A/N: Merry Christmas (and any other holiday my readers celebrate) my readers. I love this time of year and thought I would give the gift of a story of our favorite series. Not going to Lie, I actually started this about two years ago. I was going to post it last year, but an incident put me in the dumps and delayed any writing. So, the inspiration for this story was from when I was a kid and one year my friend let me celebrate Hanukkah with her family, and the solstice with another one. It got me to thinking of how great it is to have so many lovely holidays this time year and instead of hate, let's celebrate. Figured the crew may have experienced something similar. Merry Christmas and here is our tale.
As the air on Lothal became crisper, the Crew knew that they were going to experience their first winter in Lothal; and the winter season meant the Galaxy would soon be celebrating Life Day. A day of gift exchange and family gatherings. Even the Empire seemed less hostile during the holiday season. This made it the perfect time for the crew to take the day off and enjoy the holiday as the family they are.
Zeb had brought it upon himself to find a Life day tree to place in the common room of the Ghost, had it trimmed and ready to decorate. Sabine used all her artistic skills to decorate the wreaths and spray painted the Life Day Orbs with vibrant colors that illuminated the room when the lights were dimmed. Kanan and Hera had got all the food they would need for the special day, excited to cook their holiday meal together. Even Chopper found some traditional music on the HoloNet and had it playing for the whole week. Everyone in the crew was getting into the Life Day spirit; that was except for the youngest Specter.
In fact, when the crew began decorating the Ghost, Ezra looked at them all in confusion. When Zeb brought the tree in he looked up at like he thought it was the oddest thing ever. As Sabine painted the orbs, he merely shrugged his shoulders and walked away; unintentionally hurting Sabines feels as she though the boy just was not impressed by them.
As Ezra came into the kitchen, he saw the mess of food and wreaths all over the place as Kanan and Hera seemed rather jolly in spite of the clutter around them. Hera saw the perplexed Padawan looking at everything around the ship. Hera figured Ezra had not expected them to celebrate Life Day. So, Hera got up and grabbed a wreath she had made.
"Ezra, can you help me hang this Life Day wreath over the doorway?" Hera asked as she got a hook ready.
That was when Ezra piped up his shocking question, "Life Day?" Ezra's eyes light up, "Oh, it's a holiday, right?"
Hera was a little shocked, "Life day… you've celebrated Life Day, right?"
Ezra just shook his head.
This too took Kanan by surprise as he turned from the veggies he was cutting to sense the boy was indeed as oblivious to the holiday as he looked to be
"Everyone celebrates Life Day though." Kanan pointed out.
"Not on Lothal I guess." Ezra reasoned rather casually.
This made both Kanan and Hera rather upset that Ezra said this. If Ezra was this confused about the holiday, it means he never has celebrated Life Day, and that was rather sad. Ezra noticed Hera's saddened face and smiled as he told her, "But that means you guys can show me how you guys celebrate, it will be my first Life Day ever and with you guys. It will be great."
Hera smiled at this remark. Ezra though was unaware that Kanan and Hera had the wheels turning in their heads, as they began to think of how to make Ezra's first Life Day, the best one.
"Wait, so Ezra has never celebrated Life Day, at all!?" Sabine exclaimed with gloom in her voice during the meeting with the Crew (minus Ezra who was at the market getting 'supplies').
Kanan just shook his head, "That's what he claims. Just doesn't make sense though, every planet celebrates Life Day."
Zeb shrugged his shoulders a bit as he reasoned, "Maybe he just doesn't remember celebrating it. The kid was only seven when his parents were taken."
"Ezra should remember before that though," Sabine pointed out.
"Unless he blocked it out," Kanan stated the possibility.
"You think he did that?" Hera wonders with concern for her youngest Specter.
Kanan shrugged his shoulders as he stated, "Sometimes during hard times, to remember good times can be painful. Ezra could have just blocked past Life Day's out, so he could focus on surviving.
This made the whole crew rather sad about the whole ordeal; thinking of how Ezra blocked out such a wonderful time of year. In addition to how many Life Day's Ezra missed out on because he was on the streets.
"Poor thing," Hera showed her sorrow for the youngest member. The Twi'lek then got determined "But that's why we are going to do everything that has to do with Life Day this year. So, Ezra knows how much fun it is."
"If that's the case then I'm designing more orbs," Sabine smiled gleefully as she went to get her paint.
"That's the spirit," Hera praised, "I'm going to prep up the food so it's ready to cook tomorrow."
