After finding out Gallus was an Orphan last year, Silverstream offers to let him spend the Holiday with her family. Everygriff is friendly, and mount aris is a lot nicer than Griffinstone. It's easily the best Holiday he's ever had. He's having fun... and yet...

He can't stop comparing everything to Griffinstone.
He can't stop wondering what it would be like to have family that cares about you.
He can't stop wondering what his life would be like if his parents had stuck around.

and with everygriff being so nice he doesn't want to say anything.

Written for anonymous browser for Jinglemas 2021