A/N: Hey everyone! I wanted to write another Christmas fanfic for The Outsiders so I decided to continue this one a little! Merry Christmas! (Also, I know a lot of people want me to write another story about Holly and Darry where they have a baby… I want to write it too but I'm kind of stuck. I'll try to write it but it's probably going to take some time… sorry.)

'Homework over Christmas break, this is so ridiculous," Ponyboy thought to himself when he got home from school. There were only a few days until Christmas. He was supposed to write an essay for English class. He threw his bookbag in his room. 'No way I'm doing this.' He laid down on the couch and turned on the TV, trying to see if there were any good Christmas shows on. He looked at the Santa Claus on this show. An old, jolly fat man with a red coat. Pony laughed to himself. 'He looks nothing like Darry.'

It was still hard to believe that his big brother was Santa, and it was hard to keep the secret. He came really close to accidentally spilling it once. Two-Bit's sister had asked him if Santa was really real. Her friends had told her he wasn't real and she was really upset. Two-Bit told her they were just a bunch of dirty liars, but she wanted to hear it from someone besides her brother.

"Actually, he does exist. In fact, last year I found out that Darry is-"He caught himself before he could give it away.

"He's what?" She looked at him curiously.

"I mean, my brother Darry has actually seen the real Santa before. It's true, even ask him!"

Darry wasn't too happy after he heard about this.

"I told you to keep it a secret!" he said in a hushed voice.

"Relax, I didn't actually tell her! What's the big deal, anyway? Why is it so important for it to be a secret?" Ponyboy asked exasperatedly, not really wanting to fight with Darry.

"Think about it Pony. What do you think would happen if everyone in the world knew that I was the real Santa?" He couldn't argue with that. It would probably cause total chaos, now that he thought about it.

It's been a year and he's managed not to tell anyone even though he has no idea how. He almost wishes he didn't know about it at all, but Darry told him there was nothing they could do to make him forget.

"The one thing you can't forget," Darry laughed, poking fun at his brother's tendency to be forgetful. Ponyboy just rolled his eyes.

"Shut it, Darry."

Pony was pulled from his thoughts when he heard the truck pull in the driveway. As soon as Darry came through the door, the song 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' came on the radio and Pony couldn't help it, he just started cracking up. Darry grinned and laughed too.

"Hey, ain't you supposed to go, 'ho, ho, ho'?" Ponyboy teased him, but Darry grabbed him in a headlock.

"You better watch it kid, or you ain't gonna find no presents under the tree on Christmas!" Soda came in and stared at them.

"Did I miss something? What's so funny?" He kicked off his shoes and threw his jacket on the couch.

"No, nothing," Ponyboy and Darry both said at the same time. Soda gave them a funny look.

"You guys are crazy." He walked past them to get some chocolate milk from the kitchen.

"Oh, and you're not?" Darry retorted.

"Nope." He took a giant swig from the milk jug. Darry sighed.

"How many times have I told you…" he started.

"…not to drink from the jug, Sodapop," Soda imitated his older brother's voice. Darry crossed his arms.

"Are you gettin' wise with me, little buddy?"

"No, I was just finishing your sentence for you. I figured you talk enough already so I decided to spare ya a couple words," Soda answered innocently. Darry raised an eyebrow.

"Oh really? I'm the one that talks too much?"

"So, Pony, you excited for the ol' Christmas party?" Soda changed the subject.

'Oh, boy,' Ponyboy thought. You never know what crazy things could happen when the whole gang gets together on a holiday, especially Christmas.

On Christmas Eve, they were all ready to start the party, but Two-Bit wasn't there yet.

"I thought Two-Bit woulda been the first one here," Steve mused.

"Oh, he'll be here," Dally said with a cigarette in his mouth, "the idiot's ready to put up his tree halfway through the summer!" Not much later, said 'idiot' stumbled in the door. "What did I tell ya?"

"Happy birthday everyone!" he yelled, obviously drunk.

"Uh, oh. Here comes Frosty the Snowman."

"Oh, sorry Donald Duck, Happy Halloween. I kinda forgot you don't believe in that stuff." Two-Bit patted him on the back. Dally shrugged him off.

"Man, how much did you have to drink?"

"As much as I wanted," he replied smartly with a wide grin.

Sometime later they were all gathered around the TV, watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Ponyboy and Johnny sat there watching it quietly like a normal person, but everyone else (mostly Dallas) was making loud comments throughout the movie.

"I would make fun of him too, I mean look at his nose!" Dally commented.

"Come on, Dal. How would you like it if you got made fun of for your looks?" Steve asked him.

"Hey, if I had a nose like that, I would make sure it stayed hidden."

Two-Bit pointed at the TV when Santa appeared on the screen.

"See guys? I told you he was real!" You could practically hear the whole gang's collective groan.

"Here we go again," Soda muttered.

"It's just a movie, Two-Bit. It's not really a true story!" Steve said.

"Yeah it is! This year I'm gonna stay up all night and prove to you guys that he does exist!"

Ponyboy forced himself to stay quiet. This was one of those times when it was really hard to not give away Darry's secret. It was getting a little later and Darry realized he should probably go back to the North Pole and make sure everything was ready to go. He snuck out of the room and went to go put on his Santa suit, disappearing as he pushed the button on his magical watch.

"Hey, does anyone want some cookies or pie?" Sodapop offered. They all jumped up and went into the kitchen. Soda waved a Christmas tree shaped cookie in front of Dally's nose. "You know you want one!" Dally pushed him away.

"Everything is way too happy this time of the year. It's creepy."

"You're such a Grinch, Dal."

Two-Bit got a piece of pie but ended up accidentally dropping it on the floor.

"Oops."

Soda sighed and threw a towel at him. "You know, if you wanted us to clean the floor you coulda just told us instead of making a mess."

The party went on for a few more hours until the others started leaving and only Ponyboy and Soda were left.

"I think I'm going to bed," Soda yawned. "Hey, where's Darry? Did he already go to bed?"

"Probably," Pony lied.

"Huh. Well, goodnight."

"Night." Pony didn't stay up much longer but he went over to the window and looked outside. He saw Darry's sleigh fly through the sky. 'My life is so bizarre.' He closed the blinds and went to his room to go to sleep.

Darry walked in through the door after he had finally finished delivering all the presents around the whole world. He was tired, but in a fairly happy mood. It was certainly an adventure, traveling the whole world in one night. He went into the kitchen and was amused to find milk and cookies left in the table. Ponyboy.

He wasn't going to get much sleep tonight but he didn't mind. Tomorrow is going to be a great day.