AN: Thanks to everyone… our Beta, pre-reader, those that brought us the Mistletoe Contest, and most of all you. Merry Christmas!

Now let's wrap their story up…


Edward and Bella, two years later

This will be the first year the annual Cullen Christmas party isn't taking place. Everyone in Forks understands even though they'll miss it.

The Cullens and Swans have something much more important to do.

In Seattle, the family gathers around a tiny bundle swaddled in a Christmas blanket.

Holly Noel Cullen was born four days before, disappointing her mother's hopes for a Christmas baby.

No one is too upset about her being impatient to come out though. Her grandparents can't get enough of her. Uncle Emmett is completely enthralled. His new wife Angela, after a whirlwind courtship, has her own secret Christmas gift for him, the gift that they'll be parents, too, by next Christmas.

And Holly's parents … they're over the moon.

The love they feel for this tiny being is almost unreal. Even the love they have for each other, which is already overwhelming and legendary, has grown due to this momentous occasion.

Later, after everyone has left, the two parents look down at the angel in her mother's arms and know how blessed they are.

"Bella, thank you so much for her."

She kisses her husband softly and gently runs a fingertip down her daughter's cheek. "Thank you, Edward, for a lifetime."

That night, as the couple creeps up to the nursery to lay their sweet baby down, they notice something.

They look at each other and smile, knowing her grandmothers have been here and brought with them one of the best gifts ever.

Because hanging above the beautifully decorated crib, perfectly placed, is their very own sprig of mistletoe.


Thank you all so much for the sweet reviews we've received for this Holiday tale. Thank you for reading it here first or even the second time. We can't express how happy your words make us!

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