Uptown...

Atticus's little cousin Dot was in line to meet Santa Claus as she stood while holding her mother's hand and was right next to Lucky. There was also a little boy in the line who had a letter.

"I'm nervous, Lucky," Dot said to her dog. "What if I haven't been as good as I thought I was?"

"Dot, don't be silly," Lucky soothed. "You're a great young girl! You ought to be on Santa's permanent nice list."

"Lucky is right, dear." Gretchen smiled.

Dot smiled to her mother as she patiently waited for her turn to sit on Santa's lap. The boy had a note for the Santa for him to give to the real Santa as he knew this guy was just one of 'Santa's helpers' while the real Santa was busy making toys in the North Pole.

"Looks like that kid has a note for Santa." Lucky whispered.

"I've seen this before," Gretchen commented. "He wants the note delivered to the real Santa."

"That's not the real Santa?" Dot asked.

"Oh, sweetie, Santa is so busy in the North Pole," Gretchen explained with a smile. "He needs helpers to come around before the holidays so he can make everybody happy."

"Ohh." Dot smiled.

The worker elf snapped a picture of the boy with Santa as Dot was then next.

"My turn!" Dot beamed before she soon got on Santa's lap.

"Hey there, little girl..." Santa greeted.

"My name is Dot Henderson," Dot smiled. "I'm six years old, and I've been a good girl all year!"

"I'm sure you have." Santa said.

Dot smiled back.

"What would you like for Christmas then?" Santa asked.

"I wanna go to summer camp," Dot pouted. "Mom and Daddy say I'm too young, but I wanna go and try it out."

"You sure you don't want a doll or a Care Bear or something?" Santa muttered.

"Nope." Dot shook her head.

Gretchen smiled with Lucky.

"Well... Okay... I'll see what I can do..." Santa shrugged.

"It's okay, you don't have to pretend, Mommy says you're just a helper." Dot smiled.

"Um okay then I'll make sure the real Santa knows." Santa said.

"Thanks... Oh! Also, I guess I do want a Powerpuff Girls play-set, but I wanna go to summer camp with Charlie Brown's little sister," Dot said. "I think she and I will become the best of friends."

"All right." Santa shrugged.

"Smile!" the elf called.

Dot gave a huge grin as her picture was then taken.

After the picture was taken, Dot, Gretchen, and Lucky left.

"So, you wanna go to summer camp, huh?" Gretchen asked her daughter.

"I heard Charlie Brown's little sister was gonna go and I wanna meet her and be her friend, we're both six." Dot replied.

"That sounds great." Lucky smiled.

"Did you know they have a dog too?" Dot asked her collie.

"Yes, I've heard," Lucky replied. "A beagle named Snoopy."

"That's him." Dot said.

"Let's see what Santa has in store for you this summer." Gretchen smiled to Dot.

Dot smiled back up to her mother.

Lucky shook a chill down his spine and stayed close with the mother and daughter as he saw Cruge's car making a round, but then, he remembered the incredible strength Patch gave him.

"You okay, Lucky?" Dot asked her dog.

"It's Cruge..." Lucky replied.

"I wish I knew why he was so mean." Dot said.

"We all do, dear..." Gretchen sighed. "We all do... He used to be such a sweet kid."

"Really?" Lucky asked, surprised.

"Yes, it's a long story..." Gretchen replied.

"You knew him, Mom?" Dot asked.

"Yes..." Gretchen nodded. "We were good friends like your cousin Atticus and Cherry."

"What happened to make him such a bad person?" Dot asked.

"He always wanted a puppy of his very own, but he never got one..." Gretchen explained.

"Why not?" Dot asked.

"I think his mother was allergic." Gretchen tried to remember.

"Couldn't she have been hypnotized into thinking she was allergic to a different animal?" Lucky asked.

"Oh, Lucky, that's silly, you can't do that." Gretchen chuckled while shaking her head. She then began to think if that would be possible.

The Santa Pups looked to Town Hall as it was getting dark early as it was winter time.

"It sure is getting dark." The Santa Pups said.

"Winter will do that..." Noble nodded.

There was then a jingling of bells heard.

"They couldn't have found us already..." Puppy Paws pouted.

The Santa Pups then began to cross the street once they thought it was clear, but Cruge's vehicle was coming right for them. Luckily, the car didn't run them over, but they kept going across the street to explore more of Fernfield and where Cruge was now on the look out for them. The Santa Pups came to the town Christmas tree as the lights had burned out. Puppy Paws's collar than glowed and it made the lights come back on from his magic.

"That was nice of you, Puppy Paws." Noble smiled.

"Say cheese, Pipsqueak!" the elf told the kid who was next to see 'Santa'.

"Man, this is itchy..." the man dressed as Santa complained about his beard.

"That's an impostor!" Puppy Paws glared.

"No, that's just a Santa helper." Charity said.

Noble sensed something. "RUN!"

Cruge grunted as he got out his net to capture the Santa Pups and where he missed them. Cruge chased after the Santa Pups and made him accidentally net the Santa as they led him there before running off together.

"Nice thinking, Puppy Paws!" Noble laughed.

"Thanks." Puppy Paws smiled.

Things were not going so well at the North Pole. Santa Claus and Santa Paws came to check on the reindeer and they appeared to be getting sick.

"Comet, what's wrong?" Santa Paws asked.

"Santa Claus... Santa Paws... I wouldn't come in here if I were you," Comet panted. "All of us reindeer, we've been hit with some sort of flu bug. It could be contagious... ACHOO!"

Even Rudolph was sick.

"Are you gonna be okay?" Santa Claus frowned.

"Ugh, I don't know, Santa," Comet moaned. "Cupid isn't feeling the love, and Dancer isn't doing much dancing, we all feel really weak..."

"Yeah, I'm so weak my nose can't even glow." Rudolph sniffled before sneezing.

"This is from a lack of energy from the icicle," Santa Claus said to Santa Paws. "It's affecting us all!"

"Is there anything we can help with?" Comet asked.

"Have any of you seen Puppy Paws or the Santa Pups?" Santa Paws asked.

"Come to think of it, no," Comet sniffled. "Puppy Paws hasn't been asking us for rides-ACHOO!-Everything okay?"

"I haven't seen the others in a while myself." Rudolph added in.

This deeply worried Santa Claus and Santa Paws.

Puppy Paws and the Santa Pups were now trying to find a place to sleep.

"People sure aren't jolly in Fernfield..." Puppy Paws pouted before looking to a store window to see polar bears. "I think it's time to call it a night."

"Yes." Noble agreed as their sisters yawned sleepily.

An old woman left the store and the Santa Pups snuck in as they yawned tiredly and decided to sleep inside the store and blend into the snow due to their white fur.

"Guess we'll have to find Budderball in the morning..." Puppy Paws said softly.

"Looks like it." Noble yawned in agreement.

The Santa Pups all came together and settled down for the silent night.

'Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas!' the toy Santa announced as they got ready to go to bed.

The woman who owned the store turned out the lights and locked the door as she then went to get herself home and where the rest of the night in Fernfield would be peaceful for the pups. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the North Pole.