A/N: Wow! It's been long hasn't it? Well, not my fault, it's my body's fault! I was sick yesterday, and still am, so I couldn't update. I am very sorry. I know it's late so again SORRY! Also this is rated T cuz I'm paranoid ok?

Frosting.

It's on his lips. I would know that taste anywhere. I let the thought go, though, and focus on Peeta's lips.

They're soft and warm. They're gentle but demanding at the same time. We both stop to breath but I can't take it. I throw my arms around his neck and lift one of my legs around his waist. One of his hands holds it there so I bring my other leg up and he holds that one too.

The kiss just started out as a distraction from the holiday book. I know that today would be the day where Lavinia comes and has to tell us that her wretched teacher told us to look at the next holiday. I've already looked at it and I do not like it. It's all cheerful and happy. The exact opposite of me.

It's just mostly about waking up on the 25th of December to open presents the parents buy the children. The children, though, are supposed to believe that some jolly, old, fat guy named Santa Claus brought them. They say that Santa spends all year up north, makes presents, and on Christmas Eve he gets on a sleigh with flying reindeer and delivers presents all over the world. I've been in The Hunger Games twice and I've seen capitol mutts that are bent on destroying you and I still think that Santa is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.

What snaps me out of my thoughts is that my hands have a mind of their own. I'm unbuttoning Peeta's shirt and I only have two more buttons. When the last button is undone I move my hands around his chest. Against my hands I feel the burn scars from so long ago. My stomach twists in unpleasantness, because I caused those scars. If it wasn't for me he would've had the smooth pale skin I loved. No, now he has skin that has been burned.

While my hands move around his chest his feet start to go to our bedroom until a sound cause us to break apart. A high pitched cry.

"Finnick" he whispers and let's go of my legs. He takes my hand and we go to our son's room. Finnick is there sitting in his crib, crying, and shaking his crib. Peeta picks him up and I sit on the rocking chair. He gives me Finnick and goes to the kitchen to get his bottle. Peeta comes back with his bottle and hands it over to me. Finnick takes it from my hand and drowns down the nutrients hungrily. "Yep, he definitely got your stubbornness." I look up at Peeta and glare at him. He just laughs and takes Finnick from my arms once he's done. He's goes to the living room and put Finnick in his play pen. He then turns to look at me and lifts one of his eyebrows.

"What?" I ask him.

"Well, I asked you about what the next holiday was and then you just started to make out with me?"

"What? I can't make out with my own husband? I would think, after everything we've been through, you would be at least a little bit happy to find me making out with you," I snap at him and then turn my heel and march to our bedroom.

Peeta follows me and when he's in he closes the door and locks it. "I know you know what the next holiday is so just tell me, Katniss," he tells me surprisingly calm. When I just stand there and look at him he comes over to me smashes his lips to mine. I release a small whimper and start to kiss him back.

When I start to wound my hands in his hair he breaks the kiss apart. I look at him and shock and he just smirks. "I'll kiss you again if you tell me the next holiday," he tells me. I give him a look that says he's got to be kidding but when he takes off his shirt I know he isn't. I just stare at him for a few minutes and then I finally cave.

"Fine! It's called Christmas and it's when we celebrate life and on Christmas Eve we put present under a tree while the children sleep and they wake up and open them! Now come here and kiss me!" I shout at him.

He shakes his head at me and says, "More details first."

I sigh and go in the closet and get the holiday book out of from my hiding place. I give it to him and he read it for about ten minutes. Each minute his smile grows; it just gets me more annoyed. "This holiday is fantastic! Why didn't you show me sooner? It's all about giving! Oh! I know what to get Finnick and Lavinia and then the tree you can get it from the woods! We can also throw a party and we can-"

I barge in and say, "Peeta! Ok, I get it, you really like this holiday. Now can you kiss me?" He laughs and comes over to me. He cups my face and then he smashes his lips to mine.

The Christmas Tree

"I don't know, Katniss, are you sure you have an ax? I've never seen you with one," Peeta says. We've been looking for an ax for about an hour and we can't find one. I know I don't have an ax but it's the best I could do to distract him. He wants to go out and get a Christmas tree but I don't. As I look through our bedroom we hear a knock on the door. Peeta and I open it and there she is. The same way she looked like when she stole my morphling from the hospital, although she has grown. "Johanna!" Peeta yells. She leans on the doorway and looks at the house.

"Nice place you got here. I guess Peeta hasn't let you turn into a drunkard like Haymitch," she says addressing to me.

I scowl and ask her, "Johannah, it's great to see you, since the last time I saw you was at Peeta's and I's wedding, but, why are you here?"

"Well, hello to you to sunshine," she says sarcastically. "If you must know I knew you would cave to do these holiday things and I figured you might need one of these." Behind her back is an ax. She hands it over to Peeta and then leaves but about twenty feet away from the house she yells over her shoulder, "By the way, I'm coming to your party." And with that she's gone.

"Great," I say sarcastically looking at the ax. My distraction just got ruined by Johanna Mason.

##**##

"What about this tree, Peeta?" I ask in exasperation. He looks at the scrawny tree and shakes his head. I sigh and move to find other trees.

"I still don't know how you put up with him for all these years," Gale whispers next to me.

"I heard that!" Peeta yells. Gale came with us because he also needs a tree and he doesn't have an ax. Gale already got a tree. A skinny, yet, leafy tree. "I found it!" I turn my attention to Peeta while he stands next a tree with a wide trunk and leaves cover every part of it except the trunk. It's about six feet and it would fit perfectly in our house. I nod happily and give him the ax and he lifts it but while he's about to bring it down Gale stops him.

"Move aside, Mellark. This job is for the strong and the manly," he says and grabs for the ax, but Peeta moves it out of Gale's way.

