A/N: I doubt many of you remember me but three years ago I was a writer on this section of doing my part to make sure Ned didn't go anyway anytime soon. I disappeared about two years ago leaving a Twilight parody where Moze would have suspected Ned of being a vampire unfinished. Guess what? I'm not finishing it. But one of the works I stand by more was a Christmas story where Cookie got roped into directing an outlandish holiday pageant while Ned and Moze were stuck in a "Gift of the Magi" story. Now three years later, we return to Christmas in the small suburb Ned, Moze and Cookie call home. They are now seniors in high school and hopefully a little bit wiser… after all this is pretty much a by-the-numbers parody of one of my favorite Christmas movies, though judging by the title, you've probably figured out which movie it is… but hey! It was either this or A Christmas Carol, I think Ned works better in this story.

Christmas Eve is a very much a festive time of the year on the Bay Area of California. There is seldom any snow despite a surprise snowfall on Christmas Eve 2007. In Lincolnberry, a small suburb just outside of San Francisco… described by its citizens as "A little town where everybody knows everything about everybody," the holidays are a highlight of the year for most. It has a strong school district: consisting of Millard Fillmore Elementary School, James K. Polk Middle School and Michael Dukakis High School as well as Pacific Coast Academy, a boarding school right on the edge of town and most have lived their whole lives. Just ask Charlie Mosely, the school district's social studies chairman and lifelong citizen of Lincolnberry, he could you a whole history of the town. But on this Christmas Eve, something seemed to go wrong and most seem to be in their houses praying that God right a wrong.

"Please God," a girl about 17 named Jennifer Mosely whispered nearly in tears on her bedside, "please help Ned tonight. He never deserved this. Surely things can get better than this." After finishing her prayer, she clutched her beloved Puppybear and looked out the window in her bedroom hoping some good news would come.

Next door, this Ned fellow's cousin Quinn Pensky, who had attended Pacific Coast Academy but transferred to Dukakis her sophomore year to be closer with her extended family while still in California, had a similar prayer. "Please help Ned tonight. He's always been my favorite cousin. He's a good kid… wouldn't do anything to anybody."

Around the neighborhood, his friend Simon Nelson-Cookie had the same prayer, as did his close high school buddy Javier Abrams and his ex-girlfriend Suzie Crabgrass and the school district head custodian Gordy and even his middle school science teacher Mr. Sweeney, who Ned had seen only infrequently since leaving middle school. Everybody seemed to be praying for this Ned Bigby guy. High, high up in the heavens, The Boss seemed to hear all these prayers and buzzed for his secretary.

"Hey boss, what's up?" the secretary asked.

"Can you send me Ned Bigby's guardian angel, please?"

"Right away, I'll get him right to you." The secretary said.

Without missing a beat, a slightly ungainly man who looked and sounded a lot like that late great movie star Jimmy Stewart came into The Boss' office.

"Boss! You called for me?" the man asked.

"Yes I did, Stewart. We have someone down on Earth who needs your help."

"You mean Ned Bigby?" Stewart asked.

"Yes, Ned is in trouble tonight."

"What's there to worry about? Ned's a good kid; he always does the right thing. I mean, you only have to keep one eye on him. Why else do you I spend half my days just watching Mel Blanc and Jim Henson do their character voices in the comedy club up here?"

"Ohhhh… tonight is different, Stewart, at 10:47 tonight he will consider taking his own life."

"That means I only have one hour! I'd better get my suit…"

"No. You will spend that hour getting acquainted with Ned Bigby."

Stewart sat down. "Say, Boss… if when I get down there and I save Ned from oblivion, will I -?"

"Yes, Stewart. If you help Ned tonight you will get your wings."

Stewart jumped with delight and prepared to look through Ned's life.