In Gensokyo, there was an air of excitement as it was very nearly Christmas. The people of Gensokyo did not celebrate Christmas until somewhat recently when it was introduced from the outside world. Reimu and Marisa had some great plans for a Christmas Party at the Hakurei Shrine. Reimu had felled down one of the pine trees for the Christmas tree, and Marisa, in conjunction with Alice and others had made their own decorations, as they did not really want to import much else from the outside world. It was a snowy day when the Christmas Tree was being put up at the Hakurei Shrine.

"Brrrrrrrr!" shivered Marisa "This snow sure is cold..." "But that is winter Marisa!" replied Reimu trying to brush the snow off the tree. "Whoa...someone like Cirno would love this..." "I though she was an Ice Fairy Reimu" replied Marisa "But then again, we can throw some snowballs at her!" and she gave of a snicker.

Then Aya thundered up kicking up snow in her wake. "Whoa whoa whoa...Aya!" gasped Reimu "All that snow you're throwing up behind you, that could be enough to bury someone!" Aya looked at Reimu with her camera. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Well..." replied Marisa "Setting up the Christmas Tree...but we have not decorated it yet" Aya sighed "Wish you'd hurry up about it..." and with that she sped off leaving a trail of snow on Marisa and Reimu.

"Pleugh! Aya!" gasped Reimu as the snow cleared "I did tell you to be careful about dashing around in the snow like a raving lunatic!" But Aya did not hear... "Stupid Youkai" spluttered Marisa wiping the snow off her face. Reimu tried to shake the snow off the tree and the extra snow that Aya had thrown up but then she did it too hard and then the tree fell over on it's side.

"Crap!" grumbled Reimu as more snow fell on her head and face. "That was not supposed to happen...now we need to put it back up!"

She then tired to grab the tree. "Hrrrrrrgh!" she strained as she tried to push the tree back upright again. "Marisa give me a hand here!" "Roger!" replied Marisa and attempted to help Reimu with putting the tree back. But they were not strong enough and the tree fell back down on it's side again. "Crap not again!" spluttered Reimu as more snow fell on her. Marisa had a bit more snow on her hat, so she shook that off. "Well...who the heck did you have to place it up Reimu?" "Myself" replied Reimu "But seems I've depleted my strength in doing so" Marisa looked at Reimu. "We may need some help when Alice comes with the decorations" Reimu agreed and they went inside the shrine to keep themselves warm while they waited for Alice.

Alice soon arrived. "Whoa gosh" she gasped when she saw the Christmas tree fallen on it's side. "There's no way we're gonna decorate that when it's on it's side like that!" Inside the Shrine, Marisa had heard Alice's voice. "Hey, that's our cue!" she said and got up "C'mon Reimu, lets ask Alice to help us with this thing!" Reimu got up and then went outside. "Excuse me Alice for asking" she said to Alice "But our Christmas Tree has fallen over" "I see that!" replied Alice and put the decoration box down. "Well, we want a hand putting it back up, as I've depleted most of my strength putting it upright in the first place!" Alice looked at Reimu and Marisa "Well...in that case, yes I will be obliged, but I am not sure 3 of us can do it with half of Reimu's strength gone, oh well lets go!" With that they headed outside.

But to their surprise, the tree was back upright again. "Whoa..." gasped Reimu when she saw the tree standing back upright again "How the hell did that..." Then she saw Cirno. "Ha!" laughed Cirno "You see, I am the Str⑨ngest...and I'm a genius!" Crino looked so pleased with herself. "We could of done it ourselves!" replied Marisa "Or could we?" "Well...ask me next time to put up your tree! I'm str⑨ng! Not sure you can do it alone!" and then she flew off. Marisa looked at the tree. "Well what a cheek, but she did put it back up for us!" Then she got her broom out "I'll then get the snow off the tree à la broom!" Reimu and Alice looked at Marisa as if she was an idiot.

But before they could say anything, Marisa had sprung into action with her broom brushing off the snow from even the very top of the tree. She then came back down again. Reimu and Alice were gob smacked. "I do not believe it!" the gasped in unison "Why did I not think of that before?" added Reimu "That way, we would not of run into this problem" "Oh well...that's just the way you are Reimu" replied Marisa brashly "You always put yourself first when it's things to set up!" Reimu scowled at Marisa but then it was time for them to get to work with Alice to decorate the tree.

