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Grabbing the pink piping bag, he started adding some spiky hair to a gingerbread man, before getting some black licorice to make into some robes. A couple tiny gumdrop eyes and a blue licorice wand later, and Harry thought he made a decent looking Nymphadora.
"Oh! It's me! Aw thanks lil' bro." Nymphadora said, picking up the cookie, before matching her hair to the cookie's. "You even got my auror wand!"
"I tried, sorry it's not great." Harry said, rubbing his foot into the floor.
"Don't do that, it's great! Oh, we should make everyone, we can put them with the house when we build it." Nymphadora said.
"Already on it, just finished Harry here." Andromeda said, showing her cookie as it was finished. She had gotten him pretty good, even having the scar and glasses, plus a small blue and bronze scarf.
"Alright, I'll make Dad. Harry, how about you try Mum?" Nymphadora said, grabbing another cookie and beginning to fill out her father's brown hair.
"I suppose I'll make Charlie, just to have him included. Will he be coming by this year, Nym?" Andromeda asked, grabbing a bag filled with orange frosting.
"I think so. I know he's got some time off, but with his mother it's entirely possible she won't let him leave the house, or come see his 'hussy'." Nymphadora said with a bit of a laugh.
"She doesn't really call you that does she?" Andromeda asked, as Ted also laughed a bit.
"Once when she was really mad at me. She's a nice lady most of the time, but she doesn't think anyone is good enough for her boys. I know both of the twins are scared to tell her about their girlfriends because one of them is black." Nymphadora said.
"Oh, which one of the twins is dating Angelina? She's nice." Harry said. He hadn't had too much contact with the older Gryffindor Quidditch player, but he saw her around the castle occasionally.
"I think it's George, but I still can't tell those two apart. Charlie somehow can and it drives me up the wall." Nymphadora said, continuing her work on the miniature version of Ted. "Speaking of dating, how's it going with your gaggle of gal pals Harry? Add any more in?"
Harry flushed red at the statement. He knew she was only teasing him, but it didn't help the matter. "They're all doing well. I managed to give each of them a date in Hogsmeade. Well, except for Luna since she couldn't go."
"That's good, you need to remember to take good care of them. It's going to be hard enough for them since they share a boy, no need to make it worse by not spreading the attention around." Andromeda said. "I know Sirius used to joke about wanting that much attention when he was your age, but I don't believe he could have handled it."
Harry's heart dropped for a second at the mention of Sirius. He felt bad for that though, despite what happened, he was still Andromeda's family. It must be hard for her as well.
In short order, the Gingerbread Tonks family was finished, and with a bit of magic from the family's charms mistress matriarch, the gingerbread family was ambling about on the baking tray.
Over the rest of the winter holidays, the Tonks did their best to allow Harry to experience all the joys of winter they could manage. Due to some weather manipulation magic from Andromeda, the Tonks' managed to have a decent amount of snow over the holidays, which they took advantage of to go sledding, have snowball fights, build snowmen, and many other wintry activities. Harry was entirely overjoyed at the effort his family was going through for him. He already felt like a true member of the Tonks family before this, but now there was no question in his mind. They had even managed to get a portrait made of them as a family, which now hung over their mantle. They were wearing bright red Christmas sweaters, and given it was magical, could be seen laughing and smiling at the camera. Harry had a family, a nice, happy family that loved him dearly, and that Harry loved back with equal ferocity.
Christmas day itself came around, and the family happily gathered in the living room to open presents. Harry received some new games for their home computer, something he was very happy to get the chance to use since he was home. Nymphadora had also gotten him a newer set of dueling armor, since he was beginning to grow out of his old one. This one was much sleeker than the previous one, being a more skin tight upper body glove with what he was told were dragon-scale pauldrons, as well as a leather breastplate with an embossed blue lightning bolt on it. While wearing it, Harry felt very cool and powerful, like he could take on almost anything. Nymphadora also said this one had been enchanted to grow properly with him, so unless it got too damaged it should last him for a few years.
Harry had also managed to order some gifts for his family too, which they had greatly appreciated. Ted in particular was happy with his new self-sterilizing healer's robes, which he had never even thought to buy, given he could sterilize them normally with just a wave of his wand.
All in all, Harry was happy that he had managed to truly love his first Christmas with his family, and he hoped that he would be able to make many, many more happy memories with them.
While Harry would always be a Potter, that didn't mean he couldn't be a Tonks too.