1. Mistletoe was excited when her parents allowed her to cut the cake herself,
she took a giant slice, her father warned that she’ll make herself sick but he
didn’t try to stop her from eating it, in fact he looked rather amused.

3. The next day the Winter parents celebrated a double birthday.

4. They gained a few lines around their mouths.

5. But Claus and Regan remained very much in love.

6. They were followed by Feliz becoming a child. Her features more closely resembled
her father’s.

7. To celebrate all the birthdays, the house was remodeled. The living room
was extended, the master bedroom moved and the kitchen was extended as
well.

8. Claus invited his father and brother over the next day so that they could see the
new house and meet the now older children. Claus especially wanted Rudolph to
meet his uncle. Candy had died a while ago and her husband and son were in
mourning so Claus thought it would be good to get them out of the house.

9. Ice stared up at his grandfather in wonder, he was completely entranced by how
much his father looked like the old man. “Let me guess, you’re Ice?” Jack asked.
“He seems pretty normal to me.”
“He does right now.” Claus said.

10. Ice proved to be as sociable as his father was at his age, as he got everyone
present involved in a giant game of tag.

11. Noel and his niece became instant friends.

12. Later Jack Winter’s sons gathered in front of the TV. Noel told his big brother
about how interesting his daughter was causing the two to laugh. Then Noel
went on about how their father was getting down in age. The two discussed
Noel keeping Agnes’ house, Noel saying that it wouldn’t be right Claus
insisting that Noel grew up in the house just like he and Snowy did. In the
end the two agreed that Mistletoe would move in with Noel.

13. Noel met Rudolph and Feliz. “Wow, I have two beautiful nieces and Rudy, nice hair
kid.”

14. Behind them Ice socialized with Chauncy and Navidad played alone on the floor.

15. Claus had so much fun with his family the night before, that the next day he
suggested a day at the beach. The kids immediately started cheering. Regan
smiled knowingly, Claus was hopelessly in love with each of his children, raising
five kids was stressful but now he was seeing that it was well worth it. Given the
chance to live his life over, Claus knew that he would change nothing, not even
his mother’s death.

16. They had a long day together, chatting, playing games and fishing. Regan was sure
her children would sleep well that night.

17. Navidad had started wailing around midday, he had fun but now his stomach was
full and he was all played out so he wanted to sleep. The other children groaned,
Regan looked at Claus, “Fine, you can stay a little longer with Daddy, I’ve got to go
start dinner and get things together for Navi’s birthday.”

18. The beach was just behind their house, so one by one the Winters started making
their way home.

19. Navidad looked around at his family after his mother helped him to blow out
his candles.

20. He grew into a blond haired, light skinned Regan.

21. Jack invited himself over and grabbed a slice of cake. He had not been feeling
well lately, he hid his illness from his children, not wanting them to worry. He
had resolved to spend the little time he had left enjoying his grandchildren.

22. Ice was Jack’s biggest fan, he told his granddad that when he grew up he
would be just like Jack and his daddy. Jack hoped that the boy wouldn’t be
just like him.

23. The back-to-back birthdays continued the next day when Ice hopped out of bed and
started glittering.

25. A few days later Noel came over with a bit of bad news. Jack had died that
morning, apparently the man had gone to bed and never gotten up.

26. Claus’ kids loved their uncle Noel, they stopped whatever they were doing to give
him their attention. He always had the best stories and unlike other adults seemed
interested in what they had to say.

27. Rudulph was quite pleased when his uncle took the time to hang out with him
alone. He saw his siblings’ envious looks and nearly grinned.

28. And Noel couldn’t leave without hailing Mistletoe who started talking about
how excited she was to be moving into her grandmother’s house.

29. Soon it was birthday time again. This time Rudolph became a teenager.

30. He and Ice became very competitive. It became clear that Rudy was the family’s bad
boy much to his cop of a father’s displeasure.

31. With no more babies and more
teenagers in the house, it was time for
everyone to have their own space.
The master bedroom and two smaller
bedrooms were downstairs. Three larger
bedrooms and a new bathroom were
placed upstairs.

32. Claus stared at his two eldest sons. Today at work he nearly had a heart attack
when he got an email from his dead father. Basically the email said that Jack
was proud of his son and that the Winter Legacy must go on. The email further
outlined Jack’s rules to heirship, the number one rule was that the heir had to
be a male. He looked at his sons, one was insane, the other was probably going
to be locked away. But he had until Mistletoe was ready to leave the nest
before he had to choose an heir. In addition to his father’s stipulations, Claus
had his own mission for the heir.