O Christmas Tree Characters: Bill, Fleur, and Victoire Weasley Locale: Shell Cottage Date: 14 December, 2001 Open? No? Warnings? I'd guess none?
The little white cottage was getting a makeover, courtesy of a Christmas tree and all of the trimmings that had been accumulated over the last few years. For now it meant a sitting room littered in newspaper, garlands, boxes, bowls of popcorn, and a box of fairies, which both Victoire and Fleur thought should be given their freedom to roam the house rather than live in their little bulb cages.
Fleur's attention was divided between draping gold garland around the tree and worrying that the overenthusiastic Vic was going to bounce onto a box of handmade Parisian glass angels. "Vic," she called, over the impromptu song about fairy freedom, "Why don't you help your Papa try and find a charm that will keep them near the tree before we let them out?" She sent a pleading look to Bill, hoping he would grasp her trouble, and perhaps even whisk her out of reach of breakables.