#winterfete

Leia sighed, knowing that it wouldn’t do any good fighting Han on the issue.  She was already here, pushing her way through the snow in the cold.  At least this better be worth it, she thought to herself as she pulled her scarf tighter around her face and pushed on.

Han made his way up a small incline, the surrounding trees thinning out in a small clearing and stopped.  In front of him was a perfect tree- it met all of the requirements he had envisioned- tall, full, lush and green.  And there it sat in all it’s majestic glory just waiting to be brought back home with them.

“There it is!” Han exclaimed, his voice brimming with excitement that Leia had rarely heard from him before, and never about something as simple as a fete tree

Leia caught up to Han, who was still entranced by his perfect find.  She shook the snow from her coat, patting her gloved hand against the heavy down to free the snowflakes that had collected on her sleeves. She looked up at the tree and studied it for a moment.  The top of it towered above them, it’s branches reaching up towards the gray clouds.        

“Isn’t it a little big?”  Leia asked, still trying to figure out why this particular tree was the one that had captured Han’s attention.  They had already walked past dozens of perfectly fine, and much more manageable sized, trees.

“It’s not big” Han shrugged, his confidence wavering a bit.  “It’s just full”.

Leia reached out her arm, pointing to the very top of the tree with a gloved finger.  “That thing wouldn’t even fit on the Falcon!”   

Han looked at the tree again, pride and awe returning as he took in how breathtaking the tree really was.  “It’s not going on the Falcon, sweetheart.  It’s going in our living room”.

Leia sighed and gave Han a look from the corner of her eyes.  It was a beautiful tree, despite it’s size.  It reminded her of the ones that had decorated the palace on Alderaan when she was a child, always draped in lights and garland with hundreds of sparkling ornaments tucked into the branches.  She just had never imagined having a palace sized tree in their very non-palace sized apartment.  She stepped towards Han, his arm wrapping around her shoulders as he pulled her close to his side.