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Prompt: Aziraphale and Crowley watch Up! for the first time. What is their reaction to the opening?

In Sickness and in Health

A gift for the Good Omens Holiday Swap 2019 for @aknightofthe7kingdoms

Rating: T, Chapter 1/5

Aziraphale is now free from Heaven's restrictions and has no limit on the miracles he can do other than his own power. With Christmas approaching, he gets a bit carried away with those and has to bear the consequences. Luckily Crowley is there to share the load.

In this story: - Aziraphale wears a Father Christmas costume (and a Star Wars t-shirt) - Aziraphale gets sick - Crowley gets sick - Aziraphale uses a smartphone for the first time - there are some unusual Christmas decorations and random mistletoe

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There was something strange about the "Father Christmas in Hospitals" project this year. For once, without any change to their rather poor advertising strategy, the donations doubled compared to the last few years. That meant that they could get better costumes for their volunteers and more toys for the children. Secondly, none of their volunteers got stuck on the M25 despite the light snow that had been falling and melting into a sludge on the streets since early morning. And lastly, there was a real angel among them, although nobody was aware of that.

Aziraphale and Crowley enjoyed the Christmas season, each for their own reasons. Both knew that Jesus wasn't actually born a few days after the winter solstice and Aziraphale rather liked to follow the traditions of Hanukkah for sentimental reasons: he actually started it. During the Maccabean revolt he made that menorah of the rededicated temple burn for eight days straight even if there was only enough oil for one. (He enjoyed the Christmas food and certain decorations, though.) Crowley didn't really celebrate anything, but both of the ethereal and occult beings could appreciate the increase in human suggestibility towards good or evil, respectively.

This was the first Christmas after the world didn't end and Aziraphale felt like a child in a candy shop who has been told to pick whatever he likes. That was another reason he liked the season - people subconsciously expected miracles, and so it was much easier to do them without anyone asking uncomfortable questions. Upstairs had limited his miracle quota for every year and overstepping it led to a sharp reprimand and a great deal of paperwork. But this year, he didn't answer to anyone and he planned to do all the Christmas miracles he wanted.

Continue reading on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21771724/chapters/51947389

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