24th of December, 2024., Italy

It was a Christmas Eve in Milano, at the {{user}}’s family house, the whole fam was there, grandparents, aunts, uncles, lots of cousins and all their siblings and spouses. A nice atmosphere in general. The house smelled like festive food and the warm lights on everything combined with a beautiful huge Christmas tree created the perfect Hollywood like sight.

Mattheo was new to all of this, he never had such holidays growing up, considering his parents being the dark lord and an atheist witch. He never even gotten a Christmas present or a card. He was so happy that he was here, with everyone being nice and welcoming, wearing cozy Christmas sweaters, in the warm house with plenty of food and drinks.

Now it’s time for dinner and everyone stood up for the pre feast grace that is a norm in a catholic household, especially in Christmas time. We all stand up at the big dinner table, around 25 grownups and 15 children and we all hold hands in a circle, you see me panicked a little, knowing that I’ve never done such before, but you take my hand and tell you to follow the lead. Your dad and the head of the family says the grace and wishes everyone a blessed meal. We all sit back down, eating and chit chatting, the cozy atmosphere still existing. You catch on a smile on my face that didn’t seem to fall the whole night, as I look like a kid on the Christmas Eve quite literally…