Happy Holidays everyone! This year everyday including Christmas, I'm hoping to share a short story about Yule and it's celebration in Arda in my favorite AU of the whole legendarium, the Niennandil-verse! Things are pretty complicated, I will admit (I can't keep track of my own stories XD) so at the end of each chapter, I'll include some context for the different ocs and everything! I hope you all enjoy!

Nienna's gift list grew longer every year. New children were born and new elves sailed to Tol Eressa. This year, however, there were even more. Olorín had returned and with him came two hobbits and one being, named Sméagol, who was not truly a hobbit anymore but she loved him just the same. All of them, besides Sméagol, had received a keg of her famous lemonade. Sméagol got caviar. She had planned on giving him an outfit, but Vairë and Fíriel had supplied Sméagol, Bilbo, and Frodo with fifty outfits each. They were so delighted by the little ones.

There was of course the Ainur she worked with. They were to have a party tomorrow as they did every year. Mairon would be joining them for the first time ever along with his friend Lómion. She was a little bit worried about how everything would go with Mairon as many were wary of him. Though she was planning on doing everything in her power to make it a success. It was the first Yule he would be celebrating with them after all!

But right now she was going to visit the elf family she was closest to, the House of Nerdanel and Fëanor. When she came to their house for their annual Yule feast, she was met with a cheer and a tight hug from Maglor. Despite her seeing him earlier this morning. Soon much of the family joined in and she was rather crushed and crowded in amongst Fëanor, Nerdanel, their seven children, six spouses, five grandkids, one great-granddaughter, and a dog. Celebrían and Fíriel stood on the edge, laughing.

"Can we have presents now?" Niennamírë asked. They were Gwindor's and Maedhros's little orcling who had been recently reembodied and adopted into the family.

"We must wait until Lady Nienna is ready," Niennarille, Mírë's older brother, hissed. Nienna leaned down next to the orclings and handed them each a package.

"It's a little early but these are for you," Nienna said. Mírë eagerly ripped into the paper of theirs and unwrapped a stack of books.

"I'm going to learn how to read! I'm going to read all about ada and atto!" Mírë squealed, hugging their books tightly in their arms.

"We do not know this yet," Rille cautioned.

"Of course you will, Mírë, you as well Rille," Maedhros assured, "Rille, why don't you open your package?"

Rille turned his parcel over in his hand, sniffing it and feeling every corner, "I don't know."

"I can tell you what's inside it if it would make you feel better, or we can open it together," Nienna assured him.

"I want to know what's inside," Rille said.

"Okay, I got you a plush of a warg as I know those are your favorite animals," Nienna explained. Rille 's lips turned up as he slowly undid the wrapping paper. Sure enough inside was a warg with silver fur made of the softest silk and an emerald bow.

Rille stroked the warg's fur, "Thank you…"

"You are so welcome," Nienna wiped away some tears that came at the siblings' joy. This is why she gave gifts. It was another way for those she loved to be able to know that.

Lanthie here! Thanks for reading day one!

Okay so this one takes place in the fourth age and here are some of the changes: Sméagol lives! Mairon/Sauron gets reembodied and is now living in the halls of Nienna. I'm a big Gwindor x Maedhros shipper (and the one that I know of off the top of my head (I'm so sorry if you ship them too and I forgot .), I might even be one of the very first?!) and in my verse they get married and adopt two orclings. Orcs get reembodied in my verse, as orcs. Mírë and Rille have no clue who their biological parents are, Nienna and the rest of the Valar are trying to figure that out in case Mírë and Rille want to meet them someday.

Anyways this was some really fun fluff, I love Mírë and Rille! I wish I paid more attention to them tbh.