John watched as Milly help Holly decorate the kitchen with all of the Christmas stuff. Every year, Holly decorated the house with the holiday plates and other Christmas things. Once the kitchen was done, they started to decorate the tree.

"Daddy, why do I have an ornament with my name on it?" Milly asked picking up the one with Amelia Cena on it.

"That ornament was given to you by your grandma." John replied as they hung the ornaments. He had put the lights on the tree while they were decorating the kitchen.

"Oh." She replied.

"John, where is the box of ornaments your mom sent?" Holly asked as she got out the stockings to hang.

"It's upstairs in the attic."

"Okay, I'm going to get that box and see what else you forgot." She laughed kissing him and heading up.

John turned to decorate the tree and hang the stockings.

"Okay, peanut. Let's hang the stockings." John walked over to the fireplace and put up the hangers. "Alright, here is daddy's."

John hung the one with his name. He had no idea why Holly insisted that they have stocking with their names. She usually went overboard on the decorations. She loved Christmas and enjoyed decorating.

"Next is mommy's." John said hanging Holly's. "And last is Milly's."

John helped her hang her stocking and then headed back to the tree. He hung some more ornaments and put the garland and tinsel on the tree. He turned to get Milly so she could hang some ornaments and found her looking at the fireplace.

"Milly, what are you doing?" He asked walking over to her. The fireplace had a screen so, she couldn't get burnt by the fire.

"I'm trying to see how Santa comes down the chimney." She replied.

"What?"

"I'm trying to see how Santa comes down the chimney." She said again.

"Why?" John asked wondering what brought this on.

"Because the chimney is small. How can a fat man fit down it?" She asked turning to face him.

"Milly, Santa just has ways to get down the chimney." John replied.

"But how, daddy? He is fat. At least the Santa we saw at the mall was fat and everyone said Santa was fat. So, there is no way he could fit down the chimney."

"Baby, come here." John said picking her up and placing her on his lap. "Peanut, Santa uses Christmas magic to get down the chimney."

"What's Christmas magic?"

"Christmas magic is what makes Christmas great. Santa is magic and he uses Christmas magic. He just thinks about being in the house and then bam, he is there."

"So, is he a mind reader?" She asked excitedly.

"No, peanut." John laughed. "He just thinks about where he wants to be. That's all. Santa knows the trick to get down the chimney."

"So, how does Santa get around the whole world in one day?"

"Christmas magic again. Santa can slow down time and that is how he does it."

"Slows time?"

"Yes. He uses his magic to slow it down. So, one hour becomes a minute and one minute becomes a second. So, he has plenty of time to get presents to every child in the world."

"What if someone doesn't have a chimney? How does he get in?"

"He uses the front door."

"Who lets him in?"

"People leave a key under the mat for him. He gets the key and goes inside."

"Oh. Okay." She said with a smile. She quickly got up and headed over to the box of ornaments.

Holly had stood at the stairs watching and listening to John explained to their daughter about Santa and how he gets in the house. She had to laugh a little which got John's attention.

"So, did you like listening to me?" John asked his wife as he walked over to her.

"Yes. I love how you explained it to her. Christmas magic, that is so cute."

"Thanks. It was all I could come up with." He laughed.

"It was good." She said before kissing him. "So, anything else to explain to her right now?"

"Nope that's it for her. But I would like to explain some things to you later." He smiled and kissed her.

"Well, I'm sure I will like what you say." She laughed and walked over to Milly. "Come on, Amelia, let's decorate this tree."

"Mommy, don't' call me Amelia. Why did you name me that?"

"Because Amelia is your grammy's name."

"Well, I don't like it. Just call me Milly never Amelia."

"Alright, Milly." Holly laughed.

They spent the rest of the night decorating the tree and making a Christmas cookies. John loved the time off to spend with his family. His time was always limited with them and he always made sure that they spent the time together when he was off. He loved being a dad and a husband more than he thought he would. Even when his daughter was being her troublesome self and getting into trouble with Ella.

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