Secret Santa One Shot Exchange 2016

[Secret Santas]

So this one is by LookOutForNargles, who has the story posted on their page, but asked that I post it here as well. Be sure to give it a vote over on their page! This one was for QueenDarling07.

(Just realized now I never titled this whooopsss)

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"So, we're actually doing this?"

"Yes, Padfoot, we're actually doing a Dirty Santa Christmas exchange this year." Remus responded with an eye-roll "Stop acting like it's the end of the world."

"You always complain that you don't know what to get for all of us, now you only have to get a joke gift for one of us," Lily said while bouncing two-month-old Harry on her knee. "Bless the soul who gets your gift."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Remember when you got me that pimple cream when we were in sixth year?" Marlene asked.

"And who hasn't had one pimple since?"

"Or the time you got me a book about astronomy?" James added.

"That was a joke!"

"Or the time you got me spoiled chocolate milk?" Remus imputed.

"Okay, had that ice cream stayed frozen, you would have loved that gift, admit it."

"How about when you gave me an old copy of the Daily Prophet?" Peter accused.

"That was when you were going through that weird origami phase!"

"Point being," Lily said. "You pretty much give us joke gifts every year, so I feel bad for whoever gets one of your real joke presents."

"Well maybe I'll just give whoever I draw a really nice gift just to show I can get good gifts."

"That's not the point, you're supposed to give a joke gift.

"I don't care."

"Since when have you passed up on the chance to prank someone and get away with it?"

"Okay, fine. I'm in."

Remus wrote everyone's names down on a piece of paper and everyone drew out a slip from Sirius's hat.

Everyone looked at the slips they had gotten and, unknown to each other, quickly resolved to give a gift the receiver was guaranteed to love.

Lily

Lily entered Madame Puddifoot's Tea Shop and went to the little store in the back corner and searched for just the right tea mixture.

There were one's that gave you a nice daydream, ones that made you see the good in everything, ones that caused you to instantly fall asleep, ones that tasted like your favorite candy, ones that make you think of good memories, and ones that made you crave more tea.

She left with a fairly large wrapped box that smelled of tea leaves and chocolate.

James

James also went to a tea shop, the one located on Diagon Alley, Rosa Lee's Teabag. He was in there for a rather large time, one hour to be exact and went home to hide an envelope in the bottom of his old school bag that was in the attic.

Marlene

Marlene also had no problem deciding what to get. She simply went to Honeyduke's, bought a large bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, and Fizzing Wizzbees.