Philip's P.O.V

I put Theo's Bag into the trunk. "There you are." I said. "Thanks Philip." Theo said, smiling. Damn. She has one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen. "No problem Theo. I can't wait to meet your mom and dad." I said.

She nodded. "Can you tell me about your mom?" I said climbing into the backseat, next to her. "Well...she was really kind person. Actually, my parents have quite the love story." She responded.

"Oooh. I would love to hear it." I said, as Georges started the car. "Well my mom had another husband that she didn't actually love. My mom and dad slept together until my mom finally got a divorce with her first husband. My parents wasted no time marrying each other. Then 9 months later, Theodosia Jr was born." She said.

"Oh, so your a Jr?" I asked. "Yep. My mom was always Theodosia and I was always Theo." She responded. "I can't wait to meet your mom." I said. She fell silent. "Are you okay?" I asked.

"Well..you won't be able to meet my mom." She said. "Why not?" I asked. That was so damn rude. "Well...when I was 11 going on 12 she died of stomach cancer." She said.

"Oh mon ami i'm so sorry." Georges said. "Oh that's so said. I'm sorry." Frances said. "Yeah. That really sucks." I said, one again sounding rude. "Its fine. Its not like its your guys fault or anything." She said.

We rode the rest of the way in awkward silence. 

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We got to my parents house at around 8 : 25. We opened the door and my mom came around the corner. "Philip!" She yelled and gave me a hug. Then I heard footsteps thunder downstairs. "Philip!" The voice screamed. "Angie!" I screamed back. 

"It's great to see you again!" She said. The she broke the hug and went to hug Frances. Then she turned to Georges. "Oh, Georges your here too."  She jokingly. "Come here mon amour." He said with a laugh and they kissed. Jesus fucking Christ. I wanted to gag.

Then we went into the living room. We saw the rest of the Hamilton's. AJ , James , Johnny , William and Rachel. Then my aunt Angelica and uncle John. Then my aunt Peggy and her son Stephen Jr. But we just call him SJ.

Then the Lafayette's. My aunt Adrienne and uncle Lafayette then Anastasie Louise Pauline du Mortier de La Fayette. But she just goes by Annie. Then we have Marie Antoinette Virginie Moriter de La Fayette. But she just goes by Ginny. 

Then the Mulligans. My aunt Beth and uncle Hercules along with there son Will. He's my age but chose not to go to college. Hercules , Beth , Lafayette and Adrienne aren't actually my aunt and uncles but their more like family then just family friends.

Theo looked around in alarm. "Theo, whats the matter?" I asked. "Theo?" My mom said.

"Theo darling, is that you?" Mom said. "Eliza?!" She said. Wow. All the kids just called my mom Mrs.Hamilton. Although the Burr's daughter did always call her Eliza. Then my dad came around the corner. "Eliza, who is this?" He asked.

"Oh, mom , dad , this is Theo.." I began to say but stopped because I didn't know her last name. Theo finished for me. "Thedosia. Theodosia Burr. But just call me Theo." She said reaching out to shake my mom and dad's hand.

"The Burr's daughter?" My dad said and you could pretty much hear his eye roll. "Alexander, be kind to this young lady! It's not like she chose for her father to be Aaron Burr." My mom said to my dad. "Philip said he would bring me to dad's. I guess he just wanted to stop here." Theo said.

"Oh yeah. I'll take her back there." I said. "Alright, be back soon." Mom said. "Wait Philip!" Angie called. "Can I come with you and Theo? We have a lot of catching up to do!" Angie said with a smile.

Theo and Angie were really close as kids despite the 2 year age difference. Angie was really sad when Theo and her dad stopped coming. "Yeah sure. Come on." I said. "Gorges, i'm taking your car!" I called back.

He tossed me the keys. "Don't destroy it." 

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Theo paused her and Angie conversation. "Turn into the driveway." She said. I of course did that and she said "Okay i'm gonna get my dads gift." 

Angie followed me up to the door. I knocked on it. Mr.Burr opened the door. "Merry Christmas s-" I began to say he cut me off. "Your Hamilton's son and daughter, right? Peter and Angela?" He said.

"Yes sir. But our names a Merry Christmas Mr.Burr!" I said. "You trying to be in the holly jolly spirit or something?" He then looked back at Theo  who was grabbing his present. "Did you seriously bring your girlfriend?" 