"Looks like we're on wrapping then," Kanan pointed out to Zeb as he got the supplies from the closet
Zeb sighed in annoyance, "I just got done ripping the tap off my fur." Zeb complained.
"Less complaining, more wrapping," Kanan ordered as he chuckled at recalling the Lasat yelping at the tape fiasco.
Ezra walked around the marketplace of Lothal with certain matches in mind. When he heard Hera talk about this Life Day holiday, he decided to share his holiday with the crew; The Star Light Festival. The Kid had even gotten what he thought was the perfect present for the crew. As the young teen walked around the town, he saw a multitude of happy families walking around in merriment. Ezra admired the carefully crafted candles the people of Lothal had made, all carefully placed inside the families painted lanterns as they waited for the night where they would all fly into the sky to join the stars. Ezra smiled happily; not only was this his first Life Day holiday, but it was also the crew's first Star Light Festival. The best part of all of this was that this was the first holiday season in a long time he would not be alone. Ezra's past holiday experience has been all about survival. Ezra remembered just a year ago, he saw families being happy and singing songs, and he himself feeling envy for them. Now though he had a place to call home, and people he cared about. That was why Ezra spend day's creating the perfect candle for the crew to launch into the air; he now had it cooling in the kitchen. Ezra had hidden it behind some dishes, so the crew would be surprised by the multitude of colors (something he was sure Sabine would appreciate). All he needed was a long match to light up the candle, so the lantern could launch into the air. Ezra had found exactly what he needed and was full of glee at the moment. Ezra was genuinely stoked because this holiday season was going to be the best one in a long time.
Kanan smiled as he began to wrap the presents for the crew. Ezra's, in particular, was his favorite. It took some doing but he was able to make Ezra his own lightsaber hilt he could put on his belt. Kanan had made sure it was big enough to fit the hybrid saber and even had pockets for explosives as well.
Kanan was about to get the scissors out of the draw in the kitchen when he accidentally knocked over some dishes, breaking three items in the process. Silent for a moment, Kanan made sure Hera wasn't going to come rushing in to see the mess; letting out a sigh of relief when no one came, Kanan quickly swept up the mess and dumped it into the trash, hurrying to wrap the gifts.
Soon as the crew had everything ready. Well almost.
"I'm going to see if Ezra can pick up some more life orbs at the market." Sabine pointed out as she finished setting her newest tie-dyed orbs around the ship. Before the Mandalorian could get the commlink, Zeb shot up from where he sat.
"No, I'll go get them. Anything to get out of the wrapping," Zeb volunteered as he yanked at least a foot of it off his fur.
Before anyone could object, Zeb raced to grab his jacket and walked out towards the tiny town they were near. Zeb was just about half a click out of the town when Zeb spotted Ezra coming out of town.
"Hey kid, get what you needed,"
Ezra smiled at his backpack with his hidden supplies, "Found them. But why are you heading to town, I could have gotten whatever you needed." Ezra pointed out.
"Nah, Sabine and Hera needed more Life Day orbs and I just wanted to get out of decorating.
What Zeb said resulted in Ezra laughing a bit.
"What's so funny?" Zeb asked, confused by the what was so comical with what he said.
"Zeb, there is no Life orbs in the market," Ezra revealed.
Zeb was dumbfounded, "There has to be, Life day is in two days"
That was when Ezra let him in on the joke, "Lothal doesn't celebrate Life Day."
As the two boys got back to the Ghost, Ezra saw the lights dimmed and saw the lights from the orbs illuminating in the common room.
Ezra was stupefied by all the colors that shimmered in the room, "Wow, this is amazing,"
"Isn't it!" Sabine agreed from behind the other teen, startling the teen a bit. Sabine continued.
"I got some more of the orbs decorated."
"How many do we need?" Ezra questioned jokingly.
"As many as we need to make sure we celebrate. Speaking of which Zeb where are the ones you got?"
"There aren't any," Zeb stated bluntly.
"Zeb-," Sabine was going to berate before Ezra interfered.
"Sabine, Lothal doesn't do Life Day. Finding a Life Orb on Lothal is like finding a pool on Tatooine"
Sabine was shocked, before she calmly asked, "What?"
At that moment, Hera and Kanan entered the room. The two noticed the unnatural silence in the room.
"What, Chopper got your tongue?" Kanan joked as they entered the room only to be elbowed playfully by Hera.
"Lothal doesn't acknowledge Life Day," Zeb told the two.
Ezra then clarified, "It's not that we don't acknowledge it. It's just a minor holiday compared to the Star Light Festival.
