The Christmas holidays had been fulfilling-at least, Harry thought so.
With Hermione's help, he and Ron had finished their homework without much effort. And because of the unusual circumstances during the first half of the school year, the professors had not assigned much homework this year, leaving the young wizards free to play to their hearts' content over the holidays.
Harry had time to play to his heart's content, but the twin brothers did not.
Making use of this rare stretch of relatively free time, the two of them threw themselves into modifying the production line in the house in Godric's Hollow.
Happily, everything went very smoothly. On the third day of Christmas, the equipment completed its trial run successfully, then began producing the first product the twins had finished developing: Canary Creams.
Both the twins and Harry were very pleased with the production line's efficiency. If they could sell this batch of products without any trouble, they could recoup their entire investment, and might even have a little left over.
However, neither Harry nor the twins had mentioned this to anyone. Ron knew just a little; they had discussed the idea for Canary Creams together over the summer holidays.
But Ron knew nothing about the production line.
The twins wanted to surprise their family.
They hoped to use the money they earned to improve their family's finances. If possible, the two of them also hoped to help the family reopen their ancestral home.
Though the brothers usually seemed carefree and interested only in causing mischief, they actually cared a great deal about their family's circumstances.
Harry thoroughly approved of their idea, so he agreed to keep it secret. At the same time, he reminded them once again to put research into the Magic Quill on their agenda as soon