Candy Stars || Ruscan ]

Part 14

It was a joyful Christmas morning, and Canada was delighted to awake and find a thick layer of sparkling snow covering the ground outside.

As soon as he had woken up had rushed to his window and pulled open his lace curtains before he admired the beautiful white blanket covering the earth from the large frosty windows inside his room. He absolutely adored winter. But fall was his favorite season.

He began drawing little hearts in the condensation that had formed on the inside of his bedroom window with his fingers before letting out an excited little "Eee" noise and rushing downstairs.

By this point he had already decorated his house with bright merry Christmas colors and silky ribbons as well as shiny jingle bells and even cute little wire reindeers which he had placed outside in front of his home.

Downstairs in his living room was a tall and beautifully lit pine tree. Rainbow colors and shiny ornaments covered it and truly just reflected the warm comforting feel of the holidays. Every time he looked at it he was hit with a wave of nostalgia... it reminded him of the tree he and his family used to decorate together when he still lived at home.

He really missed that..

Suddenly it hit him that he had so much to do today.

First he needed to bring his family's presents to them and have dinner with them, then he'd need to wish Russia a merry Christmas and so much more.

He checked the clock to find it was 9 AM. He could be out the door by 9:30 if he rushed..

So that's exactly what he did.

He took a quick shower, blow drying his hair and not bothering to make it look very fancy, just brushing it through.

He simply wore a very casual black sweatshirt with a thick winter jacket layered overtop to keep him warm in the snow and his black jeans along with black thigh highs underneath. He had been taught to wear black in the cold because the color black trapped in heat and kept him warm.

The sweatshirt felt very very soft. He liked it. He put on peppermint perfume to get into the holiday mood of course as well as a pair of very adorable fluffy winter boots.

The boots both had 3 little dangling metal star charms each on the outward facing sides which he loved to mess around with.. the sounds that the charms made when they clicked together made him feel very very happy.

The boots also made him half an inch taller. He was already naturally 6'8 and a half with none of his family members being nearly as tall as him.

Being that tall was both a blessing and a curse. On one hand: He could reach tall shelves. On the other: He often had really bad back pains.

He grabbed the bags that contained the presents for each of his family members, making sure to be carful with them.

And after all this he was out the door at only 9:26. He was proud of himself for getting out of the house even sooner than he had expected.

He walked through the snow to his parents house without a problem. He was very good with handling freezing temperatures unlike all of his siblings.

He absolutely adored how the snow covering the sidewalk crunched under his boots, and he was honestly surprised it hadn't been salted yet. Usually that was done only an hour or so after the snow fell but he wasn't complaining.

It was so cold out that when he breathed he could see a little fleeting, misty cloud from his breath. Just how he liked it. He didn't know the scientific reason why this happened and honestly he didn't really care to find out. It was just cool to look at.