"The what?" Kanan questioned.
Ezra had to explain it "The Star Light Festival; it's a holiday where the people of Lothal celebrate the stars. People make candles and lanterns to light them up to launch into the sky. That's why I went to town." Ezra took his bag off his back and showed the crew the long matches.
"It's to light the candle I made. I figured if you guys are showing me what you celebrate, thought I'd show you guys what I celebrate."
Sabine smiled at the teen, "That sounds fair,"
"So, you light a candle and place it in a lantern?" Hera questioned as she was curious about this new holiday
Ezra smiled wide as he told them, "Everyone does, and tonight before midnight everyone will launch their lanterns in the sky. It looks amazing.
"Does sound pretty cool," Sabine stated as she thought "Wait, so you make the candle?"
Ezra smiled with pride as he headed to the kitchen, "Yeah, it's a tradition. I made the lantern a few weeks ago, and the candle…"
Ezra's grin faded as he lost his train of thought as he looked around the side of the sink.
As the other's entered the kitchen, they noticed Ezra looking all around the sink area.
"What are you looking for?" Zeb asked, reflecting his and the other's concern when Ezra began to show worry in his search.
"Have you guys seen a candle? It has a lot of colors, I left it by the sink to cool off."
As Ezra looked for his missing candle, Kanan realized that Ezra wasn't going to find it in one piece.
As Ezra reached the trash bin, Kanan thought quickly and stood in Ezra's of the bin.
"Ezra, I saw it and I put it in the storage closest in the loading dock. Why don't you go get it, so you can show us?"
"Hmm, okay. I'll be right back." Ezra said as he went to get his items.
Once Kanan was sure his padawan was gone, he went to the trash and dumped it out
"Kanan!" Hera freaked, "What in forces-,"
Hera then saw Kanan hold the multi-colored broken bits. The man held up twine that had broken bits of wax stuck around it.
Kanan felt the heat of troubled stares from the others on him.
Kanan looked up and tried to defend himself, "I knocked over some dishes, it was an accident, I didn't know it was there."
"Kanan!" Hera was worried about how the youngest member would react.
Kanan then went to a draw and found the glue, "I can fix this."
"You broke the candle that Ezra probably spend day's on, into a million pieces," Zeb pointed out rather darkly, "How can you fix this?"
"With a lot of glue and the force," Kanan stated, trying to assure himself it was going to be okay.
"So, what will happen when Ezra doesn't find the candle in the cargo bay closet?" Sabine asked cunningly.
As Kanan laid the pieces out on the table he ordered Zeb and Sabine, "Just, distract him; Tell him about the orbs."
Sabine just rolled her eyes as she headed to the cargo bay, knowing there was no way it was going to work. But Zeb and she had to try to make Ezra's first Life Day as well as it was going to be.
As the two made their way to the cargo bay, Hera tried to reason with Kanan,
"If you just tell him it was an accident-,"
"I can fix this!" Kanan argued a little distraught, "If Ezra finds out then this could really dampen his Life Day Experience. Now pass me the glue please." Kanan ordered as he used the force to pick up pieces to try to match them together like a puzzle
Hera could tell she wasn't going to change his mind, so she got the glue; with the back of her mind almost hopeful they can fix the candle.
Ezra had just made his way to the cargo bay when Zeb leaped from behind him to stand right in his way.
"Hey Ezra, hey…Ezra." Zeb said rather awkwardly with a big and slightly creepy grin.
"Hey," Ezra replied, rather confused as to why Zeb was grinning so much.
"What are you up to?" Zeb asked as he leaned in the doorway that was supposed to be casual.
"To get the candle, like I said I was going to get," Ezra said as he tried to get past Zeb, only to have his hand grabbed by Sabine.
"We just thought before you go get it, maybe we could show you more of the orbs I designed."
"Can't that wait?" Ezra wondered,
"Oh yeah it can, we can wait to get the candle later. I want to show you what happens when the orbs spin."
"Ummm…okay," Ezra remarked, it did sound cool.
"Great let's go," Zeb insisted as Sabine lead the way, and the Lasat took the rear. Ezra was confused about why there were acting in such a way but figured it was in the name of the holiday, so he went along with it. Though the kid could not help but sense that something bad was going on.
Kanan never enjoyed puzzles, even when he was a child. Kanan was more for exploring and playing games than putting cut up pieces back together. Now Kanan wished he had a knack for it. It seemed like there were a million wax pieces around him, every piece looked exactly the same. Kanan knew he should start with the edge pieces, but it was hard to figure out which ones were which.
