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Title: Silent Night
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, various magical portraits
Rating: G
Word Count: 200 (according to AO3)
Prompt: "Starting new Christmas traditions"
Summary: After the Yultide Feast, Headmistress McGonagall claims some time to herself.

To all my dear DW friends, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Wednesday to you all!

My final entry in the 2024 [community profile] adventdrabbles

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The Yuletide Feast has ended, and Headmistress McGonagall stands at the door of the Great Hall saying "Happy Christmas" to the students and staff who have remained at Hogwarts. Most are looking slightly bilious; they've over-indulged themselves, of course. But that's what holidays are for.

For some, at least. The headmistress herself has eaten moderately and taken one small slice of Christmas pudding. As her mother always said, "enough is as good as a feast."

Still, she may not be so restrained once she retreats to her private quarters for her own Christmas celebration. This tradition is new; she's established it only since the war, but it has become the high point of her holiday.

She will settle into an armchair in her sitting room, a fresh bottle of 25-year Ogden's Old at her feet, the roaring fire providing all her light.

And she will invite a select few portraits to populate their frames and keep her quiet company. Albus and Severus and Amelia Bones, come specially from the Ministry.

She will pour out her amber ambrosia and silently toast each friend. They will nod or smile. . .or scowl, and for this brief moment, Minerva will enjoy peace on earth.

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Date: 2024-12-28 07:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] delphi
This is beautiful. <3 I legit got a little choked up.

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