"I think I can cut down the tree, Hawthorne," Peeta snaps and begins to cut down the tree. I just watch in amazement as Peeta's muscles flex when he brings down the ax.

"Oh come on, Katniss. I have more muscle to flex than him," Gale says and I roll my eyes. After about ten minutes the tree falls and Peeta picks it up. Gale goes back home and when we arrive home with the tree Lavinia hugs us.

"It's so pretty! Can we decorate it now?" she asks us and Peeta nods. For the next hour we put ornaments on it until I find one with Peeta and I in a heart shaped one. It was our wedding day and he's kissing me. We both look so young it's hard to believe that's actually us, but it is. I quickly put it in my pocket to keep.

Once we're done we look at and I'm surprised that it looks decent. Green tinsel around it. Ornaments shining in every part of the tree. Gold light surrounding every branch. It's more than decent, it's prefect. "I love it!" says Lavinia admiring the tree. "Now Santa will have a place to put our present under the tree also in our stockings!" Peeta and I nod. I look in the bags with all the Christmas stuff and take out what I'm looking for.

"Oh, Peeta," I say slyly. He looks at me and I put the item on his head. It's a headband with mistletoe sticking out. I lean in closer and kiss him.

"Eww! Momma! Daddy! That's gross!" yells Lavinia making us separate. He nose is crinkled and she wears a look of disgust on her face. We both laugh and I bring the other mistletoe headband and put it on Finnick's head. I pick him up and give him little kisses all over his face.

Christmas Eve

"Gale what is this?" I say to Gale while I hold up the 'object'. It's a white see-through night gown that comes to mid-thighs. It has white feathers at the hem and red breast pads that also have feathers surrounding it.

"It's my Christmas present. Well, more like Mellark's present," he answers.

"You want me seduce Peeta?" I say in shock.

"Pretty much. Come on that boy needs some action."

"Um… Thanks? I guess?"

I put the 'object' back in its box and put it under the bed. "Let's go back to the party," I say. We go back and Peeta kisses my cheek. I smile at him and take his head and bring it down to mine. Maybe Gale's present will be useful.

"Hey, Katniss! Stop making out with bread boy and answer the door!" we hear someone yell through the door. We open it and Johanna marches in. she gets something next to the door and put it on my head. It's a Santa hat. She gets something else and put it on Peeta's head and then something on his nose. It's antlers with mistletoes all over it, and on his nose is a red see-through ball with a button on the side. Johanna presses the button and it lights up. "There. Mrs. Claus and Rudolph. Now, tonight in your bedroom you'll be able to see through the 'fog'. We scowl at her and Peeta takes off his blinking nose but keeps his antlers. I smile and kiss him again. Johanna sighs and goes around us into the house. She spots Finnick and Lavinia and then looks over to us. "Well, Katniss, you caved again didn't you? It's those damn lips isn't it? Oh, yeah, my boyfriend can't make it. His damn train got cancelled."

I let out a small laugh and we go to the table. We eat the goose Gale and I caught and the corn Peeta made until a noise comes from the living room. I pick up Finnick and we all go to see what made it. We hear it again and it's coming from the fireplace. "Mommy, Daddy, it's Santa!" shouts Lavinia. A big brown bag plops down on firewood and black boots stick out from the chimney. Haymitch comes from the chimney and comes over to us with the bag. He's drunk, definitely.

"Hey! I brought the presents! Ho-Ho-Ho and all that other crap!" Haymitch yells. He's in a Santa costume with a pillow stuck up the big, red coat. He opens the bag and in it is about thirty liquor bottles. I roll my eyes and we all go back to eat. "What? No love for Santa?" he yells in a slurred voice. Next to me I hear Peeta laugh and I remember how twenty years ago I thought it was the most amazing thing to hear, and it still is.

##**##

Peeta and I sneak downstairs and put all the presents under the tree. Well, mostly Peeta I just scatter them. When we get back to bed I hear Peeta drop something under the bed. He goes under and I realize what I left down there. He comes out with Gale's present and I snatch it from him. He raises his eyebrows and I sigh. I take it out and show it to him. His eyes bulge out of him and his face turns a deep shade of red. "It's was Gale's gift," I tell him. He stares at it for a minute and then a smile creeps into his face.

"Are you going to try it on?" he asks and I roll my eyes but go into the bathroom to change. Once I put it on I take my hair out of its braid and it runs down my shoulders. I walk outside and see Peeta in only his black boxers. I smile and we settle down to 'bed'.

Christmas

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake up! Santa came! Santa Came! Get up!" Lavinia screams while she jumps on the bed. I look around and see the night gown on one side of the room and Peeta's boxers on another I look down and see Peeta and I are only covered in only sheets. Lavinia runs out of the room and we hear her go downstairs. Peeta and I exchange a look and we quickly get changed. We get Finnick and bring him downstairs. Lavinia is already opening her present and she loves everything.

We help Finnick opens his present and then Peeta gives me mine. I open it and find a locket like the one Peeta had in the Quarter Quell except this one is covered in diamonds. I open it and on one side is a picture Finnick and Lavinia playing together and laughing. On the other side is the picture I stole from the ornament.

I find tears running down my cheeks and give him my present. It's a picture of Peeta and his family. Peeta's young in the photo and covered in flour, like his brothers, Jamie and Rylee. His mom and dad are laughing while looking down at them. The picture frame has a Mockingjay on one corner, a loaf of bread on the other, a bow and arrow on another, and a pearl on the last corner. He kisses me fiercely and I feel hot tears on his cheeks. We break apart and he whispers, "Thank you."

"Merry Christmas, Peeta." I whisper back.

"Merry Christmas, Katniss."

A/N: Again… SUPER SORRY THAT IT'S LATE! D:

Updated day: December 27th, 2010:)