"Try to work on the edge pieces and work inwards," Hera thought as she herself was trying to get the pieces together."
"I'm trying Hera!" Kanan exclaimed, rather frustrated from not only his lack of skill in the puzzling matter but his own clumsiness at getting him in this position in the first place.
Hera sighed as she tried once more to reason with the man, "Ezra would understand if you told him what happened, and I'm sure we can make another one with him before tonight."
Kanan though seemed to not hear a word Hera said as he finally got two pieces together.
"AHA! YES! We are getting somewhere," Kanan exclaimed.
Hera was baffled that her love just zoned her out.
"Kanan!" she hollered to get his attention. The man looked up and saw that Hera was angry and gulped. The woman continued, "Did you even hear what I said?"
Kanan got back to his task as he told her, "You don't understand."
Hera seemed more irked then before, "then make me understand."
Kanan looked up and saw the concern in Hera's eyes.
Kanan sighed as he explained to her, "At the temple, I had the best time celebrating Life Day. We all gathered and had a big feast, played games with the fellow students, and the masters would reenact battles and stories while we all watched."
Hera smiled as Kanan recalled such a good time, but then saw his smile fade as he pointed out, "But after the order happened, I had to accept that Life day was never going to be the same, but I never imagined how lonely it would be. I think that year it really hit me how not only things were different but, that I was alone. That had to be what Ezra went through all those Life Day or Star Light Festivals alone."
"Aww, Kanan," Hera replied as she hugged him, who returned the hug and smiled wide and cheered.
"Hey, I found another one!" Kanan shouted.
Hera smiled as Kanan was determined to fix things just so his padawan would have a good holiday with the crew. Hera then got to help him match the wax pieces together to fix Ezra's candle.
In the common room, Sabine set up the life orbs, so they would spin when activated, and when they did it was so magical. In the dimly lit room, Ezra was memorized by all the colors and lights that was shown. With all the multitude of colors dancing around them, it was like they were in a colorful version of hyperspace. Sabine and Zeb saw how impressed Ezra was, which was good because this meant he was happily distracted by the show displayed for him.
"I got to say, Sabine, this is probably your best work by far," Ezra praised as he looked around at all the colors that illuminated off the walls.
Sabine smiled with pride, "It was nothing," she replied with as much modesty as she could.
"Are you kidding?" Ezra questioned, "it is so colorful."
Ezra then picked one up and examined the warm object as he asked, "So this whole holiday was invented by Wookie's you said?"
"Yeah," Zeb pointed out as he explained, "Originally they celebrated Life Day every three years, but since the Empire took over, people have found it best to celebrate it annually; to forget about their troubles for a bit."
Ezra smiled at the idea, "That does sound nice. So, I'm guessing by the name then they celebrate life."
Sabine then interjected, "Exactly. The Life of those we have lost, of those we have now, and of those to come. It basically a holiday to appreciate those we know and care about."
This concept Made Ezra feel all warm inside, but also made Ezra laugh a little, "That sounds super cheesy, but also super sentimental."
Zeb decided to ask, "Well what about this StarLight Festival, how did that start."
"Well…" Ezra was about to begin when he suddenly remembered, "Oh right the candle."
Ezra hopped up and raced for the cockpit closet once more.
"Zeb!" Sabine growled at the man under her voice.
"I know, I know." Zeb pointed out as they two tried to follow the teen before he discovered the truth.
With Kanan and Hera working together, they were able to glue the waxes pieces together. It took a lot of focus and hard work but when they got all the pieces together…it looked like a piece of crap.
Yes, the pieces were together, but it was obvious that some pieces were missing, and the candle seemed to be sagging at an angle. Though the two did see all the multicolor, it was hard to tell what colors they were with the glue seeping through the edges.
"Well…it's not too bad," Hera tried to fool herself.
"it's awful," Kanan admitted, "I can't have Ezra see this, he will know what happened."
"Kanan-," Hera began but was interrupted by Kanan sighed in defeat
"You were right Hera," Kanan admitted, "I need to tell him it was an accident. Maybe he'll appreciate the honesty."
Hera smiled as she assured him, "He will, and we still have a few hours before it gets dark, I bet we can make a candle before the launching.
"Huh…okay, let's go tell him."
Kanan and Hera made their way to the loading dock when saw Zeb and Sabine standing in the doorway as they saw Ezra looking in the closet.
