"Well, now we're going to have to wrap more presents from Santa with our names on them," Hydrus said as he pulled a few things from his pocketspace, to do just that. His disguise was going to wear off soon, so he switched out his 'Santa' robes for bathrobes. He'd change once he went to bed.
So the three picked some small things they wanted, put Santa's name on them, renamed one of Tippy's presents and soon they went to bed. Because of Harry's late night adventure, the child didn't wake up until it was after nine, which in turn let the adults sleep in. When he woke, Harry ran to his Uncle Hydrus's room, opened the door and ran to the bed. "Uncle Hydrus, wake up. I got to see Santa," he said as he bounced on the bed.
"You did?" the groggy man said, opening one eye. "Does that mean you got out of bed?"
"But I had to," protested the child. "I had to give him his present." He folded his little arms defiantly and pouted that his uncle wasn't as excited as he was. Grownups were no fun.
"Okay," the now awake man said as he sat up. "That was very nice of you, Harry. Next time leave it on the fireplace and Santa will know it's from you," he chastised mildly, tapping the boy on the nose to take any bite out of his words.
Harry giggled when he saw he wasn't in trouble. "I will," he promised and then started bouncing again. "Can we go open presents now?"
"Go wake up Padfoot and Moony and we can open them after a small breakfast," the oldest uncle said as he grabbed the lively child and put him on his feet.
"Okay," Harry all but yelled and ran from the room. "Uncle Padfoot, Uncle Moony, wake up!" he shouted as he ran down the hall. "I got to see Santa."
Hydrus shook his head and chuckled as he got out of bed and readied himself for a long day of playing. He went to the kitchen and decided that a quick breakfast of hot cereal was the order of the day.
The rest of the family joined him; Harry didn't stop squirming for a single moment. The child kept looking longingly at the doorway. The older members just chuckled and took their time eating. Soon enough it was time to open the presents and they all trooped to the living room.
The excited little boy ran to the tree and once the men sat in their seats, he started handing out presents. "Look, you guys got stuff from Santa! He thinks you're good boys," Harry yelled, upon reading some of the tags. "Oh, and Tippy got one too!" He was happy Santa remembered the house elf.
Tippy popped in with a tray of cocoa, said she'd open her presents in a little while and popped out to finish cleaning breakfast dishes.
"I wonder why he thinks that," mused Sirius as he took the present Harry handed him.
"See what Santa brought me," Harry said, holding up the broom, looking a little sheepish. "Can I keep it, please, Uncle Hydrus?" he all but begged, his big green eyes opened wide in a puppy dog way.
"Of course," Hydrus said. "If Santa thinks you're a good enough boy to have one, then, yes, you can keep it, but, the same rules apply." He shook his finger at the child.
"I'll be good," the tyke promised with a vigorous nodding of his head.
The next hour was spent opening gifts. There were games (board, electronic and video), clothes, watches, joke items, hats and gloves (with the shield spell), candies, fruit and many other things. Wrapping paper flew around the room, since Remus was the only one who didn't tear his open.
Tippy was there for a minute to get the new dresses her bosses (and Santa) bought for her. Then she went back to making the evening dinner. It had been a big debate as to who was going to cook the dinner, Tippy won by telling Hydrus he was to spend time with the family and she was paid to do these types of meals.
The men put their presents in their pocketspaces and helped Harry carry his up to his room and put them away. They all changed into day clothes and then bundled up and grabbed their brooms for a day in the snow. It was a tired bunch of males that finally made it back into the house late in the afternoon. They all washed up for an early dinner and went to the dining area.
Tippy had made a wonderful roast duck dinner with stuffing, gravy with forcemeat, pigs in blankets, devils on horseback, cranberry sauce, redcurrant jelly, bread sauce, roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts and parsnips with dessert of Christmas pudding and mincemeat pie. They'd be having leftovers for quite a while.
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