“That’s good, best not to come into Diagon as it gets closer to Christmas. I am not looking forward to Friday.” She said with a soft smile, sure it meant more business but tripping over bags of stuff wasn’t. Besides a lot of people got testy while shopping, or so Lia had noticed this Christmas season.
Lia watched his expression as he told her why he wasn’t a fan of the holiday. “I’m sorry.” She said sincerely. Of course Lia knew that she couldn’t do anything about it, but she was honestly sorry to hear that. Perhaps it was because she wanted people to enjoy their time with their families but she was well aware that didn’t always happen. After all her four half siblings had a mother that left them without really looking back. She knew it was hard for them, and she wished she could do something about it.
Laughing she nodded. “I normally just do gift certificates to places I know they all love. I once got my sister Roselyn a shirt that she hated and decided after that I should leave it up to them to pick things out. Well, I also do some sort of candy I know they’ll like.” She shrugged. “I guess buying things for them has gotten a lot easier. Sometimes I still try with things but it’s hard to get things people will like sometimes. Even siblings.” Even as close as she was to her siblings she’d long ago learned she ended up more disappointed than not when trying to get the perfect gift for someone.
“So, if Christmas isn’t a favorite holiday, do you have one?” Lia asked party figuring that Christmas wasn’t a happy conversation considering he didn’t even like it.