The Grangers and Tom returned to their home on December 23, and the next day was Christmas Eve.
They spent a whole day tidying up the house and hanging all kinds of Christmas decorations in every corner of the house - just like the Chinese New Year. The highlight of the decoration was naturally the Christmas tree.
Mr. Granger and Tom hung various small lanterns, bells and other gadgets on the tree together. At this time, Hermione dug out a movie disc from the TV cabinet under the TV in the living room.
"Hey! I haven't seen this disc before!" Hermione held the disc and looked at it curiously.
"What?!" Mr. Granger suddenly stood up and walked quickly behind Hermione, "Oh, it's this one. I bought this one at a video store some time ago. It's an old film. I
I watched it when I was a kid.”
"It's a Wonderful Life? What the hell is that name?" Tom came over, took a look at the name of the movie, and couldn't help but complain. Although Hermione didn't say anything, she seemed to agree.
Mr. Granger sighed. Today's children have never even watched "It's a Wonderful Life."
“So what is this movie about?”
"This is a very good movie. It tells the story of a time during the Christmas period -" "That's quite appropriate." Hermione's voice cut in, "- George wanted to commit suicide because he was frustrated in his life. At this time,
God appeared and showed George what the world was like in which he had never been born, allowing him to understand that he had actually saved many unfortunate people in his life."
Tom and Hermione fell into silence for a while.
"Can you imagine what the world would be like if you were never born?" Hermione picked up a Santa hat and asked Tom.
"Absolutely." Tom nodded firmly.
"Tell me about it?" Hermione's curiosity was aroused.
"What a world without me..." Tom sighed with emotion, "Maybe you will go to Gryffindor House? After all, I remember you said at the beginning that you think that is the best house, because Dumbledore is
Graduated there.”
Hermione nodded, she thought what Tom said made sense.
"However, the learning atmosphere there is not as strong as Ravenclaw. It may be harder for you to meet like-minded friends. You may also be disliked for always rushing to answer questions in class and being too straightforward when instructing others."
Hermione frowned and thought to herself: You also rush to answer questions, and you also use all kinds of little tricks.
Tom changed the topic, "But you will definitely make friends. It's just a matter of time and opportunity. But then you may go on adventures with them and violate hundreds of school rules in one school year..."
"Stop, stop, stop! You are becoming more and more unreliable!" Hermione puffed up her face: How could she violate hundreds of school rules in one school year? Can the story be made more reasonable?
Next, they fantasized about what life would be like without Hermione. In the end, the only consensus they reached was that no one would be able to answer questions with Tom in class.
While they were talking and laughing, the Christmas tree had been put up by Mr. Granger. Mrs. Granger also prepared the Christmas dinner, and the four of them sat at the dining table together.
Mr. Granger held his daughter with his left hand and held Tom with his right hand and began to pray. After the prayer, they began to enjoy the dinner. Although it was not as amazing as the Christmas dinner at Hogwarts, it was still extremely sumptuous.
First of all, it must be the traditional Christmas main meal of roast turkey, which is also served with roast potatoes, brandy cream sauce and cranberry sauce. Next to the turkey is a large pot of stew and smoked salmon. Naturally, the pies with various fillings are
Indispensable, the dessert is plum pudding. Mr. Granger also opened a bottle of glogi wine to add to the fun.
glogi is a red wine with fortifications produced in Finland. It gradually became popular in Europe and became the best wine to accompany Christmas. It contains black currants, apple juice and cinnamon sticks. It tastes weird - this wine should be drunk warm.
Of course, just as every Beijing family has a different recipe for making noodles, every Finnish family also has different ingredients for glogi wine. The Glenmorangie family will add extra almonds and raisins.
Of course, never have too high expectations for turkey. Turkey is not ordinary turkey. Even the chicken breast is more tender than it, and it also has a strange taste. Tom is not very used to eating it, so he just eats it as a courtesy.
It's a little bit too spicy, but the smoked salmon next to it is quite delicious. This kind of fish is plump and tender when eaten raw, but it dries out a lot after being grilled, and it doesn't have that "moist" feeling anymore.
After dinner, everyone watched a few movies together and then went back to their bedrooms to rest. The night passed quickly. On Christmas Day, when Tom got up, he saw three gift boxes at the foot of the bed. One was a box given by Hermione.
Horseshoe-shaped chocolates, the second box is a dental care gift package from the Grangers, and the third box is a little more unexpected: it's from Dumbledore.
Tom opened it and found six small snacks and a piggy bank inside. However, it was a little different from the Muggle piggy banks. As long as this jar was scratched on its belly, it would laugh.
Then coins were ejected from the hole on his back - Dumbledore had stuffed the coins with steel coins from all over the world.
Tom took a bite of the snack he sent. It tasted pretty good, but he almost lost his teeth: there was really a coin wrapped in it.
It seems that Dumbledore really remembered what he saw in the Mirror of Erised. This time someone really gave Tom money and let him eat coins. And Tom really gave Dumbledore a gift.
I bought a pair of wool socks with phoenix embroidered on them!
Hermione next door was also opening gifts. She had a few more gifts, but they were basically gifts from relatives. Like Tom, she had no friends at school close enough to give each other Christmas gifts.
The package quickly bottomed out, and there was a thin small package at the bottom. Hermione picked it up and found that it was from Tom. She was a little curious and expected: What would Tom give her?
Hermione nervously opened the package, and a delicate little book was revealed. There was a line of words written in beautiful cursive calligraphy on the book: "The Tales of Beedle the Bard". Hermione opened it and took a look. Inside
It turned out to be several fairy tales from the magical world. All the stories were copied by hand, and the fonts were neatly arranged on the paper. Even a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder would not be able to fault it.
Hermione was a little touched. Tom knew that she liked reading, so he copied a book and gave it to her.
"This is the best Christmas gift..." She hugged the book tightly, her eyes a little moist.
"Dear compatriots and friends, as a result of the recent situation involving the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States, I announce my resignation..."
"This country is losing its sense of judgment and we can't continue like this. Everything needs to be changed."
"...Our country will become a prosperous society. I would like to extend my best wishes to everyone!"
Yuri threw himself on the TV and kissed the screen crazily: "This is the best Christmas gift!"