Chapter 2

When Christmas Eve came, everyone was busy wrapping up the presents and getting into bed. The children were having dreams of Santa coming to their house, going down the chimney and putting all of the presents under the tree. And when they woke up, they would be very happy.

For Batman, he was being Santa as well. He told Alfred that he was going on patrol for the night. When that was done, Batman went down to the Batcave, grabbed a huge sack full of presents and jumped into the Bat-plane.

"Good thing Wayne enterprises were able to supply me with a bunch of Christmas presents" said Batman

With that, he took off into the night sky and flew to Gotham to deliver all of the presents.

First up was Crime alley. This area was very important to Batman. Not only was it the poor part of Gotham, but it was also where his parents died, and that caused him to become who he is today.

Batman put the Bat-plane on autopilot, took a bunch of presents, and leapt onto the roof of a building. He went in through a broken window, and put the presents in the living room. After doing that, he went back out to the Bat-plane.

"That's the first building done" said Batman "Now to take care of the rest"

After delivering presents to a few more houses, Batman then gave some presents to the homeless living in the streets. They were a bit shocked as to why Batman would do that, but the Dark Knight was doing this to help them and spread the Christmas spirit. Batman also gave some presents to Leslie at her clinic.

Lastly, Batman went to where his parents were killed. He put a bunch of flowers next to them, along with two presents and a mistletoe. He then gave them his respects, and then went off to deliver more presents.

When Batman was in downtown, he was surprised to see criminals stealing a few presents for themselves, mostly from people's homes.

"Not even the criminals can stop causing trouble at Christmas" Batman thought. He easily took them out, and took the presents off them and returned them to the homes. After that, he continued delivering presents.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Gordon of the GCPD was in the police HQ drinking a cup of coffee. He then heard some noise. He turned around and saw a present. The label said "Merry Christmas, Jim. From Batman"

Gordon was a bit confused for a second. Then, he rushed to the window and saw Batman with a sack of presents in the Bat-plane. He immediately spitted out his coffee.

"What the hell?!" said Gordon "When did he become Santa? That is not something you see at Christmas"

A few officers rushed inside and saw what was happening outside. They were a bit shocked too, but they did not take action. Instead, they just watched in confusion as Batman was seen delivering presents to all of Gotham. Then, the Bat-plane took off to the other parts of Gotham.

Batman did see a few graffiti in the streets that said various Christmas stuff related to him. There was one that said "MERRY XMAS BATS" which was obviously from the Joker. He had caused some trouble in the days leading up to Christmas but he was stopped and thrown back into Arkham. The various supervillains imprisoned there also celebrated Christmas, only because they wanted to. Some didn't, some did.

Batman did have a few close encounters with some people. Most of them were children, who woke up because of hearing footsteps. Some did see Batman, but they often mistook him for Santa because of their drowsiness and that their minds were blurry. A few others were adults who just happened to encounter him while getting something to eat or drink. Either way, all was good.

When Batman had finished up in the city, he gave presents to the Justice League and the Bat-family. He even stopped at Arkham once, dropping off a huge present meant for the staff, not the villains.

"This was one hell of a night" said Batman "Most people did deserve them, but dealing with a bunch of criminals on Christmas Eve is something that is common in this city. Good thing that Gotham has me here as its protector"

Batman began to head back to Wayne Manor. It was nearing Christmas day, and everyone would be up soon….