⫷Between the war and my enemy⫸ (T-34)

✨Christmas special ✨(in your case it is overdue)

Christmas is a wonderful thing, don't you think? But how wonderful can it be if you find yourself miles away from your family and other loved ones, in a country that is not yours; That's what Nikolay thought, who not only saw Christmas as a waste of time and money, he saw it as something useless and unnecessary, I mean celebrating the birth of Jesus? How pathetic and absurd that sounded, the only thing Christmas is good for is to be able to see your relatives and loved ones but if they are far away it doesn't make the slightest sense to get in that "holiday spirit".

On the other hand, Klaus was a little excited since it would be his first Christmas in something he considered family and Shack was even more excited because he was finally going to have a real Christmas and not have to spend it hidden under the floorboards; the two Germans moved from one side to the other putting up decorations with the help of the Russians. For their part, the four Russians gladly helped, after all Christmas is to be at peace, besides they enjoyed those festive times with delicious food, sweet desserts, intoxicating drinks and gifts, too many gifts to enjoy. And this is how hours full of laughter passed and turned into days until the night of December 24; Klaus told Shack to go to sleep because if he didn't listen Krampus¹ would put him on his "hitlist" which implied Shack would come to eat him, the boy scared at the thought of not getting gifts again and being eaten by Shack. the creature decided to run to his room and stay there.

- You're bad, Klaus, the poor boy wanted to wait until you went to sleep so you can tell him things about "Krampus" -Anya reproached for the German's cruelty-

- Please Anya, if Ludwing didn't go to sleep now we would have to put up with it until morning and believe me that child would end the sanity of at least five soldiers in less than a rooster crows -

- Don't you think you exaggerate a bit with that? I mean, he's just a kid, he wouldn't be able to end someone's sanity because he wouldn't know how to do it -Stepan said-

- I'm sorry to tell you that Jäger is right, I remind you that while you four were looking for this being who calls himself Standartenführer but runs away if his feelings are hurt, I had to take responsibility for that thing... I'm sure it was he who attacked the other soldiers who went to Finland and mysteriously appeared mutilated and dismembered in all the snow -

Everyone was silent except for Nikolay, who was surprised that a lower-ranking soldier knew these things, it is assumed that not many have to have the notion of this event, much less in a place as far away as Leringrad or the Isthmus. Karelian.

- Ionov... How come you know about that? -He asks looking at him carefully-

- Oh lieutenant, an acquaintance of mine was in that war and the rumors spread so fast that he told me by letter; but we're not talking about me, we're talking about the monster that Klaus has as an adopted son -

- Hey! He's not a monster, he's just a Jewish baby that I'm taking care of like a lower rank soldier because I'm sorry that he ends up dying in the hands of some soldier from the concentration camps -he said to defend himself- And you more than anyone else know what is to really be there. He couldn't survive a minute inside that hell -

All those present looked at each other because of that strange confession and contradiction of Klaus, but nevertheless they found it funny causing thunderous laughter, Jäger at this only frowned annoyed and to demonstrate it he kicked Nikolay's leg with force, mainly because with the most he had gotten angry and went to Ivushkin for laughing, subsequently crossing his arms in offense.