I can't wait to get home

[alt_ron]

For Christmas!

And Mum's cooking. I mean, here at school you don't ever wake up because you're smelling breakfast cooking, do you? Or know it's time to come in for lunch because you can hear Mum banging pots about in the kitchen. And you don't start thinking about supper at half-four because you can already smell the roast cooking.

And none of it will be transfigured!

It's been a while since I've been home for Christmas, too. So I can't wait to see all the decorations: the garland and the candles, and Mum sticks cloves into apples--and oranges, too, if she can get any--and that makes everything smell great!

I hope they haven't brought in the pine boughs yet for over the doors. I remember going with Bill and Charlie when I was still pretty small and helping them pull the branches back home.

And Mum'll be humming carols all the time. And there'll be sweets for tea time.

I don't know how much snow there's been at home, but one year we got great gobs of it over the hols, and when Charlie came home from school, we made a giant snow fortress, and the twins made a cannon and shot snow balls at Percy and Ginny when they came out to see what we were up to!!!

And there'll be pie. And Mum's jam. And toast soldiers with our eggs.

So, yeah. I can't even wait!

Comments

[alt_draco]

Nice way to rub it in for some people, Weasley.

[alt_padma]

Honestly, Weasley, you're such a clod.

Has it not occurred to you that some people already said they didn't want to hear about people going home and being lucky? How can you be so insensitive?

[alt_blaise]

None of it will be transfigured?

I doubt that. For the whole pack of you? On your father's salary? I mean, he's just an underhack under the undersecretary to the subsecretary to the assistant's assistant, isn't he?

Or has he taken up embezzling from the Ministry to pay the grocer's bills?

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Bloody hell, what's up with the pack of them? It's entirely possible to have an entire meal of non-transfigured food if you choose your menu carefully (or don't mind eating loads of turnips).

It's no use answering, Ron. Just ignore them.

[alt_harry]

Well.

Bugger off Weasley.

[alt_molly]

I'm so glad you're looking forward to coming home, as much as I'm looking forward to your all being here!

I did manage to get some cloves this year, although no oranges. But I also have some cardomen, so I'll be sure to make the spice biscuits I haven't been able to make for the past few years.