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[MBS] Advent 24: Christmas
Dec. 24th, 2009 09:13 amIt wasn't at Easter with its focus on sin and redemption that Adam missed his lost faith most, but at Christmas with its message of a hope he was no longer sure he believed in.
[MBS] Advent 23: Celebrate
Dec. 23rd, 2009 07:19 pmIt might be the Christmas season, but this is one day Adam takes out of his holiday festivities to celebrate the birth of someone he finds far more special than Christ--however sacrilegious that might sound.
[MBS] Advent 22: Snowflake
Dec. 22nd, 2009 08:28 pmSomehow it didn't matter that he'd seen a thousand snowfalls, or cursed it more than once on a cold campaign, the first flake he saw drift down from the gray sky always made Adam smile.
[MBS] Advent 21: Christmas Card
Dec. 21st, 2009 04:37 pmAdam adhered to nearly every Christmas tradition, from mistletoe to caroling to tons of greenery and lights strewn around his house and yard, but however much he adored his family and friends, the tediousness of sitting down and addressing envelopes and putting stamps on them all always kept him from getting into the habit of sending cards.
[MBS] Advent 17: Snowman
Dec. 20th, 2009 11:23 pmOnce the snow stopped falling, Adam was out the door, gathering up the boys and finding the nearest park to spend the day building snow forts with snowmen to guard them and staging snowball wars of epic proportions.
[MBS] Advent 19: Candy Cane
Dec. 20th, 2009 12:10 amCandy canes are, Adam decides, the most ridiculous decorations to hang on Christmas trees considering that every time he passes the tree he snags one and now, halfway through the month, most of the edible decorations are gone.
[MBS] Advent 18: Merry
Dec. 18th, 2009 01:19 pmIf the highs and lows of his moods seemed more rapidly cycling than usual, at least Adam managed bright smiles and high spirits at each of the gatherings he'd planned out for the family and tried to not let the lower points bring the holiday spirit down.
[MBS] Advent 16: Tradition
Dec. 17th, 2009 10:34 pmIt amused him how many of the "old fashioned" Christmas traditions people clung to were relatively recent inventions, but Adam didn't let that stop him from throwing himself into the spirit of it all anyway and demanding they be followed.
[MBS] Advent 15: Open fire
Dec. 16th, 2009 01:26 pmDetermined to restart the festive mood, Adam had Christmas music playing, a fire going, hot chocolate made, and marshmallows out for roasting when Peter got home from work.
[MBS] Advent 13: Lights
Dec. 15th, 2009 06:53 pmAll the lights in the house were out save for those on the Christmas tree, casting flickering shadows on the wall they danced on and off, while Adam stared at them, hypnotized, and wondered if things would ever get back to how they'd been.
[MBS] Advent 12: Chocolate
Dec. 14th, 2009 12:08 pmIt was moments like these, curled up with the one he loved, sipping hot chocolate and watching the snow fall, when for a few moments, at least, Adam could put aside his restless discontent and just savor the present.
[MBS] Advent 11: Stocking
Dec. 13th, 2009 11:08 pmHanging stockings hadn't been a tradition he'd worried about last year, but knowing he was going to get to have his grandchildren with him this year had Adam scouring stores for the perfect stocking stuffers to make young boys smile.
[MBS] Advent 10: Feast
Dec. 12th, 2009 05:39 pmHaving found the house and provided the space for everyone to gather, Adam was more than happy to leave the planing of the actual food to others, and figured everyone would be grateful he'd done so given his complete lack of skills in the kitchen.
[MBS] Advent 9: Holiday
Dec. 11th, 2009 01:53 pmFully aware that he was responsible for dampening spirits, Adam was determined to drag everyone into the holiday mood well before Christmas arrived, no matter what it took.
[MBS] Advent 8: Mistletoe
Dec. 10th, 2009 03:04 pmAfter everything the past few months, Adam wasn't sure he wanted mistletoe hung all around the flat, but he did make sure there was plenty of it in the less public areas that were just theirs.
[MBS] Advent 7: Santa
Dec. 9th, 2009 02:21 pmWhile there had been no Santa Claus in Adam's youth, he remembered fondly the subversive figure of Father Christmas showing up occasionally to rail against the Puritan banishment of celebrating Christmas that had haunted his childhood.
[MBS] Advent 6: Singing
Dec. 8th, 2009 10:11 amIt was probably ridiculous, and he certainly didn't feel much like celebrating, but there was something uplifting in it anyway as Adam sat in his cell--bare of so much as a single Christmas candle--and sang carols just to prove to Bob he was still there.
[MBS] Advent 4: Give
Dec. 7th, 2009 11:02 amThere were plenty of sparkly things tied up in bows under the tree that were meant to spoil her, but the biggest gift Adam wanted to give Claire was a life free of the loneliness that had haunted his.
[MBS] Advent 3: Snow
Dec. 6th, 2009 10:45 pmAs much as he hated the cold--and despite the fact that he pulled them all out into it, he was no more fond of it than Baileigh and Mohinder--Adam found himself watching the sky each morning with a slightly disapproving frown as it kept refusing to yield a proper snowfall to help the spirit of the holiday season along.
[MBS] Advent 20: Decorate
Dec. 5th, 2009 03:34 pmLooking around the flat that had seemed so spacious before they started hanging greenery and lights but was now starting to resemble some parody of what Santa's living room might look like, Adam was forced to admit it was possible he and Peter had gone a bit--just a bit, mind you--overboard with the decorations.