"We distracted him for as long as we could," Sabine stated as Zeb nodded in confirmation.
Ezra looked up and saw the rest of the crew now in the doorway, "Oh Hey Kanan, I can't seem to find the candle in here. Are you sure you put it in here?"
Ezra then saw the uncomfortable looks the crew had on their face, "What's going on?"
Kanan sighed as he walked up the kid and showed him the now monstrosity that was his candle.
Ezra was silent in confusion before Kanan baffled the explanation.
"I didn't see it behind the dishes and knocked some over. The candle was behind them and you really shouldn't have hidden them behind."
"Kanan!" Hera hollered, "you are apologizing, not blaming!"
Kanan took a moment to recompose himself, "Your right," before he turned to Ezra, "I should have told you what happened, I'm"
Just then Ezra hid his face over his hand and made a noise that almost sounded like crying.
"Ah kid, it was an accident," Kanan tried to reason, "I' help you make one a better-,"
Just then Kanan realized Ezra wasn't crying, he was laughing. Ezra had moved his hand to his hair, which helped the crew see the grin on his face.
This, in turn, got the crew smiling at one another because at least the kid didn't seem mad.
"So, you are not mad about the candle," Kanan asked with a little worry.
Ezra then calmed down, "Why should I worry, I have five more."
The crew's face fell as they got this news.
"What?" Kanan questioned.
Ezra then made his way of the cargo bay, with the rest of the crew following. Hera then saw Kanan stand where he was, slightly twitching.
"I glued all those pieces and panicked for nothing?" Kanan pondered in both frustration and annoyance.
"I know Hun," Hera offered as she leads him towards the others.
"I hate puzzles," Kanan mumbled once more.
"I know."
As the couple followed the kids to Ezra's and Zeb's cabin, they saw the kid go in the closet and grab a tiny box where about five more candles laid.
"I had too much wax, so I figured I would make a bunch in case any of them broke. That one out there was the last one." Ezra explained as he took another one out and gave it to Sabine to examine.
The rest of the crew saw the multitude of colors, with a variety of blue, green, purple, and orange.
Sabine smiled as she realized what the colors meant, "This is us, isn't it?"
Ezra blushed as he nodded, "I thought it suited with the season and all." Ezra then went back into his closet as he got out the lantern, "Plus I thought it would do more justice than what I did to the lantern" The crew then saw what Ezra meant. Around the lantern where tiny stick figures holding hands. It was obliviously the crew with certain features such as Sabine's orange hair, and Hera's lekku's, but it was clear Ezra was not the most artistic.
Hera smiled at the boy, "Aww this is soo cute!" Hera exclaimed as she looked at the lantern over.
"It is?" Ezra questioned
"Yeah, it adds character," Sabine pointed out before she whispered in his ear and winked at him, "Next year though if you want I can help next year."
Ezra nodded with a grin, as he looked the holo-clock, "Oh, we should get the lantern set up for tonight."
The crew left the room, which was when Kanan saw Ezra struggled with the giant lantern and the candle, "Let me help," Kanan offered.
Ezra though kept them out of the man's reach, "Thanks Kana, but I don't want a repeat of earlier."
This earned a chuckle from the others as Zeb took the lantern to carry for the kid.
"it was an accident," Kanan pointed out once more.
Hera chuckled as she told him, "So lets it not have another one."
Kanan tried his best not to pout but couldn't help it. But laughed it off as they headed to get the lantern ready for the holiday night.
After dinner that night, the crew head out to the valley where they could launch the lantern.
Zeb then recalled earlier, "SO kid, what is the story behind this festival?
Ezra beamed as he held the candle, "Well, you guys know that a long time ago Lothal had large oceans, right?"
The crew was silent when Hera said slowly and embarrassed, "Nooo,"
Ezra chuckled a bit as he continued, "Well a long time ago there was."
Ezra then told the story as they kept trekking, "Way before the intergalactic alliance, before droid even, there was a ship full of fisherman. They went out to fish, but just a day into their journey, a massive storm came. Back then there was no technology advanced enough to get them back home. All they had was the stars to navigate."
"But it was raining," Sabine pondered, "How could they see the stars?"
"That was the problem, they couldn't, and the storm lasted for day's They couldn't find their way home, they were lost in the middle of the ocean with no hope to get back to their family."
"So, is this then like a memorial then, to honor them?" Hera asked.
"Nope, they made it back, thanks to the lanterns."
