(A/N: I was struck with inspiration for another Christmas fic for "T.U.F.F. Puppy" and this is what happened! A fic about Max and Annabeth's first Christmas with their new family! Knowing how eager you are to find out about this story, I'm going to start it now!)

It was the day after Thanksgiving in the city of Petropolis. This day was known as Black Friday, a day where lots of people go out and do major Christmas shopping. But Dudley Puppy and his wife, Kitty Katswell-Puppy, had something else planned for today.

"Kids! Get up!" Dudley said as he went to wake the kids.

"What's up, Dad?!" Max asked, worried and a little unhappy at the awakening.

"It's morning! Get out of bed and get dressed! We've got work to do today!" Dudley told him.

"Oh yeah, today's the day after Thanksgiving." Summer remembered.

"I think I know what we're doing today!" Molly said.

The kids quickly hopped out of bed and got dressed. Then they went downstairs for breakfast. After breakfast, Dudley, Kitty, and the kids ran upstairs to the attic.

"So, what are we looking for?" Annabeth asked, looking around the attic.

"We're looking for the Christmas lights." George said.

"Exactly! We're going to set up the lights!" Kitty said.

"HI-GEE-GEE!" George, Molly, and Summer cheered.

"Where do we set them up?" Max asked.

"Around the living room windows, the front door, the garage door, and the bedroom windows." Molly told him.

"Yeah. We get to fall asleep while watching the lights blink on and off." Summer said.

"Sounds nice." said Annabeth, who couldn't really recall if she'd seen that before.

"Agreed." Max said.

"Let's get to work!" Dudley said.

"Dudley, we have to test the lights first. We have to make sure that they're all working." Kitty reminded her husband.

"Oh, right." Dudley remembered.

Sure enough, the lights were working fine.

Setting up the lights didn't take that long at all. With help from the kids, the lights were set up in no time.

"Okay, now that that's done, let's set the timer." Kitty said, and she and Dudley set the timer so the lights would come on at 6:00 p.m. and turn off at midnight.

And this is the end of Chapter 1. Yeah, I've decided to do this as a chapter story! Hope you're enjoying it so far!