know?" she asked the boys.
"No" replied Sirius and James in unison.
By now they had all finished eating. The boys went upstairs to exchange their presents.

The Marauders had a ritual for the gift-giving on Christmas Day. They would sit in a circle, and pass the gifts to one person at a time. They would change to order ever year.

"Here you go Remus" said James, handing him two neatly wrapped packages. Remus took them, looking slightly wary of the boxes from his friend, who had been know to give trick packages that exploded, showering unsuspecting people with glitter or slime. However, when he cautiously opened them, he found nothing out of the ordinary, and thanked James for the book and the chocolate.

"MOONY!" yelled Sirius in Remus's ear "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
"Stop yelling in my ear!" exclaimed Remus, rubbing his ears and wincing as he glared at his friend, who had an unconvincing 'innocent' look on his face.
"I didn't though" lying had never been a strong point for Sirius and now was no exception. Remus sighed and accepted the wrapped package that Sirius was holding out for him. After unwrapping it and finding the book on spells, he thanked the dog animagus and turned to Peter, who was also holding a package that was the shape of a book.

He unwrapped the gift, noticing that it was considerably less well wrapped then his Sirius's and James's had been. Thanking Peter for the book, he pulled out his own packages for the next persons gift giving.

As Peter was sitting on Remus right hand side, he was next in line. He accepted the sweets, quills and joke items happily, he always liked Christmas with the Marauders.

James was next in line and by now was almost bouncing on the spot with excitement.

"Here you go James" said Peter, passing the shoddily wrapped package containing joke items to his friend, who ripped off the paper eagerly. "Thanks!" yelled James, examining the selection and already starting to plan what he could do with them.

Sirius was next to give his present, and did so silently, but with a grin that told all his friends that he was planning something. When James took the package, Sirius muttered something under his breath, and a voice screamed "MERRY CHRISTMAS JAMES!" as louder than they thought possible for anything to speak. They all jumped in the air except for Sirius, who was laughing again. Sometimes James thought that all Sirius did was laugh and smile. Shaking his head to stop the ringing in his ears, James pulled off the paper revealing a new pair of Quidditch gloves.
"Thanks Sirius" said James, louder then he normally would as he still couldn't hear properly.
"No problem mate" replied Sirius, looking amused at something.

Remus was the last to give James his present, he was grinning in a way that was unusual for him, and James took the packages slightly wary.

First, he opened the package containing sweets, and he thanked Remus, noting that there were all his favourites contained in the mixed package.

When he picked up the second, smaller package, he gave Remus a questioning look, because he thought he hear the faint sound of bells coming from inside. Noticing that Sirius was also looking at the present oddly, he pulled the paper off in one swift motion. There was a set of bells inside; the label said "Decorate you antlers - the new fashion for deer!" James stared at Remus for a second before he started laughing, along with Sirius, Peter and Remus.
"Thanks… Moony…" choked out James through his laughter.

When they had calmed down sufficiently, they resumed their exchange of gifts. Sirius was the only person remaining, and Peter was the first to give his present. When he opened it, he found a supply of materials similar to James's. They exchanged a look. Next term was going to be fun.

The next person to give their present was Remus, who handed him a package that looked suspiciously like a book.
"It's not a book" said Remus, correctly interpreting his friend's expression "Merry Christmas Sirius."

He opened it and found an accuracy kit for his beater practice. "THANKS MATE!" said Sirius enthusiastically, yelling in Remus ear again. Remus winced, and glared at Sirius. "Stop yelling in my ear Sirius."

Last was James and he handed over the neatly wrapped gift with a surprisingly normal "Happy Christmas". Sirius looked at him slightly suspiciously as he opened the range of chocolates similar to Peter's. He thanked James, and picked up the small package and opened it. Out of the paper fell a muggle flea collar? Sirius glanced at James and started laughing, he couldn't help himself. Once again the four boys were lying on the floor laughing at a present given.

When they had calmed down enough to talk, Sirius acted hurt.
"Does this mean I have fleas?" he asked in a mock-injured voice.
"Yep" replied James, playing along.
Sirius gave a dramatic gasp. "I'm shocked! This is coming from… the king of fleas!"
James and Sirius looked at each other and burst out laughing again. Remus soon joined in, realising from the start that they were joking while Peter relaxed, having thought that they really were fighting.

Their gift-giving ceremony ended, and they spent the rest of the morning talking and eating some of the sweets given as gifts.

Later, they went downstairs and had a magnificent Christmas lunch, with a huge turkey and everything that went with it. The Marauders spent the rest of the day with Mr and Mrs Potter, exchanging gifts and talking. After a light dinner, they went to bed and fell asleep almost instantly, exhausted by the day's events.

AN: This hasn't been checked through, I did my best but I probably missed quite a bit.

Thanks for reading :)