This is a Christmas story I started working on in class, and over the few hours of free time I had, it really developed. If I get enough reviews, I'll see if I can post more on Christmas. Day or eve? Depends on those reviews.

Oh. And Season 8 never happened. Life is good. :)

" Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the wayyy," an off key voice rang through the Hyde apartment. Hyde groaned, and shoved a pillow over his head.

"Steven, get up!" Jackie exclaimed. "Do you know what today is?"

"Yeah, the day after thanksgiving. The day for sleeping the turkey off on." he replied.

"Steven, it's Kitty's home decorating day. It doesn't matter if you don't live there anymore. We're still going. Besides, Michael is supposed to drop Betsy off there today."

" Jackie, if you need me, I'll be here. Sleeping."

" Steven. Get. Up." She picked up his shoes and tossed them onto their bed. "Come on, we're married now. We need to do these things together. It's our first Christmas together as a married couple."

" I'll meet you there. Just let me sleep."

"Nooo. Come on." she pulled clothes from the closet, tossing them at him.

"Later." he yawned.

"Fine. Be that way." she stormed off. He knew now would probably be the best time to get up if he didn't want to spend the night on the couch. Hyde was glad she let him pick the couch out. That was the most important piece of advice Red gave him.

Five minutes later, he was dressed and ready. Stepping out of their bedroom, he saw Jackie calmly sitting on the couch. " I knew you'd come around," she said. He just nodded.

T7S

" Welcome, welcome," Kitty called to the two standing at the door. Jackie smiled and hugged her mother in law. Well, at least that's what she called Kitty. Jackie wanted to model her holidays after the ones the Forman's had given her, and she was trying her best. Last year, she even made a batch of cookies. By herself. And no one got sick.

Jackie was placing her coat on the coat rack when the kitchen door swung open. " Jackie, Hydee!" Betsy squealed, and she ran into the arms of her godmother. "Grandma said we would make lots of cookies today!"

"Well, I guess we'll be doing that too!" Jackie replied.

" Fez is in the basement," Kitty told Hyde. "Laurie's out."

" Okay. I think I'm just going to head downstairs." Hyde said.

" Go on! This is a girls day!" Jackie replied.

He left to find Fez on the couch, a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers on his lap, beer in hand. Taking a turkey leg, the two ate and watched TV. It was quiet. There were times when Kelso wasn't around, and Eric and Donna were only home two weekends a month. Both of them were still at college.

" Pass me a beer." Hyde said. After that, the two sat in silence. He actually couldn't wait for the holidays now, for everyone to be together again.

T7S

" Okay, Betsy, just turn the cup over into the bowl." Betsy did as Jackie asked, adding the final ingredient to the next batch of cookies. Several trays were baking or cooling already.

Hyde came into the kitchen for something to drink. Seeing a tray of cookies on the counter, he went for one. At the same time, Kitty and Jackie gently smacked his hand.

" I have a batch for you in the oven," Jackie said.

" Those are for Eric and Donna." Kitty added.

" You can have the spoon" Jackie offered. He took it.

" So, what's going on here?" Hyde asked.

" Cooling is the batch for Eric and Donna, yours and Fez's are in the oven, and this batch is for the Kelso's." Jackie explained. " After that, we're going to decorate. And after that, we are going ornament shopping. We have to decorate our apartment."

" Aww, come on. No one's gonna come over. Why do we have to do it?"

" Because it's Christmas, Steven."

" You can't argue with that." Kitty piped up.

" It's our first Christmas that I'm your wife." Jackie giggled. " Oh, how I love to say that. And signing things! Mrs. Jackie Hyde. Me!"

" Fine, Jackie. We can decorate." He felt some pride in her pride at being his wife. Just enough to get into agreement with her.

Jackie continued to work on the cookies. He watched as she and Betsy rolled the dough, and as Jackie shaped hers into neat spheres, while Betsy had lumps of dough put onto the pan.

Hyde went down to the basement as the cookies were wrapped. " Steven, Fez." Kitty called down. " Can you grab the boxes from Steven's old room labeled 'Christmas'?"

The two got the boxes and put them upstairs. " Oh, boys, don't act like social outcasts. Help us with the tree!" Kitty said. They assembled the tree while the women unpacked the ornaments. Kitty had them neatly organized by the year she received them.

" Mrs. Forman, why do you have three of these homemade ornaments?" she pulled one out with '67 engraved in the back of the clay. Hyde turned to look at what she was holding.

" Oh, wow! I didn't know you still had these." Hyde took the ornament from Jackie's hands. I gave Kitty these when we had to make them in school."

" And I have all the ornaments my babies made for me." Kitty said proudly. She was right. In the box were pictures with Santa, framed and ready to be hung on the tree, classroom ornaments, and sloppily made Christmas presents.

These all got hung, and when they were ready to finish Fez lifted Betsy up so she could place the star on top of the tree.

" Oh, before you leave, I have an early Christmas present for you!" Kitty said. She handed Jackie and Hyde a box. Jackie worked at the wrapping, and gleefully thanked Kitty when she saw what it was. Hyde looked at the box. Inside was a set of starter ornaments, and hooks to go with them.

"Thanks. This will make things a lot easier." He told Kitty. " Now all we need is a Christmas tree."

" Ooh, we should get a fresh cut one! And make a homemade wreath and get more ornaments and…" Jackie listed on things she wanted to do.

What had he started now?

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