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Inspiration for my story "Under the Christmas tree..."✨💚

My inspiration for Christmas chapter for my story "Trying to remember..." 🩷❄️

Oh yeah! Storytime!

So my dear best friend took me out thrifting at the end of the semester because she wanted better fighting pants and I told her I had never been thrifting before. Away we went even though I had basically no money. I set myself an amount I could spend.

We get there and look around pants for a bit, find some, then have a bit of time before swordfighting to explore. I want her to show me everything she would show someone who hasn't been thrifting. (We found some awesome knickknacks in the back as well as heck cheap books and DVDs. I even found 3 Baby Einstein DVDs. But I digress.)

Well, apparently you can't go thrifting without checking out the shirts. So we're perusing shirts that feel nice and out of nowhere,

Remember how I said my Dad had this weird thing for the Hawkeye show? It's a Christmas tradition at our house by his insistence.

Now this is a women's small or medium shirt. Obviously not going to fit my dad. So I weigh the pros and cons. Ask my brother. He responds with "dude get one for me" (this is a thrift store and I think it's handmade but we won't tell him that) so I take that as a green light. If Dad doesn't want it, at least my beanpole of a brother will rock it.

And, come on, it's 3 dollars.

ℳℯ𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈

Hey you out there.

Today is Christmas. It has snowed so much in the last few days that in this morning was the half of my front door snowed in. My cat wondered why he didn't come out. But after he tried to scrape away all the snow, he gave up and preferred to go to the warm wood stove in the living room and cuddle up on a soft blanket and now he’s asleep. I made myself some warm tea and comfortable on the old armchair with a good book. I made the tea from dried chamomile flowers and peppermint that I picked in my little garden in the summer. I love tea. And I love books. I also put on my favorite sweater today. It's really big, cozy and soft. My cat likes to cuddle up in it. Now the sun is shining on the white, glittering snow and two little robins are gathering on the bird feeder by the little cherry tree in front of my window. On the panes of my window are beautiful patterns from the frost outside. As if someone had painted it on it. Today my mom comes up to me from the village and will help me to prepare the meals and spend Christmas with me and my beloved cat. I'm looking forward to. I have to somehow clear the way of the snow at least as far as the garden fence. Then I want to wrap the present for my mom. I hope she'll like it. In the past few days I had already sent the presents for my friends and family as a parcel in the village. Also one for my pen friend. While I was reading the book, I put an old record on the record player with winter melodies and Christmas music. It's so cozy. The red and gold christmas baubles on the Christmas tree shine in the warm light of the fairy lights. I also hung some sweets and homemade jewelry on the Christmas tree. I am really happy to finally have the whole study behind me and finally to be able to rest and enjoy Christmas and winter. I love to walk around in nature and always come across beautiful hidden places. Whether in the middle of the forest, by the magical frozen lake or somewhere in the mountains. I'm also passionate about photography and it's always great to watch a wild animal in the snow or even take a great picture of it. For example, deer that run around in the deep snow. I feel like writing a little more on my stories on the old typewriter right now. Then I should begin cook the Christmas dinner. I’m going to prepare rice pudding, cod with boiled potatoes and red cabbage, pastries, cranberries and cakes. I love to cook and bake. Maybe I should also sweep the dust off the bookshelves a little and put away the books that can still find a place there. Besides that, there are printed papers from the typewriter all over the carpet in the living room. When my mother and I’ll eat, I’m going to put on our favorite Christmas record. My pen friend had sent me a package with a letter saying that I could not open the present until Christmas. When I did that today, I found lots of great Slytherin things in it. She even made a small Christmas tree pendant herself for me. I’m so grateful to her and I’m very happy about it. I hope she likes my present as much as I like hers. One thing, however, is very different from usual. Normally, my grandma would be with mom and me now. Normally we would enjoy Christmas Eve together, go to mass and eat the meal. Unfortunately everything is different now. My mom and me miss her so much. The grief haunts me and catches up with me again and again. Despite everything, we only have really happy and wonderful memories of her and she would definitely want us to have a wonderful Christmas and just remember her without being sad. When I was a little girl she always told me that if I can't find her anywhere and think that she’s gone, she isn’t gone at all, but looks down on us like an angel and is always with us. No matter where we are. I mustn't forget that. I love you grandma. Very very much!

I hope you all have a nice Christmas Eve. I wish you that with all my heart.

Ellie :')