I am sorry for not updating recently. this is a very short chapter – Christmas one …. my laptop died and I hoped I'll be able to save it soon but it's taking forever… I had more before-christmas chapters saved there so I might add them later if I 'll be able to somehow save them from the computer…

I am typing this on my sis' laptop with weird french Keyboard and it's taking forever to find the right letter – apologies for all the typos in this chapter.

hope you have beautiful Christmas

I will ba back with regular length chapters soon, i promise.

enjoy

it was eleven o' clock, christmas eve, and all the Weasleys were sitting in the living room, in comfortable silence, drinking butterbeer or warm apple cider.

There was ton of snow outside and temperature dropped down in the last couple of hours, causing the snow to freeze on top, creating a shell of ice.

Molly went to the kitchen, taking a couple of empty cups with her.

Jade got up from the floor where she was sitting on the throw pillow and followed her to the tiny kitchen.

"ahem..." she started, and Molly turned around pleasantly surprised. Jade rarely asked for something on her own.

"could I... would it be too much trouble if I went to the village for midnight mass?" Jade finally mumbled looking at her shoes.

" you want to go to church?" asked Molly surprised, setting the mug she was holding down on the table.

"it' s because it was the only Christmas thing I had some years, you know, when I wasn' t in foster family or when I wasn' t in a very good one..." explained Jade awkwardly. " but I don' t have to go if it' s too much trouble, I just thought..."

"No, it's perfectly ok!" exclaimed Molly, hugging Jade lightly. "it' s your tradition and it will be nice to see a part of your Christmas. I will be happy to take you, and maybe someone else would go with us too."

Molly walked into the living room, followed by Jade.

"I am going to church at midnight, with Jade. It is one of her Christmas traditions and she wants to go. Anyone else wants to join us?"

Boys looked at them with wide eyes, considering the offer. It wasn' t every day when they had an occasion to join muggle ceremonies but it was freezing outside.

"I'll go!" announced Charlie, getting up.

"me too!" joined in Ginny and jumped up from daddy's knees where she was dozing off for the last hour.

"we'll go with you!" exclaimed twins at the same time.

"alright, but no pranks there. It's muggle church and it is serious celebration of Christmas, you won' t cause any trouble. understood?" asked Molly strictly.

Arthur looked hopefully at Bill. He really wanted to go and see how muggles celebrate Christmas but he couldn' t leave Percy and Ron alone if Bill wanted to go with everyone else.

"we will all go." announced Bill, pulling Percy's arm a bit as he got up from the sofa.

and so it was decided.

Half an hour later all Weasley kids were gathered in the mudroom pulling on their winter boots and hats, looking for lost mittens and arguing which scarf was whose.

There was silent atmosphere of excitement as they walked down the hill, Ginny and Ron, sliding down on the sledge, which Arthur brought with them.

The village looked almost like from magical world, with yellow light shining from each window and electric street decoration, bright and colorful on every lamppost.

" alright, remember to be quiet and respectful, and do not point at anyone, don' t talk about magic... don' t talk at all." finished Molly, getting nervous. Suddenly it didn't seem like such a great idea to take all her kids to a crowded muggle church.

But nothing went wrong. Mass was slightly longer than normal, with lots of christmas carols and beautiful festive sermon from the priest, words filled with hope qnd wishes of peace for the world.

Molly found herfself clutching Arthur's arm as she hummed along the silent night, not knowing the muggle version of lyrics. Arthur stood close to her and smiled when his wife's eyes glittered with happy tears as they watched all their kids in the row in front of them, standing together, Bill holding Ginny in his arms for the last twenty minutes when she fell asleep.

After shaking hands with the priest who was standing at the entrance of the church, wishing peaceful christmas to people leaving home, Weasley family climbed up the hill, back to their home.

Everything was silent and snow was shining in the moonlight, almost full moon as Arthur realized, feeling uneasy when he remembered his former colleague from the Order.

For Relus, this Christmas will end shortly, as the full moon was the following night.

Once they were safely back inside, away from snow and freezing wind, Molly kissed each of her kids good-night and sent them upstairs to get ready for bed.

Jade turned around, pausing on the first step "thank you for taking me to the midnight mass" she smiled at Arthur and Molly, who were standing in the kitchen, collecting all the jackets and mittens which kids dropped after coming back from outside.

" you are very welcome dear, but it was our pleasure. they really have beautiful traditions, those muggles." smiled Arthur, taking a handful of wet jackets from Molly.

"yeah, they do." agreed Jade.

she climbed up the stairs to her room, put on her flannel PJs and snuggled under warm covers, pressing her cold toes against her shins to warm them up.

And she fell asleep almost instantly, excited for tomorrow morning.