"You have a beautiful daughter Mr.Burr, but she isn't my girlfriend." I said. "Daughter?" He said, sounding surprised. Theo came over and handed the present to Mr.Burr. "Merry Christmas dad."

"Oh..Theo...come in." He said and Theo went inside. "Thank you Hamilton. Also, merry Christmas." He said as he closed the door in my face. Angie scoffed. "Rude, much."

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So we get back home and I see my grandpa Washington and grandma Martha. They aren't my actual grandparents but there the closest thing I have to that on my dad's side. My dad's father left when he was 10 and his mother died when he was 12 or 13 so I of course never met them.

My youngest sister , Rachel , is actually named after my dad's mom. The grandparents that I know are Catherine and Philip Schuyler. Fun fact : I was named after my grandfather. But moving on. All the boys were just kinda talking about politics and shit while the women were serving the food.

After all the food was served, we all sat down for this tradition. Every Christmas Eve we all spend a huge dinner together and all spend the night at the Hamilton house. Everyone around is just making small talk. Then aunt Angelica brought something up.

"Philip, you  wanna here a story about your aunt Peggy?" She said. "Yeah sure." I respond. Every year aunt Angelica or my mom always tells me a dumb story about my aunt Peggy. 

"This happened when Peggy wanted to get married. So dad didn't want her to marry the Stephen guy and so she choose to sneak out of her room just to marry him. Then they ended up having one child and getting a divorce." She said. "Oh shut up Angelica! Come on...I thought ti would work out at the time." Peggy said.

Then there was a knock on the door. "Alexander, can you get that?" My mom asked. "On it Eliza." He said. He walked over and opened the door. I heard an unfamiliar voice.  "Hello Mr.Hamilton. I'm so sorry to bother you at ho-" The woman began to say but dad shut the door right in her face.

He came to sit back down and everyone started at him. "Dad, who was that?" William asked."Don't worry about it kiddo." Dad responded. Mom got up and I chose to follow. She opened the door.

"Oh my god...you must be Eliza." She said. "Yes..and who are you?" Mom asked. "Maria Reynolds." The woman responded. Moms mouth pretty much dropped to the floor. "So..your Maria Reynolds." 

A young woman came out from behind Mrs.Reynolds. "Oh my god..hi Philip." She said. Oh shit that was Susan. "Hey Susan." I said as Angie , dad , aunt Angelica and Peggy came over. 

"This is Maria Reynolds. Your gonna pay for what you did." My aunt Angelica said walking up to Mrs.Reynolds. "Angelica, don't worry about it. I forgave him a long time ago. Just don't worry about it." My mom said.

"So Philip, this is the Susan girl?" Angie asked. "Yeah." I respond. "I just came to apologize for what happened and to say merry Christmas Mrs.Hamilton." Maria said. "No please! No need to apologize. Y'know what it's Christmas. Do you want some dinner?" My mom said.

"Are you sure? I don't want to be anymore of a burden to y-" 

"I insist! Please come in, Maria. And is Susan your daughter?" My mom asked. "Yes. I suppose we can come in. Thank you very much Mrs.Hamilton." Maria thanked. "Please, just call me Eliza." Mom said as she lead Susan and Maria in.

Maria and Susan sat across from me and Angie.  Angie was already making small talk with Susan and they seemed to be getting on well. Not gonna lie, so far this is one of the best Christmas' I've had so far.

After eating dinner what all the offspring does is set up sleeping bags in the living room and "wait for Santa" 

Now , of course , most of us are old enough to know Santa isn't real but some of my siblings , Johnny , William and Rachel still believe in good old Santa Claus so we still do it just to keep the magic alive or something.

But I feel like even if all of us had grown out of ti we still would have done because its just tradition or some shit like that. Although, for the most part we spend all night on our phones or just talking. Rachel was cuddling with Susan and most of the time the people will push off my little sister but surprisingly Susan had no objections.

But also Frances and Susan were cuddling. Not gonna lie the three of them looked like a married lesbian couple and Rachel was there daughter. But that's not the case. Oh well. I think I ship it.

(A/N : author-chan returns. so like yeah- I just kind winged it here. Also, real quick fun fact : apparently X-mas was illegal in America until 1836 because it was considered a pagan holiday. I don't know if thats true or not though. also, if you celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa , hope you were still able to enjoy this. )