Disclaimer: I don't own Hamtaro. And I don't own the human hams completely either, because the idea of them having ears and tails as traits is from a really neat Jap. Hamtaro site I saw, so they're the idea of a Jap. artist. (Rock on!) But the story, plot, and any unfamiliar characters are mine! Heehee. : )

A/N: OMiGosh! Yo all! How was everyone's New Year? Lol, my dad connected our PS2! I'm so happy1 I've been playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, it's so awesome! And Urbz: Sims in the City (for Gamecube) Rox the world!!! So does Mario Power Tennis, whoo! lol....great times...great times. XD Anyway, I had a cool New Year's Eve, went to my uncle's, then went to a party and came back home at 11:30 p.m. to watch the ball drop and eat grapes all night long. lol. Anyway, sorry for the delay, I've had midterms and my sister's birthday was Saturday, so yeah. Well, to answer the reviews...

To burnfist23: My goodness, it's just a fic. x.X Calm down, Lol, I'm not killing off Leanna, she makes it way too interesting. XD Just wait and see what Diamond does in my other ficcy, you WANT Leanna to come back. Woah, just gave out some info there, lol. too much! And I like torturing you, so I tihnk I'll leave Leanna here. Heeheehee....

shadow bijou: You're in luck, lol, I wont be updating as fast anymore, my days of being home all day are over. I go back to school Jan. 3! But thanks for reviewing!!!

The Village Idiot: Of course Leanna can't pull of the "Maxy" thing, no one can pull it off like Sandy. XD But yeah, Leanna's mean, it's only getting better.

To kanu6877: You're not overly obssessed with Panda, he's cute, how could a person not like him? Lol, my sister lvoes Panda, not as much as you but he's one of her faves. Thanks for reviewing! : )

To Greg the bunny: Probably wont be seeing many other reviews from you (lol) but P/P is Panda/Pashmina. Thanks anyway for reviewing, even though you didn't really review, lol.

To ASEHamuGirl: If you come back when you can read the rest, I just wanna thank you for reviewing! Makes me happy to know people read my ficcy. :D

To KutchipatchiROCK: Not an H/B person are you? Well that's okay, because I don't like H/B very much either. but they're an easy-to-write-about couple and I get lazy so I write about them. I used to never like H/B, but too many H/B lovers and fics can really persuade a person sometimes, lol. So now I like H/B a little bit. And I'm aware of Boss seeming old, lol, he's not old in the ficcy, he's just been through a lot in life and so...he's like, wise in a way and acts the way he does. Thanks for reviewing!

To Yayfulness: Hey, haven't seen you in a while, what's up? Lol, glad you came back! And er....sorry, but...um..I don't know what TLTLI is...sowwy, I'm feeling stupid now. XD I'm so happy you updated your ficcy, I was waiting for the next chappie! So thanks for reviewing!

crystalgurl101: Well, Cappy and Penelope are like the babies of the ham hams, they're the youngest, so I put them in Elementry. I could've done middle school, but that'd change a whole lot of things...so yeah. lol. And I'm sure that I wouldn't be able to resist the 'pouty anime' face. Those are sooo cute, teehee. Thanks for reviewing! :D

Good lord, that's a lot of people, more then I've had in a while. Whoo! Thank you all so much for reviewing!!! I hope you guys had an awesome New Year! Anyway! on with the fic!!! (I posted a New Year Ficcy called "In One Minute" so I dunno if you guys might wanna check it out, it's different from this fic, lol) : )


Holiday Cheers: Chapter VIII

December seventh. (QuickNote: I did a lot of research on Hanukkah, and I'm doing my best to not screw up the holiday, lol. If I mess up something, let me know, because I don't exactly like to mess up these kind of things. I have to be respectful, this is a holiday of a different religion. Anyway, if something is kind of...not right, which you might find....I dunno, I saw a lot of different translations to the blessings that you say before lighting the candles. I picked one and I don't know if it's the right one,and I saw websites with different dates for when Hanukkah starts this year, so yeah...I don't honestly mean to mess with a different holiday like that, I just wanted to write about something different in my fic, that's all.)

"Baruch ata Ado-nai, Elo-heinu Melech ha'olam, Asher kid'shanu b'mitzvosav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Chanukah, (Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us to Kindle the Chanukah light.)" Boss recited this prayer as Snoozer lit the shamash. The golden menorah stood with nine candle holders, the fifth one in the middle being slightly higher then the rest, the shamash.

"Baruch ata Hashem, Elokenu melech ha'olam, she'asah nisim la'avotenu, bayamim hahem bazeman hazeh (Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, Who has doen miracles for our fathers in days gone by, at this time.)," Boss continued the prayers as Snoozer joined him...

"Baruch ata Ado-nai, Elo-heinu Melech ha'olam, She'hecheyanu, vekiyemanu vehigi'anu laz'man hazeh, (Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.)," Both of them finished together as Boss took the shamash and lit one candle on the farthest right of the candle holders. They stood in wonder of this event, knowing full well the miracle of Hanukkah.

