Carmen: That is my favorite Christmas food: cookies.

The gang laughs but they all pretty much agree with Carmen; no food says holidays like Christmas cookies. There is a knock at the door and Tina goes to the door to see that Kit has arrived.

Kit: Sorry I didn’t make it sooner, but wow you ladies did a lot of work today; it looks great out there.

Tina: I just hope Angelica loves it and it doesn’t scare Bette off.

Kit: Bette isn’t going anywhere; stop your worrying.

Tina: Well, you’re in time for dinner so grab a bowl, I made beef stew and there is plenty.

After about an hour of eating and drinking Tina realizes it has gotten dark. Everyone except Shane heads outside; Shane makes the final connections and everything comes to life. Santa is rocking on the roof, Frosty is blinking and the manger and porch lights are illuminated. Tina has her winter wonderland in West Hollywood after all.

Kit: This is awesome. When we were kids everyone in Philly used to dress up their houses for the holidays, we used to ride through the neighborhoods looking at the houses. This is one we’d stop for.

Shane: Well, I never had Christmas like this; how awesome.

Alice: I can’t wait for Angelica to see this.

Tina: This is exactly what I wanted, thanks guys.

Everyone heads back in for a warm drink and cookies then the crowd slowly disperses. Kit is the last to leave helping Tina clean up. They say good night and will meet at the Planet for brunch as usual in the morning. The next week goes by quickly. Tina was able to run 4 days this week and even gotten to the gym. This was her baking and shopping week and she baked cookie care packages for everyone at the studio, bringing a smile to each face with every delivery. She and Bette decided to go light on gifts for Angelica and Tina would pick up gifts for the girls. The Rockette ornaments were gifts from Angelica to her aunties. Tina was unsure of what to get Bette for Christmas. She had considered getting webcams for their laptops, but wanted something more romantic, more intimate, more sentimental. Tina finally came up with a very old fashioned idea: a memory book of the good times and milestones in their relationship. Bette had left just about all of their photos and Tina had saved many other keepsakes from their time together. She and Bette had started one in New York that was primarily focused on Angelica, but Tina wanted this one to be about the two of them. She worked on the book each night adding photos, ticket stubs, articles, pressed flowers, plane tickets, ultrasound photos and even a few quickly scribbled notes from Bette she had saved over the years. This book would summarize their loving journey and express why Bette was Tina’s forever love. She decided to give this gift to Bette on Christmas Eve morning in hopes of reminding her of the good memories they’ve shared in their home and not focus on their more recent failings there. She’d still get the web cams as the Christmas morning gift.