"Hey guys." Marlene said coming in the door wearing a Christmas hat. "Whatcha doing?" Skipper turned to her.
"Isn't it obvious Marlene?" He said. Marlene looked at the four of them standing there like they always would.
"Ah, no." She said bluntly.
"We're getting ready for Christmas." Skipper said. Marlene looked at the completely average looking HQ.
"Then... why aren't there any decorations up?" She asked.
"Well," Skipper said turning to Kowalski, "It seems Kowalski doesn't want to celebrate Christmas." Skipper said, all three penguins eyeing Kowalski.
"Kowalski? You don't want to celebrate Christmas? Why?" Marlene asked. Kowalski fumbled with his clipboard, clearly embarrassed.
"Well it's just... when I was little I... kind of had a bad experience with Christmas..." Kowalski said.
"Come on Kowalski, so what if your mom got you a pink dress one year! She wanted a girl there's no shame to you for that." Skipper said.
"Not that! Thanks for putting that out in the open though!" Kowalski shouted throwing his clipboard down, the embarrassment heating his face to the point that you saw the red, right past his feathers.
"Well what is it then?" Private asked.
"Well... It was a few years ago, Christmas Eve night..."
Flashback-
Kowalski's Mother sat with a little down feathered Kowalski in her lap, singing.
"... He see's you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake-" Kowalski stopped her, tugging on one of her feathers.
"Mother..." He said in a tiny, squeaky, nervous voice. "Mother am I the only one who finds that even remotely creepy?" He said. Kowalski's mother looked down at him surprised.
"What do you mean?" She asked. Kowalski sat up ruffling his fluffy feathers.
"I mean, why doesn't anyone find it weird that some fat guy breaks into your house, eats your cookies, and then leaves toys there? I mean they must have some sort of surveillance equipment in them, how else would he see us when we're sleeping. I mean magic? Really?" Kowalski's mother laughed softly.
"Oh, Kowalski, it's just-" She was interrupted by a loud 'ho, ho, ho!' by a penguin who was clearly Kowalski's dad in a Santa suit. Kowalski screamed and snatched up a cookie chucking it at the penguin's face.
"Ah, Kowalski-" His dad said brushing the crumbs off his beak.
"He knows my name!" Kowalski jumped up and ran away screaming. The penguin in the Santa suit looked to his wife.
"What on Earth did you tell him?"
Flashback over-
The four stared at Kowalski.