Artie was feeling miserable. He was bunged up with the flu. He'd gotten it when he'd went to Worchester for a visit and Lancelot had thrown him intp ice cold water. His nose was red and sore, his body hurt and he was coughing a lot. He was in the castle in Far, Far Away in bed because he was really tired from the flu. It was a few days near Christmas but Artie wasn't in the mood. He used to like the holiday until his father left him at Worchester. He hated spending the holidays alone and as a loser. Lillian wondered why her nephew was depressed. He then got an idea and climbed out the window after dressing warm. He wandered into the forest.
"Maybe I should go to the swamp. Seeing family might make me feel better." He thought as he came to the swamp but as he got there, it was snowing heavily. Artie then felt weak and fainted. Inside the house Shrek was trying to decorate the Christmas tree but was failing because the babies were playing with the baubles and tinsel. "Meatballs, Spam cut it out! Daddy's trying to fix the tree." he said to his sons. But then he saw Fiona come in through the door with Artie that made him stop what he was doing.
"Artie are ya okay? You look awful!" he said but he saw worry in Fiona's eyes as she felt her cousin's fore head. It was hot, red hot. "He has the flu really bad. Why would my Mom let him come all the way out here if he's sick?" she asked him. He shook his head. She wrapped him up in warm blankets and gave him hot chocolate to warm him up. "Thanks Fiona. I came here because I was depressed about Christmas. I used to like it but now I'm all alone and a loser. If I had a girl friend, it'd make the holiday beyyer for me. But it's impossible, right?" Artie told her. Shrek felt sorry for him. He then got an idea. He remembered Artie liked a girl named Gwen at Worchester so maybe he could make Artie's wish come true.
But at the North Pole Snowgre was feeling lonely. He loved being obw of Santa's helpers and make toys for Santa but he missed his family. But something had happened when the Fairy Godmother showed up. He'd heard from Shrek how mean she could be when angered. "What do you want?" he asked her bitterly. "I want you as my bait. You're gonna help me bring your cousin to meet his doom!" she yelled as she knocked him out with magic.
Artie then watched as the triplets played around him. He wondered if he'd ever have kids with Gwen but he knew that would never happen in a million years. Meatballs giggled as Artie sneezed. "You like that, don't you? You're cute for a baby." he said as he tickled him gently. Fiona watched as Artie smiled. But she saw an odd look in her husband's eyes. "I'm gonna go to Worchester and bring him the one thing he wants, a girlfriend." he told her...