On Christmas day, 1991, Harry, Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather woke up to find a couple inches of snow on the ground out their windows and it still snowing outside.
Yes, the Yellow Quartet would have a White Christmas.
"Wow, " said Amy in amazement as she stared outside, "Having grown up in a part of Arizona that rarely sees snow, I've never had a White Christmas before."
"The look in your eyes is that of the wonder of a child experiencing a new fascination for the first time, " Heather told Amy with a smile.
Harry, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, and Ameila were wearing smiles as well.
Seeing their friend experience a White Christmas for the first time was pure beauty.
After a few minutes and few nanoseconds, Harry, Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather made their way to the living room.
Heather had plugged in their Christmas tree, which came with a set of lights consisting of five colors: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, and Orange.
Heather had also decorated the tree with ornaments varying from reindeer to snowmen to candy canes to trees to Santas.
There was a pile of presents stacked under the tree. There was also a large chocolate cake with the words Merry Christmas written on it in frosting alternating between red and green letters. There were also one hundred forty mini candles on it, all of which were lit.
"These candles, " explained Heather, "Represent our ages. Eleven each for Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah, and thirty two each for Sirius, Ameila, me. I am going to call on each of you in turn. When I call on you, blow on the candles and a number of candles equal to your own age will go out. Once your candles have gone, you may sing one Christmas song. Then I will call on the next person. Harry Potter, you first."
Harry stepped forward and blew on the candles.
To Harry's amazement, exactly eleven candles went out the next nanosecond. Once Harry's candles had gone out, he belted out a high energy fast paced version of Holly Jolly Christmas.
"Amy Alworth next, " called Heather when Harry's singing had finished.
Amy came forth and blew with much more vigor than Harry had but still blew out precisely eleven candles. Amy followed this up by singing White Christmas, as she was still feeling that vibe.
As soon as Amy fell silent, Heather piped up, "Susan Bones, your turn."
Susan walked up to the candles and gave her puff. Once again, eleven candles were extinguished. Susan then broke out her catchy version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Once Susan's voice ceased, Heather announced, "Hannah Abbott, it's your time now."
Hannah came forward and blew on the candles more slowly and more softly then any of the others. Hannah's breath still blew out her correct number of eleven candles. Hannah paused for a few seconds and a few nanoseconds after eliminating her eleven flames and performed a slow but sincere version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Harry, Amy. Susan, Heather, and Hannah herself all teared up a bit when Hannah came to the line "Through the years we all will be together if the fates allow."
"Sirius Black next," declared Heather.
Sirius strided forward and gave an excited blow that matched Amy's eagerness. Exactly thirty two more candles went out. Sirius then broke out into an upbeat tune of We need a Little Christmas.
When Sirius quieted, Heather voiced, "Ameila Bones's turn to blow out candles!"
Ameila approached the cake and its candles at a much steadier pace than Sirius had. Ameila aimed her puff in a pokier manner than anyone else had with the end result of removing the flame from precisely thirty two candles. Preferring quieter songs, Ameila calmly offered up a peaceful version of O Christmas Tree.
Making sure to wait until Ameila had uttered her last syllable, Heather stepped up and took her blow and the remaining thirty two candle flames went out.
Deciding to transition with a more upbeat song, Heather burst into a loud and cheerful rendition of Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.
"Now, " said Heather fondly, "Let's eat our Christmas cake."
Heather raised her wand and pointed at the cake and cried "Cutius Sevenius!" and the cake split itself into seven perfectly equal parts.
"Oh, " added Heather, "You'll be needing plates and forks."
Heather raised her wand again and cried "Accio plates and forks."
Instantly, seven plates and seven forks came zooming towards them and one landed right in front of each of them. Heather put one piece of the cake of everyone's plates, and, fittingly, Harry, Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather each took their first bite at exact same nanosecond.
"Man, this is best chocolate I've ever tasted, " beamed Harry.
"And the mint and cherry frosting flavors are fitting flavors for Christmas!" declared Amy.
"Thanks a lot Heather!" beamed Harry.
"It wasn't me, " said Heather honestly, "I can't cook at all. This was Topsy's work."
