Also known as: the "How creative is everyone this year?" thread.

For reference, here are some facts about Victorian Christmas:

1. Whereas children from middle class/wealthy families were given handmade (and often expensive) toys, WC parents often stuffed their children's stockings with fruits and nuts.
   
2. That was, at least, until industrialization made it easier for companies to mass produce lesser-quality toys and gifts.
   
3. Christmas cards have been sent since 1843, but their popularity rose in the 1870s and 1880s!
   
4. It was inappropriate for unmarried men and women to exchange gifts, but don't let that make you think it never happened!

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From Acacia:
Ellsworth Ruskin received a book on charms used around the world... and hopes that he doesn't already have it.
Her father the painting she did of the black lake when she had arrived at Hogwarts once more.
Chrysanta Ruskin got a new paint set. It's not the most quality of paint, but fit for a beginner.
Orinda Ruskin was given a painting of a cello.
Ignatius Quirrell got a book on the history of art.

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From Ace:
Sybille Lukeson and Fleur Rey get an assortment of baking supplies. Each girl gets different things that they can share and exchange when appropriate (they don't need two of everything and already spend enough time together that he's sure they'll each give the supplies the attention the supplies deserve).
Edgar Rey II will be getting a book about dragon facts vs fiction.
Avril Lukeson gets a book on etiquette as a joke. But in her stocking there is a pretty necklace that once belonged to their mother.
King Lukeson will be receiving new sheet music for his piano.

  

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Holly Scrimgeour got a book on unique potions recipes.

  

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@'acacia ruskin' got a meh painting that kinda looks like a flower with Ravenclaw and Slytherin colors. She worked on it for days and hopes her sister likes it. Just encase she doesn't like it, she also got a book on almost or extinct creatures (both muggle and magical)
Orinda Ruskin got a book on all the interesting creatures of the world

  

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MJ made the pretties

Claire Bénet got a new copy of La Belle et la Bête (Beauty & The Beast) by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1740), since it was probably one of their favorite books growing up

  

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Celeste has an accents that's a blend of French and English.

MJ is a goddess & made cele's set

Billie is SO EXCITED for a happy Christmas that she went out of her way to try and spread an absurd amount of holiday cheer. (In her own way.) And gift people with random things she traded for, found, or made.

Gideon Ollivander received a terrible drawing of him, her, and the two cats with the words "Mere Crismus Gidein" scrawled at the top. She struggled with what else to get him, not sure she could ever repay him for letting her stay with him. She ended up deciding on saving up money from rat catching and other odd jobs to purchase him what the person at the stall told her was a great knife. It looked pretty, anyways. It had a dragon on the handle. She thought he could use it in his wand making. (Billie also probably begged Quin to help her make him cookies or somesuch.)

Quincey Honeyduke Billie stole borrowed Quin's hammer and constructed a lopsided wooden box with a questionable rope handle. A nice artist she knew let her sweep and do a few chores for him in exchange for his help in painting on "Sweets Supplies" on the side. Which was for the best, for it would have said 'Swet Splis' if she had done it. Inside the box is also Quin's hammer.

The Sisters Potts! Billie traded a kid she knew two bread rolls for a small, chipped up pot. With a rock, she scratched into the side of it "Potts Pot." Someone helped her spell them. Inside the pot, she planted a somewhat dead flower she'd pulled from somewhere.

@'Benevolence Montague' saved her from an evil plant. So, she was gifted with what some kid told her was a medal, but was actually just a bookmark.

Ginger, the Niffler, was sent the shiniest button she could find on the street. Actually, Billie went a bit overboard and sent a collection of them. Eugene Scamander was almost forgotten in her excitement about Ginger, but then Billie remembered and sent him a mismatched, in both color and size, pair of gloves. To protect his hands in case something tries to bite him. One of them is definitely a women's glove.

The cats, Adonis and Soot, got a bed Billie made out of a fraying sack and random squishy things shoved into it.

Jimmy Fletcher got a punch to the face.

Most of the gifts are accompanied by phonetically spelled (and sometimes gibberish) notes.

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Céleste Bénet got a new hat that changes color with the weather. Always in season, always fun.

  

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French is mixed into her accent due to French parents and household staff

Ace Lukeson got new fancy paper as a hint of 'write more letters'.
Sybille Lukeson and Fleur Rey got matching bracelets that are decorated with jewels that are yellow and black to represent Hufflepuff.
Avril Lukeson received a book on seers and divination.
King Lukeson was given book on unique and rare creatures.

  

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Edric Umbridge's gifts:

February Umbridge is getting a gift basket that includes perfume; enchanted, mood-changing (& pain-soothing!) soaps; a monogram-engraved wand stand to be used at night; and a few books that he didn't find in their library.

Sydney Podmore is getting lots of booze and a magical cactus-looking plant that moves ever-so-slightly when it senses fear or paranoia. He totally can't wait to hear about it.

Bella Scrimgeour's gifts:

Imogen MacFusty is getting a new basket Bella tried to hand-weave herself, but ended up using magic to complete because she's not as skilled with the arts as she'd like to be.

Malcolm MacFusty is getting a poorly-drawn picture of Mordred "sleeping" and a bottle of Jewell's firewhiskey she probably flirted her way into getting for a cheaper price.

Isobel MacFusty (WHO NEEDS TO BE PLAYED, MIRI & BEANS) is getting a stuffed Hebridean Black that Bella has affectionately dubbed "Doshie the Dragon".

Brendan & Findlay MacFusty are getting wooden blocks to play with or throw at each other.

James MacFusty is getting a bottle of "dragon-breath" firewhiskey. And probably sex, too, but only if he doesn't manage to upset her that night.

Tilda MacFusty is getting a book Hebridean plants that can be used for healing, with specific annotations by Bella because she's been studying that on top of her work for Mac.

Julius Scrimgeour, @"Lucille Flint", Terpsichore Van Helsing, Regina Lacey, Gemma Simpson, and Fletcher Langley are getting Christmas Cards to let them know she's alive. And where to find her, if they so desire to see her :P

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Immie

Malcolm MacFusty is getting baby news (everyone else will know after the New Year) and a new portfolio to keep his bookwork in. It has an illustrated etching of a dragon on the front of it - it sleeps while closed, flies when open, and occasionally spouts fire.

Bella Scrimgeour is getting a small holiday bonus and some frosted cookies made by all three children with love - and by 'love' I mean it's more frosting than cookie tbh. :P

The kids each got a toy each, but their main present (lbr it's mostly Izzy's) is their new Kunekune pig!

Kentigern MacFusty & James MacFusty are getting whiskey and cookies each, though Immie added some treats and chew toys for Jamie's wolves, too.

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graphics made by the talented MJ

Cupcake got a new recipe book.
Pumpkin got a necklace with a Ravenclaw blue jewel.
Darling Whitledge was given a Hufflepuff version of the necklace that Pumpkin got, cause that sounded really cute to her.
Honey got a bracelet with a Hufflepuff yellow jewel.

It was sort of last minute that Sweetie decided to get him anything at all, but Handsome Whitledge received a book on quidditch play strategies.

Chrysanta Ruskin got a book on how to paint.

  

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Wanna be there for Sweetie during her post-election slump?