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"Wheee!" Penelope squealed as she slid down the cold slide. She hit the end and landed safley in the snow, giggling. Cappy was up next with Arvin behind him.

"My turn!" Cappy said excitedly, climbing up the stairs to the slide. Penelope moved out of the way from the bottom and put her hands on the side of the slide waiting for Cappy. "five....four..." Penlope looked at Arvin, who stood behind Cappy, and winked at him. He smiled slyly, "three...tw-AH!!" Penelope and Arvin burst into laughter as Cappy was pushed down unexpectly, sliding down quickly and landing face first into the snow. He lifted his face up, spitting snow out of his mouth and standing up,wiping snow off his jacket.

"Oh! Act normal!" Penelope said, holding in her laughter and looking up into space. Arvin wistled innocently also looking to the sky.

Cappy came up to them with a look of suspision. "Who's idea was it?" He raised an eyebrow when Arvin coughed up a laugh. "Penelope?"

"It's always me isn't it?! Why don't you ever blame Arvin?! Or Stacy! Or even that kid that's there soemtimes...and then isn't there other times!?" Penelope yelled, throwing her hands up in the air dramatically. It was Arvin's turn to raise an eyebrow. Penelope turned a little pink, and smiled cheerfully at Cappy, "I'm just playing Cappy. It was my idea, I asked Arvin to push you down."

Cappy nodded and smiled back, "Don't worry about it. You needed to get back at me anyway for the time I won the bet at who could last longer on the monkey bars," Cappy stiffled a laugh. Penelope hit him playfully. Arvin, who was clueless about the 'bet on the monkey bars' situation, just smiled at them.

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Bijou lay her head on her arm, her fingers touching the plastic cup that was once filled with a vanilla milkshake. The girls both sat at a table in the food court of the Sunset Mall. The blonde, blue-eyed girl heaved a sigh, thinking of the blue dress she'd probably never own. Pashmina patted her friend's arm, "It's okay Bijou. I'm sure you'll find an even prettier dress somewhere. A cheaper one maybe..."

"A preettier one?" Bijou sat up, "I do not want a preettier, or cheaper one! I want ze one I saw in my dream! Eet means somezing Pashmina! A Seeries of events always leads to somezing! Zeenk about eet, I had a good dream about Hamtaro, his roof, my floor, caved een, we have to sleep in ze room, I saw ze same dress as ze one in my dream...eet means somezing!"

"But, you can't afford the dress, and your floor caved into his room because of Stan, not because of the dream." Pashmina added, smiling in an evil, but playful way.

Bijou looked at Pashmina meaningfuly, "You always ruin everzing," Bijou said playfully with a smile. She drank the last bit of her vanilla milkshake.

"Yeah...anyway, I bet you're right. Seriously, it's all got to mean something," Pashmina said, more seriously. She ate the last of her salad and got up to throw out the trash, and sat back down. Bijou moved her empty cup to the side and grabbed her bag, taking out folders and papers. Pashmina checked her watch, 12:45 p.m. The girls didn't have any classes until Chorus class for the rest of the afternoon. But that wasn't until 2:30. These were typical Wednesdays. Pashmina decided to read and looked through her own bag for a book. "Hey....where's my-oh yeah!" Pashmina said, remembering that she had let Sandy borrow her book.

"Where's your what?" Bijou asked, looking up from her notebook. "If you were looking for your book, you let Sandy borrow eet, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember now." Pashmina said. She was about to get out a notebook when she realized soemthing, "Hey...Bijou, where is Sandy? She said she'd meet us here today...but she's not here. Do you think she stayed after? You know...teachers are always asking their students that they need to speak to them..." Pashmina trailed off.

Bijou shook her head, "I don't zeenk so..." she pointed behind Pashmina, and sure enough there was Sandy, walking slowly towards them. She didn't seem happy at all. Sandy took a seat next to Pashmina, and when she looked up, you could tell she had been crying.

"Sandy...?" Pashmina asked. Up to this point, Sandy had tried to move on. She tried to get over her crazy thoughts of Maxwell and tried to not even think of him. She'd been trying to forget about him and hadn't mentioned it to her friends, though they knew exactly what happened.

"Hi...I'm okay. Don't worry..." Sandy said. She gave them a weak smile. Then she went through her own bag and took a book out, handing it to Pashmina. "Here...thanks for letting me borrow it," she said. Pashmina took it and put it away. She looked at Bijou with a worried look and Bijou looked back the same. They were all quiet.

Sandy sniffled, and lay her head down on the table, crying. "Oh Sandy..." Pashmina put her arm around her heart-broken friend in a comforting manner, moving her orange hair away from her face. Bijou moved to the seat in front of Sandy and held her hand. Sandy cried for a long time, not knowing of what to do anymore.

