Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine unfortunately

"Mommy, mommy! Get up! Get up!" Holly said while jumping on her parent's bed.

"Honey it's to early to get up." Buffy muttered into her pillow.

"But mommy it's my holiday!"

"See this is all your fault. You just had to tell her that holly and Christmas go together didn't you." Buffy said jokingly to her husband.

"Lil' bit go back to bed." Spike said.

"But mommy says that I'm not allowed to wake you guys up before seven and now it's nine."

"I know honey buy on Christmas you can't wake mommy and daddy up before ten." Said Buffy

"But you never told me that!" Cried Holly

"Don't worry bit your mum's just jokin'. We can go and open presents now.'

"Yay prezzies!" Yelled Holly as she ran out of the room.

"Spike why did you tell her we would go open presents now? You know how long and hard patrol was last night and now we won't be able to go back to bed until after patrol tonight."

"Don't you want to open your presents?" Asked Spike.

"Spike I bought all the presents. I know what's in them all. There aren't going to be any presents for me until the rest of the gang comes over."

"Maybe Santa brought you something."

"Spike Santa eats children. I really don't want to have to explain to our daughter why I had to slay Santa. On a side note I wonder if he really wears that red suit."

"Love."

"What don't you want to know if he really wears the suit?"

"Not really I just want to pound him into a bloody pulp if he comes within a hundred feet of our daughter."

"Well I want to do that too."

"Mommy, daddy aren't you coming to open presents with me?" called Holly from the bottom of the stairs

"Just a minute bit." replied Spike

"Come on lets go down stairs." he said to Buffy

"Alright, alright but did you ever notice how she gets more and more excited every year and we get less and less excited?" Buffy asked

"Well you even if Santa didn't bring you any presents your dashingly handsome husband did."

"You got me prezzies?"

"Of course what kind of husband or father would I be if I didn't get my two favorite girls presents?"

"I wouldn't think any less of you if you hadn't you know." Said Buffy as she got up to down stairs

"I know love" Spike replied as he followed her "but I had to do something for you."

"No you didn't."

"Yes I did." he said as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Mommy look what Santa brought me!" Holly exclaimed as she held up a doll.

"That's great sweetie." Buffy said as the phone started to ring.

"Who the bloody hell is calling on Christmas morning?"

"I don't know and don't swear."

"Yeah papa don't swear."

"Hello…Oh I Giles….No we just woke up….Well we didn't get done with patrol until one….Yes one…..I did to call you…Yes I did….Yes I did…Well you probably fell asleep and didn't hear the phone ring….Yes you do, do that….Well your old….Yes you are…Giles why are you calling…Yes come over for lunch…No I'm not cooking, Spike is…What do you mean by that….I can cook….Yes I can…I haven't set anything on fire in at least a year…Why are you laughing….It's not funny…Stop laughing…Really…I'm serious…I have to go open presents now.. Bye Giles…Yep noonish…Yep…Okay…Yep…Okay bye Giles."

"Mommy you have set stuff on fire."

"When?"

"Last week when you tried to make the pudding."

"I meant to do that."

"You meant to make flames leaping from the oven mommy?"

"The weren't leaping they were hopping. They were hopping weren't they Spike?"

"Let's just open presents now what do you think about that 'bit?"

"You're avoiding my question."

"Do you really want me to answer your question?"

"Yes."

"They were leaping."

"No they weren't." she said putting her hands on her hips. "Okay maybe they were but it wasn't my fault."

"Whatever you say love." he said kissing her cheek.

"Can we open presents now?" Holly asked

"Yeah we can open presents now."

"Yay!"

"Merry Christmas Spike."

"Merry Christmas Buffy."