Hey, everybody! ¡Feliz Navidad! Happy (belated) Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Or whatever the heck you celebrate! Sorry it's been a little while since my last update. Hopefully, this holiday-themed chapter will make it up to you! (Maybe I can own Avatar: The Last Airbender for Christmas!)

PS: The Santa Claus story isn't entirely accurate; I had to change it so that it fits with the Avatar story.


It was a cold, snowy day in the Southern Water Tribe. (What else was new?)

Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Suki were visiting the tribe for the first time since Aang had been discovered.

Everyone was dressed strangely. Aang had never seen anyone from the Water Tribes wear red. Big, red, furry jackets were worn on nearly every soul in the Tribe, and some people were carrying presents. The aroma of ginger and cinnamon filled the air, and everyone had huge smiles on their faces.

Aang and Katara were strolling through the city when they passed a small choir singing a song Aang had never heard before.

"Dashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh,

O'er the fields we go,

Laughing all the way..."

Aang turned to Katara. "Why is everyone acting so differently?" he asked.

Katara laughed. "Oh, come on, Aang. As if you didn't know," she said.

His facial expression remained blank.

"You don't know?" she asked.

Aang shook his head.

"You mean, you've never heard of Christmas?" Katara asked incredulously.

"No, what's that?" he asked.

"Well, it's a holiday," she explained. "Once every year, people come together and celebrate family and give presents. It celebrates the birthday of a very famous person who founded the Water Tribe religion."

Aang was interested. "So, how do people celebrate it?"

"Well, other than giving presents, people sing, and eat cookies, and drink chicken-duck egg-nog. And they decorate trees and put them in their houses. It's fun!"

They continued to walk, and they passed more red-coated people carrying presents.

"Why are people dressed in red, Katara?" Aang asked.

She smiled. "There's a big man who dresses in red and brings gifts the night before Christmas," she said happily. "His name is Santa Claus."

"Wait...I've heard that name before. Wasn't he...an Avatar?" Aang asked.

Katara nodded. "Yes. He was from the Fire Nation, so he wore red. Legend has it, he saw a young couple that wanted to get married, but they couldn't afford it. So on Christmas Eve, he went to their house and noticed stockings hanging over the fireplace to dry. He filled the girl's stocking with enough gold to get married, and that's why people give each other presents on Christmas!"

"Really?" Aang was very interested. This sounded like a fun holiday!

They stopped when they came to a street corner. Hanging above them was a small plant.

Katara smirked. "Hey, Aang?"

He turned to her. "Yes?"

"Do you know what happens under the mistletoe?"

"No."

-Twenty seconds later-

Yes, Aang decided, Christmas is VERY interesting!

-TWO HOURS LATER-

Aang and Katara returned to their temporary home, where they found Sokka and Suki finishing a game of Pai Sho.

"Where have you two been?" Sokka asked. "You've been gone all afternoon! You missed me crush Suki at Pai Sho!"

"He took three pieces off the board when I wasn't looking," Suki said in her defense.

"Umm...I was kind of explaining the concept of mistletoe to Aang..." Katara said, blushing.

Aang turned beet-red.

Well, for my first Christmas I got a makeout and a very angry older brother. Yep, very interesting holiday!