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"Yes! I got a B!" Stan cheered after his grade for the last test he had taken. He hi-fived Hamtaro and Oxnard as they congradulated him. "How'd you guys do?" Stan asked. Hamtaro and Oxnard stepped in front of him and checked their own grades. They gasped.

"What? You did bad?" Stan wondered at loud. It was an easy test, how could they've failed it?

The two friends hi-fived eachother. "We got A's!!!" Hamtaro said overjoyed. Stan, unintentionaly let his ears droop. He was glad that they did great, but he was hoping, that for once, he'd do better then everyone else. Well, at least he passed, better then failing. The trio grabbed their stuff and headed out of the building.

As they all got into a taxi cab, a question crossed Stan's mind, "Hey, whatre you guys getting for Christmas presents? To give away?"

"I don't know...I think I'm going to stick with cards this year. A lot of my free, spending money was put into getting the roof fixed. Maybe I could get some small things..." Hamtaro said.

"It's okay Hamtaro. Presents aren't what Christmas is all about. We'll be happy if you gave us all cards, in the same way that we'd be happy if you gave us each a lifetime supply of slated sunflower seeds!" Oxnard said, almost drooling at the thought.

"No Ox, you'd be the happiest to get sunflower seeds," Stan pointed out. Oxnard turned a little pink.

"What about you Stan? Think you'll have any money left to buy anyone anything? Or like me and Bijou, do you think you'll be almost broke?" Hamtaro questioned, tilting his head.

Stan sighed and thought for a while, "I don't know. Maybe I'll get you all candy or something...I'm definetly going to be broke...unless I were to win one of those skiing/snowboarding comptetions that they have over at White Top Mountain. but I doubt it. That's like, three hours away from here, and they have REALLY good skiers and snowbaorders there. Have you ever seent hose competitions on TV? They do them every year, and the prizes is always money, and it doubles every year." Stan explained.

"I saw some of it last year," Oxnard told them. "It was really neat. Those guys were good..."

"Some of it? What about the rest?" Hamtaro asked.

"Don't you remember? Cappy and Penelope broke my TV antennas on accident. I lost my cable and I had to wait about a week and a half to get new antennas."

"Oh I remember," Stan perched in, smiling. "Yo, that was funny. Penelope was running around with your antennas on her head pretending to be an evil alien, and Cappy was trying to stop her and save us."

"Oh! Yeah, Panda has it all taped, it was Christmas Eve. Cappy couldn't contain his excitment and just had to open one of the presents. So he did, and it was a plastic sword, so he was using it and pretending to kill Penelope with it. At a point he tripped an hit Panda, which was so funny because Panda fell over still holding the camera and all could see was static then Cappy's face close to the camera, and Penelope screaming in the background, with Cappy going..."

"Panda! Panda! I killed the alien! Are you getting it all?! I've made history!!" All three of them said at the same time, laughing. They sighed together and smiled at eachother.

"It was an awesome Christmas," Stan pointed out. Oxnard and Hamtaro nodded. The taxi stopped in front of the Sunset mall and they paid the fee and stepped out.

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Friday, December 10th...

On the third day of Hanukkah, Boss decided it was time for some holiday fun. He had invited everyone over to have dinner in his apartment to make a special announcement.

As eevryone ate cheerfully and spoke amongst themselves, Boss stood at the table. "Hey, evryone, good evening. well, i'm glad you'r all here, even Jingle, who's finally returned from his trip to Europe. Congradulations to him on winning the poetry contest." Everyone clapped for him, as Jingle bowed his head in thanks. As it all died down, Boss spoke again. "Tomorrow the workers are coming to fix the floor, you know, the accident we had in Bijou's and Hamtaro's room..." Bijou and Hamtaro looked at eachother. "...and they say it could take most of the day, so it's best that we don't bother them since it is very hard work. So I've decided, that, it being on Saturday and we're not all busy, we should go ice skating." Everyone spoke quietly, "If you do have something planned, then I apologize for telling you this so late. I only thought of it today. But if you have nothing planned, then you should go ice skating since you wont be able to stay here." He sat back down as everyone spoke about the upcoming day.

No one was busy, so it was time for the family gathering that they hadn't had since Novemeber. They were in need of it.

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To be continued...

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A/N: Hope you all liked it. Next chappie's all about Saturday. a lot of things are going to happen, heehee. So, I went back and read my Twirling Whirling fic, and I noticed how that one, even if the chapters were shorter and I didn't use many big words, it's actually my best fic. Lol, well...to me at least. I don't know, maybe it's because it was my first one and there's so many things connected to it in my sequal to I'll Remember You. I've just got so much planned. Lol, anyway, again, I'm sorry for the long delay. And I'm sorry if it continues that way, but you know...school. I'll try my best to speed it up a little. Thanks for your patience. :D