Deck the halls

A story by Pricat

It was winter and Shrek and Fiona were getting ready for Christmas. They had put up their Christmas decorations around the inside of the swamp. "What do you want me to do?" Shrek asked Fiona as she was decorating the Christmas stump. She pointed to a box beside her. There were strands of lights in it. "Could you go and put these on the roof please?" she said to him. Shrek looked nervous at this. Helping your wife get ready for Christmas is easy but having to put the lights on the roof isn't fun considering you're 300 pounds and Ogrese. He then heard a roar as Dragon landed in the snow beside the house.

This brought a shiver to his spine as he saw the Dronkeys land beside her. They were her and Donkey's mutant babies. This worried him further. "Please don't let Donkey have come with them! If he's around, it's going to be impossible to get ready!" he thought as he started putting the lights on the roof. He had to be careful or he'd end up falling off the roof and he didn't want to be in a body cast over Christmas. "Hey Shrek! What's up?" a voice shouted. It was Donkey. He was shocked to see him. Donkey was dressed up as Santa with a fake beard. This freaked him a little. "Donkey! Why are you dressed like that for? You're not working at the mall over Christmas or something, are you?" Shrek asked him. Donkey then shot him a look but calmed down. "I'm not working at the mall for your information! I'm doing this for my kids if you must know! I am just bringing the joy of the season to them. I don't know why you're not doing something like this for your own kid." He told him. "Donkey could you quit your jabbering for a few minutes while I try to do this?" Shrek said to him calmly. There were unlit strands of lights around his body and he was attempting to put them on the roof. Suddenly snow balls hit him on the head.

Donkey's kids were throwing them and laughing their heads off at this. Shrek growled at this angrily but calmed down. "It's okay, they're only kids so I can't lose my temper in front of them." He said as he forgot about it. But then he slipped on some loose snow and fell off. Luckily the lights acted as a bungee rope and broke his fall. He landed in the snow. His young child Thornas was laughing at this hysterically with the Dronkeys. "Look at my Dad. He looks like Uncle Snowgre!" he said giggling. Fiona then came outside. She was laughing as well. She then helped him onto his feet. "Are you okay?" she asked him. "Yeah I'm okay. I was trying to put the lights on the roof but Donkey was jabbering away so he made me fall off the roof!" he said to her calmly. Fiona watched as Thornas threw a snowball at her and it landed in the house on the tree. Shrek was worried about this. Fiona shot him a look before he had a chance to lose his temper. "It's alright dude but don't bring snow into the house. Let's just say snow doesn't mix with mud!" he told him calmly. She then watched as the kids played outside. She then dragged Shrek into the house. "What is it?" he asked her. She then smiled. "I need you to be Santa for the kids, okay?" she told him.

He looked nervously at her. "Fiona I don't know if this is a good idea. I'm no Santa material! Can't Donkey do it?" he said to her. "Why can't you do it? You're Thornas's father. Won't you do it for me?" she said to him. She then made a cute face like Puss. He then gave in. "I'll do it but just for you!" he said. Fiona kissed him on the lips. "Thanks honey! This is going to be a good Christmas!" she said as she poured herself some wine and drank it from a goblet.