Harry, Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather ate the cake slowly as to savor every bite. Then it was time to open presents.
"As you know, " Heather told Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah matter of factly, "Sirius, Ameila, and I did not allow you four to leave the house to buy Christmas presents for each other. Even after Dumbledore's Dementor's Kiss, we felt it best to lie low for awhile and for you four to lie low as well. Next year, I fully expect that we will all do a full gift exchange with each other for Christmas 1992. However, we did agree that we would send Topsy to buy some Christmas presents for you four.'
"Did we all get the same thing?" asked Susan.
"Yes," replied Heather, "I got each of you a few gifts that we thought would be fun for you to have for outdoor use on weekends. Sirius, would you pull out the gifts I am refering to and hand them to the Yellow Quartet.
Sirius reached under the tree and pulled out four yellow bags that had been shut with simple scotch tape. Heather gave one each to Harry, Amy, Susan and Hannah.
"Open up!" chroused Sirius, Ameila, Heather merrily.
Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah all opened the bags to discover four yellow kites.
"Excellent, " beamed Hannah, "Anything that can let us have fun outside is an outstanding present!"
"Not today, obviously, " smirked Susan.
Next nanosecond, Heather announced, "We also got each of you a gift box full of magical toys. Ameila, do the honors!"
Ameila dug around under the tree and retrieved four boxes that were wrapped in mostly red wrapping paper with little snowman and snowflake décor on them topped with green bows. Heather handed one box each to Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah.
Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah happily ripped off the wrapping paper to discover four yellow boxes with the words Magical Toys written on them in black ink.
Harry, Amy, Susan, and Hannah lifted the lids off these boxes to discover a collection of magical toys that included screaming yo-yos, fanged frisbees, and ever bashing boomerangs.
"I think we're going to be having some noisy weekends around here soon, " grinned Amy.
"No doubt about that, " added Harry.
"But, " piped up Heather, "The Yellow Quartet's last present is something we can all enjoy together."
There was one last package under the tree, a large rectangular shaped covered in green wrapping paper with candy cane and reindeer décor topped off with red bows.
"Harry, I'd like you to do the honors, " smiled Heather.
Harry eagerly yanked off the wrapping paper to discover a clear and transparent tub like package that contained board games. These board games included Scrabble, Connect Four, Monopoly, chess, checkers, clue, backgammon, and classic concentration.
"OOH!" burst out Harry, "Since this is a magical house, we can't have things like TV, computers, video games etc. Board games, as they don't require access to electricity, are a great way for us to have indoor fun on weekends when it's too wet or cold to go outside."
"Mind works the right way, Harry!" grinned Heather.
"We're not quite done, " said Amy, "Heather, I have made you a gift. I'm going to retrieve it now."
Without hesitation, Amy zipped along to her room and was back in no time.
Amy returned with a plain white bag that was clearly holding whatever Amy had made for Heather.
Amy looked Heather straight in the eyes and said, "Heather, as you know, my parents abandoned me at birth because I am an albino and because I am a witch. They view both albinos and witches and wizards as abnormal. They are proud to say that they are perfectly normal. Well, ever since I have been here, I have known nothing but support and kindness from you. You have become like the parent I never had to me. As a token of appreciation for what you have meant to me, I have painted a picture for you that I know you will enjoy but I waited until today to give it to you. Christmas just seemed like the perfect time."
Amy handed the bag to Heather, who dug into it to find a perfect painting of a total solar eclipse.
"Merlin's beard, it is perfect!" cried Heather softly as a few tears of emotion rolled down her cheeks, "So perfect I daresay someone looking at it would think there was a real solar eclipse going on."
"I know how much you're fascinated by the sun and moon, " explained Amy, "And when I decided I wanted to paint a picture for you a solar eclipse seemed like a natural."
"I am very touched by your thought, Amy, " squeaked Heather, "Not to mention the obvious effort and detail that went into this."
"You deserve it, " said Amy heartily, "You are the first adult who has ever been there for me."
After the emotion of this moment had calmed down a bit, Harry. Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather all burst into song together.
Harry. Amy, Susan, Hannah, Sirius, Ameila, and Heather all sang merrily:
"We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"