The others were a little confused, Ezra smiled more as he continued, "Their families back home were scared for their loved ones. They knew they had no hope of getting home without the stars. So, they decided, to make their own. The families made lanterns and launched them into the sky; hoping that the crew would be able to see them wherever they were. Other towns got wind of what was going on and did the same. By the end of the week, thousands of Lanterns were launched into the sky, so the crew could follow them home. Even when it seemed they would never return, they still light up the sky with the lanterns. When the storm cleared that last day, the town saw them, the whole crew had made it back to shore. The captain of the ship said that the lanterns were more beautiful than any starry night he ever saw.
The crew had to admit, that story was rather impressive."
"That is pretty neat," Zeb pointed out."
"It was. The crew was so grateful to their families and the towns for helping them in such dire time. Now every year Lothal celebrate, to honor of family, friendship, and hope."
"Now that's super cheesy but super sentimental." Sabine pointed out.
Ezra then looked at his watch and saw some other lanterns from the town over begin to launch their lanterns.
"It's time," Ezra said almost gitty with enthusiasm.
With that Kanan held up the lantern so Ezra could light it up. Before Ezra let go of the lantern, Ezra nodded for everyone to come over, "Come on, we all have to launch it."
Everyone then placed a hand on the lantern, and on the count of three, they let go. It was memorizing to not only see their lantern launch into the air but to see the thousands of lanterns go into the air.
"They kind of look like light up marshmallows," Hera giggled happily.
"ha-ha hey they kind of do," Ezra admitted.
The crew stayed where they were as they watched the many lanterns in the sky. It must have been an hour before all the lanterns were launched up so high they were gone. The crew then headed to the ship. Ezra totally content that he gave the crew a great Star Light Festival.
Ezra was in a peaceful slumber when he was interrupted by a loud roar. This made Ezra jump up as was now trying to calm his beating heart and looked up to find Zeb over him with another creepy grin.
"What the hell Zeb!" Ezra questioned with annoyance.
"Come on," Zeb said as he yanked Ezra out of their cabin and threw him into the refresher, "Get ready and meet us in the common room."
With that, Zeb closed the door and left Ezra wondering what just happened. Never-the-less, Ezra got washed and dressed for the day. Soon he made his way to the common room and was amazed by what he saw, the whole crew around the glowing tree.
"Now its out-turn kid," Kanan announced to the kid.
Ezra chuckled, "Alright, what do we do?"
"You open your present," Hera told the boy as Kanan handed him a nicely wrapped box.
Ezra looked at it with amazement, "You got me something?"
Kanan smiled as Ezra looked over the pretty wrapping."
"Everyone gets something for the holiday. Hera said as Sabine saw the variety of spray paint cans she got and squealed with joy. Ezra opened his up and saw the hilt for his lightsaber and his eyes light up.
"Oh my gosh, this is so cool!" Ezra said as he clipped it around his waist and saw how happy Kanan was at Ezra's enjoyment.
"Thank you, Kanan," Ezra replied to the man.
"Hey, it was about time we got you something for that saber."
Ezra then blushed as he rubbed the back of his neck, "I guess it makes my gift for you guys kind of lame."
The rest of the crew was shocked, "You got us a present.
Ezra then reached into his pocket and got out a data chip with a bow on it as he told them "Even the Empire likes a good festival. Found a whole bunch of their bikes outside the bar in town so I thought I'd help myself to some of their stuff I don't think they'd miss too much."
Hera in shock plugged the chip into the was amazed to find a delivery schedule of weapons to the nearby town.
"Ezra! This is amazing!" Hera exclaimed with glee.
"it is?" Ezra questioned with skepticism.
Kanan smiled, "Yeah it is! This will be a perfect way to get some credits and screw the Empire. You know when the holiday was over with."
Ezra nodded as he was happy the crew appreciated the intel they got.
The rest of the day consisted of games and food for the rest of the day. Ezra had to admit, his first Life Day was a pretty good one. The crew played some holo-chess sebacc; at wonderful food that Kanan and Hera enjoyed cooking throughout the day. Ezra was so happy that he not only got to celebrate the Star Light Festival after such a long time but got to experience Life Day with such joy and excitement. It made Ezra truly appreciate how wonderful and grateful he was to have the crew in his life; they gave him not only a purpose, but something he thought he could never have again, a family.
A/N: I know it may be rather cheesy, but I love Christmas and thought I would finally post this story I have been wanting to post for two years now, So Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to all my readers. My favorite Christmas tradition is going window shopping with my mother, just to look at all the Christmas displays and lights around the cities. What are your guys, let me know in the comments? 3