"That's not all, " said Harry merrily.

Next nanosecond, Lily saw her entire circle, parents and guardians included walk in. Her heart glowed as she saw everyone she knew and loved come in.

Gary, Todd, Miles, Fred, Gordon, Pamela, Rose, Roxanne, Rachel, Ainsley, Courtney, Samantha, and Stephanie were all there, all flanked by their parents and guardians, including Dudley, Samuel, George, Debra, Sarah, Hermione, and Angelina amongst the parents and guardians .

"Sing, " called Harry suddenly and Devon, Hugo, James, Albus, Gary, Todd, Miles, Fred, Gordon, Pamela, Rose, Roxanne, Rachel, Ainsley, Courtney, Samantha, Stephanie, Lily, as well as every parent and guardian there sang:

"We wish you a Merry Christmas. "We wish you a Merry Christmas. "We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"

A nanosecond later, they all burst into a hearty applause without much thinking about it.

"Our whole circle is here!" piped up Lily warmly as tears of emotions streamed down her cheeks, "This is the sweetest Christmas ever."

"After Ginny decided to postpone going on that cruise so did I, " explained Hermione, "I then convinced Dudley and Debra to do the same."

"I knew about all this and arranged for Ginny to come first and then you be surprised by having our whole circle pour in, " explained Harry.

"Dad, thank you for arranging for having our whole circle to spend Christmas with us, " said Lily in a deep sincere voice as tears of happiness rolled down her cheeks.

"Yeah, totally agree, dad, " added James warmly, "This is going to be the best Christmas ever!"

Harry now pointed back at the tree and said, "James, I presume you now understand why I told you to make your present to us all much larger?'

"Yes, " grinned James, "You knew how many people would be coming here for Christmas today and you wanted to make sure I got enough for everybody."

"Exactly, James, " said Harry brightly.

"I'll admit, " said James matter of matter, "That I didn't put much time or effort into Christmas chopping this year. I had a really rough November. My November started off with my grieving the loss of Ollivander. Then in the back half of November, I was worried sick that I was going to lose my sister as well. It was an immense relief when Lily recovered and rejoined Hogwarts day to day life. But my heart wasn't much in the Christmas season this year even if Samantha's Christmas album did lift my spirits a bit. "

"Totally understandable, " said Harry calmly, "All the same, as simple as you went, you still made an excellent choice of Christmas present for all of us."

Next nanosecond, James reached his right hand under the tree and retrieved a green bag with a Santa Claus image on it that was loosely closed. He opened it himself and showed off a HUGE bag of Broch's Jelly Wreaths.

James then opened the bag of candy himself and showed everyone the wreath shaped red and green candies.

""Wow, James, " smiled Lily, "That plays right into our red and green theme. Did Harry tell you about our theme in advance."

"No, " said James honestly, "Though he did tell me that having Broch's Jelly Wreaths on this Christmas would be "fitting"

"What flavors are they?" inquired Devon.

"Red is Cherry, " said James happily.

"A classic holiday flavor, " said Samantha cheerfully.

"Green is lime, " finished James.

"A great flavor, " said Samantha thoughtfully, "But for the holidays, mint would have been more fitting."

"Hear hear, "agreed Gordon.

"Let's dig in, " said James warmly.

"These look good!" said Lily happily.

James retrieved his wand from his right hand pocket and cried, " Accio candy!"

Next nanosecond, one red and one green jelly wreath each made its way into everyone's hands.

As Lily popped her red cherry jelly wreath into her mouth she cried, "YUM!' and added, "Man, I love having everyone here. THAT makes this the best Christmas ever!"

Lily looked around and grinned with her heart glowing. There could be no possible better Christmas than having her whole circle of family and friends at Potter manor.