Miss Fairchild's younger sister had given her some paper and supplies for writing Christmas cards. While nice, it seemed like a distraction. But the Gryffindor had been insistent that making these would be nice for a brief change. It wasn't as though anyone seemed to feel that Alina was doing poorly thus far. Determined as ever. So after all the homework and studying was done to her satisfaction, she had spent her later hours of the night working on such a project. By the time she was done, she was quite tired. She would have to beg one of her dorm mates to wake her up.