It is the evening after Thanksgiving, and as all around the town of Fairbush people were shopping, making merry and just enjoying the official start of Christmas season and in her warm home Amalia, the Good Witch was preparing her Christmas shopping list.
Amalia the Good Witch is... Well she's is a Good Witch, with a capital G. And right now she's laid out on the carpet in her hall with her notebook, fresh from her shower, christmas music playing softly, biting her pen as she calculates the raw materials she needs to start prepping for the christmas orders.
She feels a familiar tugging sensation inside her and she gets up, The sun's about to set.
Amalia gets up and walks to the back door, to watch the sunset. It's a routine she got into when she started on her 18th birthday when she started her journey to be a witch and now at 25 she still kept it. In fact, one of the reasons she chose to live in Fairbush was that the air was clear and pure enough that she could see the sun rise and fall with her naked eye.
As she stands in the doorway watching the sun slip into the horizon, She can't help but feel a melancholy deep inside her heart. As christmas approaches the nights gets longer and the day shorter and her power as a Good Witch which comes from the Sun wanes in the season when she needs all the power she could get to fight the winter blues.
As the sun sets, someone knocks on the door.
Once, Amalia turns around and heads to the front door.
Twice, She realizes something is off, whoever is knocking is not banging on the door but she can hear a clear knocking sound all the way to the back.
Thrice, She almost falls down at the power released with the third knock, While she is a Witch of considerable power, she wouldn't have this much power even when she's a few centuries old.
Amalia, gathers her courage and slowly opens her door staying inside the safety of her threshold and sees a man standing on her porch, white beard,Tall, 6ft at least and large dressed in an immaculate white suit with a red shirt paired with a green tie which has Christmas trees on it, He wore an intricate lapel pin wrought as a snowflake.
Amalia's first thought is to laugh at this modern hipster Santa, But the power in the air killed any humor she found in the situation.
"Good Evening, Amalia," the stranger said. And she looked into his eyes black no blue, dark ice blue of peaks where the sun doesn't shine, where the cold cuts flesh from bones.
She responds, "Good Evening...?"
"Please, Call me Kringle." He smiles and the ice in his eyes turns warm, the color of ice in the lake when children play, the color of snow where couples joust and the old men drink warm coffee as they relive the past days.
Amalia feels the truth in his words "Good Evening, Sir. How may I help you?"
"I came here my dear, to offer you a gift, an opportunity." He continued "It would be better to discuss this inside. May I come in?"
Amalia hesitated "I welcome you into my home, to share in the warmth I offer. Please enter." she steps back not turning away from him.
Kringle his eyes dancing, "Thank you, for the warmth offered." And he steps forward into her home.
He takes a seat on the couch and Amalia sits on the carpet cross-legged.
"Twilight will end soon, Amalia so let me be brief, You know who I am?"
Amalia nods, a little shocked at having Santa, No Kringle sitting on her couch.
"Christmas season has begun, And you little witch intend to help those for whom this is not a season of joy." He stretches his hand towards her notebook and the book flies up into his hands. "Hmmm, Items of protection, Potions of Joy, Peace, and Lust."
She can hear the laughter in the last word. "Joy comes in many forms." She snaps as she snatches her book back. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" she asks firmly trying to hide her embarrassment.
"As I said, I came here to give you a gift, An opportunity If you chose to accept it."
"I'm listening," Amalia replies wishing she took the time to get dressed in anything but the pajamas and shirt she was wearing just for the little confidence boost she would draw from them.
"Tonight, Is the first night of christmas season. All around the world people are awakening to its spirit, to me. Their wishes, give me power. Their joy, give me power. Their laughter, give me power." he paused "Do you understand what that means, Little Witch."
"Umm, You have a ton of power?" she replies.