I don't own The Nightmare Before Christmas okay? This story is meant to be a nice little poke at the fact that the Christmas Season starts earlier and earlier each year. I hope to have it finished up before Christmas as a nice little fun wrap up. So enough with the A/N, on with the fic!

In the forest, in a meadow, a sordid varaity of holiday mascots sat looking at a pond. The last warm breezes of summer were all over the air, but none of the mascots looked happy. Sure, they may have all been from holidays that came earlier in the year, but they all had the same feelings. They were all feelings of abandonment, feelings of unwant. They looked at the calendar, the month of September with complete loathing. These were the mascots of the lesser holidays. Ones that used to have big celebrations, that while not as big as Christmas or as fun as Halloween, still made children happy and brought people and families together. As time passed however, this seemed to be happening less and less. These mascots met every now and again to share their pain and provide a feeling of community and that someone liked them still. The spirits of Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Easter, Independence Day and Thanksgiving all stood around a tree stump and looked at each other.

"It's just not fair!" A short angry man with red hair said as he leapt up and down.

"You're telling me! People don't even set up for my holiday till the day before!" A white bearded man wearing striped trousers and a spangled vest and striped top hat said in rage.

"Yeah, I know Uncle Sam, it's getting nuts. It's like no one cares about us." a turkey gobbled.

"Two of the biggest holidays of the year are just around the corner and then well, a year of trying to do our jobs and no one noticing we are there!" A flying baby in a white diaper with a bow and quiver of arrows yelled while a turkey gobbled angerly at him.

"Seems you have forgotten about me too! I have to deal with being placed right between Halloween and Christmas! To think I'd see the day where forgotten holidays were forgetting about each other! GOOOOOBLLOOWWW!" Tom, the Thanksgiving Turkey said as he looked over at the other Forgotten Holiday mascots with annoyance. "You seem to forget that the only thing people associate with me anymore is leaving at 6 in the evening to go shopping for gifts for that cursed holiday!" Tom said with an annoyed gobble.

"I'm sorry Tom." The Easter Bunny said telepathically to Tom. The bunny could not talk, but he did feel the pain of being forgotten as well. Families used to spend a day together, painting eggs and bonding over the rebirth of spring. Now, it wasn't much of anything. People gave chocolate but that seemed to last 15 minutes.

"Ye've got a point. Sorry,Tom." Seamus, the Saint Partick's Day Lepherchan said lowering his head in shame and embarassment and holding his green bowler hat in his hands. "You gots me respects. Can't be easy having to deal with that."

"But what do we do? Halloween is a month and a half away and Jack will be the one who gets all the attention." Cupid said.

"That's the thing. Halloween is still so beloved." The Easter bunny said telepathically to the other holiday mascots. "It wouldn't be right to try and take that away from the children and families."

"Yeh too nice to them Bunny," Seamus said. Seamus was always a bit rough and when they were discussing, since the Easter Bunny didn't have a name like Cupid, or Tom, then they all agreed if they needed to address the Easter Bunny directly, they'd call him Bunny. Since Bunny never really objected, they just went with it.

"I wouldn't mind if they did..." Tom gobbled under his breath.

"Still, Jack's going to have his and Halloweentown's time to shine." Cupid said. "They may delight with their frightening, something I never have gotten myself, but they haven't been forgotten."

"That big star, I'd love to shine his clock..." Seamus said.

"I'd show him some of my big guns." Uncle Sam said rolling up his white sleeves. "Although I'd practice on you Seamus!" He said flexing his muscles. "The suit really hides these babies."

"Oh I'll imagine you as Jack, Sam!" Seamus said.

"Knock it off you two!" The Easter Bunny said telepathically to the two holidays, ready to duke it out. "We all have the same problems here."

"Oh try being his following act as a holiday!" Tom sulked. "It seems people these days go right from thinking about his holiday of Halloween to Christmas."

"I never thought I would be meeting you guys in such an unpleasant manner as this. For I too, share your pain." Jack said as he came over the hill.

"JACK SKELLINGTON!" Cupid, Seamus and Tom all said as they jumped up in suprise while the Easter Bunny quietly stood in shocked attention.

"Yes, it is I, Jack Skellington." Jack said as he approached the mascots of the other holidays. "And I have been feeling much like you, my dear fellow holidays these past few years. And I do fear my holiday is being taken over."

"Oh, really?" Tom said as he looked at Jack with annoyance. He knew what a feeling it was when another holiday had moved in on what he thought was his territory.

"Yes. It seems that people are bypassing Halloween this year." Jack said with a note of morose.

"What would they want to bypass your holiday for?" Seamus said.

"Christmas." Jack said solmonly. With this, Tom gobbled with sympathy.

So how was that? Short? Talky? Since you saw trees for Thanksgiving, Saint Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Independence Day and Easter, I used their mascots. And yes I made Seamus a bit of a stereotype but still, this is a comedic story of holidays for their right to be noticed and bring people joy. Now it won't be very long, but I have to do this. The idea won't go away. And so you know, there is cannoically an Independence Day door, I checked the Nightmare Before Christmas Wiki and it's there. So tada Uncle Sam. Anyway, remember to read, well you just did, and to review. Ciao for now,

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