This is a flashback chapter to Christmas 2014.
It was the day before Christmas in 2014 and Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily were all gathered in the kitchen of Potter Manor.
Harry and Ginny had told the kids the night before that they had planned a Christmas themed activity in the kitchen at 10 A.M. that would begin their Christmas Eve and Christmas Day events.
As James, Albus, and Lily looked at the kitchen table, they all saw two trays of Jello , one red and one green, a series of Jello cutters, and all five places set with clear glass plates with snowflake patterns on them.
"So," explained Harry to the children, "Ginny had the idea that we could cut out Christmas themed Jello shapes and then eat the Jello . We selected two flavors associated with the holidays for this Jello . Ginny asked me to select a flavor associated with the holidays for either the red Jello or the green Jello . I chose the flavor for the red Jello and Ginny then selected the flavor for the green Jello ."
"The flavors will be a surprise for you three when you take your first bites, " explained Ginny.
"Notice that there are exactly ten Jello shape cutters, " pointed out Harry, "Each of the five of us is going to cut one shape into each of the two Jello cutters. But, to add some spice to it, Ginny has added an extra element to it."
Next nanosecond, Ginny dug her left hand into her left hand pocket and retrieved five blindfolds. 'These blindfolds had a festive design if alternating red and green ball shapes so they kind of looked like a collage of Christmas ball ornaments.
Ginny handed one blindfold each to Harry, James, Albus, and Lily while keeping one for herself.
"So," said Ginny matter of factly, "We will each blindly grab two of the Jello cutters and blindly cut one shape each into the red Jello and the green Jello . When you've cut one shape into each color of Jello , yell "CHRISTMAS". When all five of us have yelled Christmas, I will instruct us to take the blindfolds off and we'll see what we've got. "
"I like it," cooed Lily, "The mystery of not knowing who cut what shapes is super cool!"
"Totally agree, sis!" beamed James, "The mystery aspect of it is totally awesome baby!"
"Blindfolds on," called out Ginny.
Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily all put on their blindfolds. Ginny then counted to ten to make sure everyone had his or her blindfold on and said "GO!"
At this, Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily each grabbed two of the Jello cutters, one in each hand.
They then cut shapes into the red Jello with their left hands and into the green Jello with their right hands.
Everyone yelled "CHRISTMAS!" within a few minutes and a few nanoseconds of each other and Ginny said, "We can take off our blindfolds now."
When Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily removed their blindfolds, they were delighted by what met their eyes.
The red Jello had shapes of a candy cane, a reindeer, Santa Claus, a stocking, and a package. The green Jello had shapes of a Christmas tree, a wreath, a bow, a snowman, and a snowflake.
'WOW!" cried out James, Albus, and Lily in unison.
"It looks like the shapes went into the fitting color," observed Harry happily.
"Yep," agreed Ginny, "Red has Santa, green has the tree, it all worked out quite nicely.'
"My favorite shape is the red candy cane shape," said James glowingly, "You know I'm a candy junkie,"
"My favorite is the red stocking," declared Albus, "The stockings were hung by the chimney with care."
"I'm partial to the tree, " cooed Lily, "I love Christmas trees."
"I'm partial to actually eating the Jello ," declared Ginny, now serving everyone one red piece and one green piece.
Harry got the reindeer and the snowman, Ginny got the package and the bow, James got the candy cane and the snowflake, Albus got the stocking and the wreath, and Lily got the Santa Claus and the tree.
"DIG IN!" chroused Harry and Ginny, "RED FIRST!"
Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily all took their first bites of the red Jello .
"Cherry!" exclaimed Albus happily, "My favorite flavor of all time."
"It's fantastic, " declared James excitedly, "Dad, you picked out a flavor very associated with the holidays and that makes a great Jello flavor."
"I'm not a huge cherry fan," admitted Lily, "But this is pretty decent,"
"I think you'll the green flavor better, " Ginny promised Lily.
Once the red Jello was gone, Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily all dug into the green Jello .
"Mom, you were right," called Lily ecstatically, "It's mint. Mint is both the GOAT of flavoring and the flavor most associated with the holidays.
"It's one of my favorites too, " piped up Ginny, "Mint screams Christmas to me."
""It's not my favorite flavor, " acknowledged Albus, "But this stuff is still good."
'You mean great, " interjected James, "It's not my GOAT flavor either, but come on man, how can you not love at Christmas?"
"Exactly, James, exactly, " said Harry joyfully, "Mint is kinda to screw up."
When all the Jello was gone, Harry, Ginny, James, Albus, and Lily all just smiled at each other.
It had been a nice way for a nice family to start their Christmas activities.
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