"This is gonna be the best Christmas that Gensokyo has ever seen!" giggled Marisa to herself as she put some baubles onto a branch of the tree.

"Yeah!" replied Reimu "This year, the trees seem to be better than ever...I dunno...was it the weather"

"I don't know..." replied Alice "Maybe I did look into making Christmas Tree Decorations better!"

Meanwhile however, Cirno had come across Aya who was in the waiting for the completion of the Christmas tree, and wanted to tell her about what she did. "So yeah" she said to Aya "The Christmas tree was laying down on the ground after it fell over for some reason and I put it back upright again, much to the surprise of Reimu, Marisa and Alice who were going to decorate the tree. But half of Reimu's strength had been blown out because she tried to put the tree up all by herself apparently. But I am the Str⑨gest! Why could they of not got someone Str⑨ng like me?!" Aya eagerly noted that down in her notebook. "That is an amazing story Cirno!"

"Hehehe, thanks Aya!" chirped Cirno "Now...off I go!" Then Cirno flew off into the distance, not before Satori and Koishi pulled up next to Aya having read her mind about what she would do.

"Hey Aya" said Satori as she pulled up next to her "That story seemed somewhat amusing...right, to put into your newspaper" Aya gasped "Whoa...Satori...were you trying to read my mind like that?!" "Well yes!" replied Koishi "It seems you are waiting until the Christmas Tree at the Shrine is finished" "Y..y..y.y. 're right" stuttered Aya.

"Well...we're rather curious about it was well" replied Satori as she looked down the valley to the Hakurei shrine to see the progress of the Christmas tree decorations. "That will make headlines" said Koishi to herself, although nor she or Satori read the Bunbunmaru newspaper. Aya looked down the valley. But it seemed that Marisa, Alice and Reimu were still at work on the tree.

"Oh come on now..." she panted impatiently "How long are they gonna take to do this thing?" She kept her eyes looking down the valley to see what was going on. Finally, the moment came. "Oh yeah they are finished! YEEHAAA!" and with that she dashed down the mountain towards the Hakurei Shrine. "Whoa whoa whoa!" gasped Satori and Koishi as snow was thrown in their faces as Aya thundered down the mountain. The snow cleared. "We'll lets go!" said Satori to Koishi "Lets follow and see what this Christmas tree is like."

Marisa, Reimu and Alice were admiring their work that they had taken a lot of time and effort into pay off. Aya thundered towards them. "Aya? Again?!" gasped Marisa as she looked at Aya who was in the pose to take a photo of the Christmas tree for the Bunbunmaru newspaper. Her camera flashed and the Picture was taken. "Whoa..." said an amazed Aya "That is awesome! You surely have done a good job on it!"

"Thanks!" replied Alice, Marisa and Aya "A lot of time and effort was..." "But then the tree fell down and Cirno put it back up!" blurted Aya quickly. Marisa, Alice and Reimu stared at Aya. Aya looked sheepish "She told me..." she replied hastily. "So what?"

Satori and Koishi presently arrived. "My oh my" admired Koishi "That is a good example of a Christmas tree!" "Oh hi Satori and Koishi" said Marisa as she saw the two of them "Were you reading our minds with your abilities?" "Uh well...yes" replied Satori "We caught up with Aya who was waiting to rush down here like crazy!" "Although we don't read the Bunbunmaru newspaper" said Koishi "We do admire Aya's skills to dash around to collect news stories!"

"He he! No problem!" laughed Aya while she was writing notes down in her notepad. "What Cirno told me was just simply amusing!" Marisa shrugged while Reimu facepalmed. Alice looked at Aya "Oh well...she does know a thing or two about being strong I guess...we could not of lifted that tree back up by ourselves" said Alice. "We'll give her that for helping us" Satori and Koishi were curious and used their abilities to read Aya's mind to get an insight to what Cirno had told her.

"That is quite a lark!" they both laughed at Aya, Marisa, Alice and Reimu. Aya then had to go "Welp...gonna get this down in the newspaper...bye y'all!" and with that she disappeared in a train of snow.

The snow rained down on Marisa, Alice, Reimu, Satori and Koishi. "Crap!" grumbled Marisa "Not again!" "This is like the 5th time I've been covered in snow today!" grumbled Reimu. Satori and Koishi went back up the mountain leaving Alice to go back home and Marisa and Reimu to shake the snow off, again and admire the tree.