Chapter 4.2 - December 2021 part II: First Christmas in the new home..

 

Song: White Pearl, Black Oceans - Sonata Arctica (Piano cover).

I always have to do this whenever the month of december goes by.. to have them celebrate christmas.. Not for religios reasons, but it's tradition. It's how it always has been, so it wouldn't be right if I just skipped this part... so bear with me... :P Same procedure as every year, James...

Leya is very excited about her new baby, even though he is crying and smelly because he needs his diaper changed. Don't worry, Leya is a good mother and quickly sees to Orinders needs. She is not at all like a certain winged creature whose name does not belong in this story line...or does it?

And like magic it starts to snow just in time..

Hmm, snow is making it inside Solvej's greenhouse.. ok, let's just overlook that part.. Now it's already to late, but I think she's going to have to fix it up come next summer...

 

Gaute and Leya had put up a christmas tree and some decorations for the upcoming christmas party.

 

The town was also getting ready.

Harbor Square Café.

Cliffon Park.

Festival Park.

(Of course, this would have looked much better with some actual people there... but I guess everyone is busy with their last minute preparations!)

The trampoline could be used also in winter time.

Leya had a brilliant idea, she wanted to buy a buffet table for the upcoming christmas party.

Bodil is happy to see the christmas decorations... then she goes to do homework.. on christmas eve. Wow, school is really hard on the kids!

Gaute: Uh huh, uh huh? Look at this, Leya, look at this! Uh huh?

Leya: Gaute, seriously.. I'm on the phone!

Leya started a snow man, but didn't finish it. She also wants to order pizza.. but I'm not going to grant that wish. I understand she wants christmas eve to be special, but a buffet table and pizza I think is a little overkill...

Two hours before the guests shall arrive. Looks like the family has been good this year, because Magic Santa just came by and dropped off a pile of gifts! ;)

Christmas party guests are arriving! Patrik, Solvej and Rune. You can say what you want about Patrik, but atleast he and Solvej were kind enough to offer Leya and Bodil a roof over their heads after she split with Glenn. And eventually accepting Gaute into their household as well. So I think it's only natural they got invited.

Rune just finished Leyas job.

Rune also built and igloo, Bodil and Patrik goes for the seesaw.

Rune compliments Leya for their new home.

Then the gift giving party is about that start. Solvej walks in through the backdoor.

Everyone take your seats!

Of course they have to sit down in two different groups... Solvej, Leya and Rune in one group and Patrik, Bodil and Gaute in the other.

Rune really likes their new house.

And of course, that is really the topic of conversation for this christmas party! :)

Patrik opens his gift. I put a crib in the back there so that little Orinder wouldn't have to spend his first christmas all alone, but that plan failed somehow.. all of a sudden they went for gift opening, and I didn't want to interrupt that..

Gift summary:

Rune: Two bicycles.

Leya: A Sonaflux guitar.

Patrik: A white box...

Solvej: A Sonaflux guitar

Gaute: A pink flamingo..

Gaute was not happy about his gift...

Bodil: A snowbear

 After they are done with the gift giving, I send Leya up to pick up poor Orinder. No one should be alone on christmas eve, even if they have no understanding (yet) of what it is.

Gaute and Bodil goes to eat from the buffet table.

Patrik went for the trampoline.

Now that King Winter has launched his attack on her greenhouse Solvej has to get her green stuff fix from watching the gardening channel...

Rune is checking one of the beds upstairs for monsters. Shame Bodil didn't think about asking you to sleep over, maybe another time!

Then Patrik thinks the party is over and heads home already, but he says it was a good party.

Hmm, maybe little Orinder shouldn't have been brought downstairs. He starts to cry immediately, and then Solvej also thinks the party is over as well...:P

And when both of his parents have left, Rune also leaves. „I got to follow mommy!“ he says.

Bodil collects the plates to do the dishes... If they are done in time, there will be one less thing for the adults to argue about.... to prevent them from breaking up...

Gaute picks up Orinder to play with his young little man. Gaute is the perfect father and step-dad...

Bodil is tired after a long day and goes to bed without asking anyone for a bedtime story.

Gaute also went to bed, so yep, the party is definately over now. Baturney Flansbarne called Leya to wish her a merry Christmas.

And now it's time to put Orinder in the crib upstairs and call it a night for you as well, Leya. All in all, the christmas party was a success because everyones verdict was that it was a superb party, even if the buffet table was largely unused..

Alright, nighty night then. See you again next year...

Map of the town:

 What I didn't realize until after I had made this map was that I had put south up, and north down... Sprottenham is an east coast town...

With so much to keep track of, even the Narrator can get confused sometimes....

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