Emilia had no idea where her son was today, but he was an adult, and she was not going to let that stop her. (Hopefully he was with friends and not with those godforsaken peopler from the Auror training program.) But she had acquired Bronwyn, and they went to the Hillicker Tree Farm together. There was something charmingly muggle about the day's activity — the women were armed with a saw and released into the rows of evergreen trees.

"I want it to feel like Christmas when Anne gets home," Emilia said, by way of belated explanation — although she expected that Winnie may have guessed as much already. She took a sip of her hot cocoa, and eyed the trees. Which one was most festive?