To the piano player she said hoarsely, " Can you imagine, Joseph, soup on Christmas Eve? " He pointed to his empty tipping plate. The young sailor finished his meal and got up to leave.
A powerful and delicious smell of cooking pervaded the corridors, and by Christmas Eve, it had grown so strong that even Scabbers poked his nose out of the shelter of Ron's pocket to sniff hopefully at the air.
Kids in Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, today believes Santa's sleigh is carried by horses rather than reindeer and they still leave food outside on Christmas eve.