On the weekend Star always overslept.
She was snoring louder than usual, with her blanket half hanging off the bed, and one arm over her face. However she was slowly starting to wake up even though she didn't want to. She lay in bed hoping she would sleep more. Plus she had a super fun party at Pony Head's new secret fort and stayed up until four in the morning today.
The Princess of Mewni began to hear bells and faint music coming from downstairs and the smell of hot chocolate with cinnamon. She peeked open one eye but her room was dim as the curtains were covering the windows. Slowly she realized the music wasn't turning off any time soon and grumbled. She put her head under her pillow, groaning. There was a knock at her door. She wanted more sleep!
"Go away!" Star yelled, but yawned after.
"Star, you better get up! It's 1:30 in the afternoon!" Marco said.
She could care less what time it was. She was a Princess. If she didn't have to get up for school, she was sleeping in however long she wanted to.
"I'm still tired from Pony Head's secret fort party!" Star groaned extra loud.
"Whatever. Your mom and dad are visiting!" Marco said and went away.
Her eyes shot open. What? They never gave her surprise visits! They would've told her, wouldn't they? Why were they visiting? Either way she couldn't risk it.
Star shrieked and got out of bed, forgetting to change out of her PJs and combing her hair. Marco wasn't at the door. But she hadn't imagined him waking her up. She flew out of her room but stopped at the end of the stairs as she looked around the Diaz household for her parents. Marco came out of the kitchen with a mug of hot chocolate for Star.
"Where are my parents?" she asked, her heart racing and panicking, "Why did they come?"
He shrugged. "Relax Star, I lied. I had to get you out of bed somehow. Because—"
"I knew it!" she crossed her arms and pouted, "I could be sleeping more, but no!"
"Star." Marco said impatiently, trying to get her attention.
She was about to march back upstairs and go to bed, but there was still holiday music playing. Then she noticed the twinkling rainbow lights and weird decorations around Marco's house. Marco grinned.
"Because I wanted to show you this!" he said, gesturing the decorations to her.
Star was fully awake now and amazed by the strange but somewhat pretty decorations. In the living room there was a big pine tree with ornaments on it, and there were lights twinkling on it.
"Why is this tree twinkling?" Star asked, poking around it curiously.
She slurped down her mug of hot chocolate and gave the cup back to Marco. He put it on the table where there were frosted cookies.
"Those are lights."
"Why is your house all decorated like this?"
"It's going to be Christmas soon. Every year we put up a tree and decorate. My mom mostly likes it but I always like the decorating part too. My dad… not so much. Don't you like it? We decorated it extra just for you."
"Christmas?"
Marco told her all about Christmas with enthusiasm. Star listened, actually interested in this Earth holiday. They didn't have Christmas on Mewni.
"I mostly like presents. I used to believe in Santa Claus though. But all kids did."
"Wow Marco. I'm actually surprised. This holiday seems nice. But… isn't there any magic—"
"This will be your first one! And I wanted to get you something." Marco sat on the couch as Star wandered about the living room looking at the decorations up close.
Marco's parents Rafael and Angie came in the room to see how they were doing.
"How do you like the decorations, Star?" Angie asked cheerfully.
"They're really cool Mrs. Diaz!"
"Good! We hoped this would be magical enough for a Princess."
"Aww thanks!" Star gave Angie a big hug, "Wait, so there is magic?"
Marco's mom nodded enthusiastically.
"If you believe there is." Rafael shrugged, "But I—"
Angie said, nudging Rafael in the arm, "Honey, don't spoil the fun. Well you two, we are going Christmas shopping. We'll be back later in the evening. You two behave."
"We'll try." Marco said, and hugged his parents.
Once they left, Star was excited to be alone with Marco. She ate a cookie.
"So what did you want to get me?"
"Is there a Christmas Dimension?" he asked.
"Hmm. Well there is this one Dimension with a huge tree where a fat man lives, and there are a bunch of elves working there all the time."
"That sounds like a Christmas Dimension to me. Let's go."
"Wow! Ok! Let me get ready first." Star said, and flew up the stairs to her room to get ready.
She put on a winter themed outfit since it was cold at the so-called Christmas Dimension. Star preferred to call it the huge pine tree dimension. Star had never been to the bottom of the tree, but some elves had told her that it went on forever, and Santa was at the top of the tree. She put on her hat, and then was ready to go with Marco. She went downstairs.
"Wow…" Marco said noticing her outfit.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
Marco was wearing an extra warm red hoodie with the hood up, boots, and mittens. Star tried to hide her blush. She quickly got out her dimensional scissors and grabbed Marco's hand.
They went through the portal to the Christmas dimension.