Advent 2021, Day 17: Frank & Marta

 

Frank: I'm hoping there will be chocolate truffles behind today's door.

Or maybe toffee?  Or maybe fudge, or maybe...

Marta: Frank, it's not that kind of Advent calendar.

Frank: Oh, I guess I'm...well, whatever.

Marta: >Sigh< Just open the door.

Frank: Oh sure, be right behind the cake.  

The calendar is teasing me.

Frank: Huh, it's a...er...well...

Marta: >Sigh< Let me see.

Frank: Nope, nothing to eat there.

Marta: >Sigh< I can put it together.

Marta: It's the cart Harry uses to transport his stuff at the train station.

Marta: We'll put Hedwig, the book, and the ticket on the cart.

Now Harry looks like he's ready to go to Hogwarts!

Frank: Yeah, great.  Y'know, I'm sure I saw some candy canes

in the kitchen.  Be right back...

Marta: >Sigh<

Advent 2021, Day 16: BR & Pete Dakota

Pete Dakota: Hi, um, interesting holiday outfit there.

BR: Cut me some slack; I was at the workbench, working on my motorcycle.

I'll change into something more Christmassy later.

BR: Sorry, the winterizing is not going as smoothly as I'd hoped.

I'm a little frayed.  Hi back.

Pete: It's okay.

BR: So, what day are we anyway?

Pete: We're Day 16.  There's the door; by the church.

Pete: Aw, it's just a collection of things. Nothing to snap together.  Drat.

BR: Well, after the day I've had, that's probably a good thing.

Let's see what we've got...

Pete: It's Harry's owl Hedwig, a ticket to Platform 9¾, 

a wizard trading card, and a chocolate frog.

BR: Let's place Hedwig with Harry on the Gringotts cart.

Pete: And we'll leave the other items here. I'll bet Day 17 is something related.

BR: Only 9 days 'til Christmas, buddy!

Pete: I can't wait!

Advent 2021, Day 15: Rolf und Pamela

 

Rolf: Erm, Herr Potter?

Pamela: No, Rolf, it's Harry Potter.

Rolf: Ach, Herr E. Potter.

Pamela: Uh no, it's...oh, never mind.

Rolf: I open door?

Pamela: Ja--I mean, yes.  Please open the door.

Rolf: Meine Güte!

Pamela: It looks easy enough to put together.

Pamela: There we are.

A book, Harry's wand, and a wand box.

Rolf: I haff no idea vhat these are.

Pamela: Maybe you and Nicholas should read the series together.

Rolf: We put down on number 15 on play mat.

Pamela: Whoever gets to open Day 17 will add to this scene, it appears.

Rolf: Now we drink the hot schokolade, ja?

Pamela: Ja. Best idea all day.

Advent 2021, Day 14: Kaveh & Ann Marie

 

Kaveh: Hey!  We match!

Ann Marie: I'm pretty sure that's a sign we should open today's door.

Kaveh: Makes sense to me.

Ann Marie: Here's the door, right on the end.

Kaveh: What is it?

Ann Marie: We'll know when we've snapped it together.

Ann Marie: Why, it's Harry's gold bars and coins treasure!

Kaveh: You know, Harry Potter, the true treasure is the friends

you made along the way of your adventures.

Ann Marie: Whatever, Kaveh.

Ann Marie: Now, if we put the vault door in front of the treasure...

Ann Marie: Then we put the goblin and his key in front of the vault door...

Kaveh: It looks like the goblin has opened the vault for Harry!

Well-reasoned, Ann Marie.

Ann Marie: Not just a pretty face.

Advent 2021, Day 13: Valerie & Duncan

 

Duncan: What if we can't find the day? What if there's nothing behind the door?

What if some pieces are missing, or we can't figure out how to put them together?

Valerie: Good Grief, this is meant to be fun, you know.

Duncan: >Sigh< At least I found it.

Valerie: Careful, it might explode!

Duncan: Aaahhh!

Valerie: Kidding!

Duncan: I'm not sure what it is--there is an awful lot of pieces.

Valerie: It's a vault door!  How cool; the door swings open and closed.

Valerie: How about that.  Not a missing piece or even an explosion in sight.

Duncan: >Whew!< I'd've hated to report mission failure to Rhoda.

Advent 2021, Day 12: Daphne & Dan Ryan

 

Dan Ryan: So, ma'am, ready to open today's door on the Advent calendar?

Daphne: First of all, I'm going to ignore the whole 'ma'am' thing because I know

that secretly you're madly in love with me and that's the only way you can keep it in check.

Dan Ryan: Wait, what?!?

Daphne: Never mind.  I'll open today's prize.

Dan Ryan: Nice job, ma'am...er, Daphne.

Daphne: I heard that.  Let's get to putting it together.

Daphne: It's the cart the goblins take to get to the underground

bank vaults.  >Sigh< I'm starting to sympathize with Holly Belle.

Dan Ryan: The cart goes here, on the track on the play mat.

So, tell me ma'am, why doesn't Holly Belle like the Advent calendar?

Does she have something against Harry Potter?

Daphne: She likes Harry Potter well enough.  She was just a bit miffed that 

Dads bought the calendar without consulting her first.

You know Holly Belle; she likes to be in charge!

Dan Ryan: Or at least think she is.

Daphne: Yeah, that too.

Advent 2021, Day 11: Logan & Frederick

 

Logan: Wouldn't it be fun to open all the doors?

Frederick: That would be kind of naughty!

Logan: Well, maybe.  But it would still be extremely fun.

Frederick: The other kids wouldn't like it one bit.

Logan: Only because they didn't think of it first.

Frederick: Umm, let's just stick with today's door.

Logan: Alright, alright.  Have it your way.

Frederick: I think it's a goblin!

Logan: What's the key for?

Frederick: It's to open the bank vaults.

Logan: He looks like he knows how to have fun...jut sayin'.

Frederick: >Sigh< We'll place him at his teller desk.

Logan: You know, one day I'm going to get us into trouble 

and you're going to love every minute of it!