I did it! I was literally up for a bit making this and i hope you guys like it, I got lots of good things for Christmas and i really hope you guys did too, Merry Christmas to you. The Ed's have some stuff to say to you too :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the Ed's but during Christmas its all about giving ;)

Eddy: Ya Merry Christmas, and if ya can go ahead and mail me some money!

Edd: Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!

Ed: Santa wants you all to have a Merry Christmas and i do too!

Please come

Merry Christmas

No exclamation point, no smiley face, just a simple yellow sticky note that had two words on it. He didn't even understand what they meant. He just stared at it for the longest time, when had they gotten home? It must have been when he was asleep.

They hadn't even woken him up.

His gifts were laid on the floor right under the barely decorated Christmas tree. The presents would be exactly what he had asked for, because he wrote them on a note for his parents. They weren't with him enough to guess what he wanted. Edd had only vague memory of spending a Christmas day with his parents, and he could remember things from when he was four. His parents had just been too occupied with their jobs to care about parenting; he guessed that they favored that job over the other. He didn't know if it was right but Edd had always thought that being a parent was supposed to come first, above all else, by the way his parents were acting he was very wrong. He was still looking at the note; it was written without heart, what did they feel towards him? Was he just an obligation, another chore that they checked off every now and again that they visited? Or was he just mandatory, a wife and a husband usually had a child, maybe that's what he was, just something they had to have because it was logical, Edd was born in a world where logic trumped all, and he hadn't been broken out of that spell until Eddy and Ed had come along and showed him how it truly was to feel. He was a boy being raised in two completely different worlds. He couldn't love one without hating the other.

He loved feelings.

So did he hate his parents?

He would have made a Christmas wish for that question to be answered but he made another one instead. He made the same Christmas wish he always made, every year. He just wanted his parents to come home.

Eddy snuck downstairs before either of his parents could wake up, he looked at the three gifts they had gotten him, at least they hadn't used the money to spend it on booze this year. He opened each one quickly and quietly. He had gotten a sweater, another pickle jar to hold his quarters, and a pocket knife. The only thing that was actually interesting was the knife; he quickly grabbed it and studied the different tools that it held, it was perfect, slim and not bulky so it wouldn't show if he put it in his pocket, it wasn't one of those square ones but was a deep oval shape, and the knife on it was at least and inch and a half long. If he ever needed to use this thing it would work, how affective was it against a drunken raging man he wondered. Then quickly shook his head, the idea making his stomach clench.

He heard a creak downstairs and quickly ran to the upstairs bathroom, he quietly got ready and got his winter clothes on before he opened the door and looked around his barren house, when would he have the courage to leave?

He walked outside in the deep snow, it was cold but comforting, and everyone was inside so he didn't hear much but the soft crunching of his feet walking over the snow. He pulled his hat down more and kept walking to a certain girl's house, unfortunately it wasn't Kenzies, he would have to get a lot further with her if he wanted to go over at a time like this. Christmas was for families to bond, not for some random guy to show up and ruin it all, instead he was going over Nazz's who had planned a party after her parents had got trapped in the snow and couldn't get a flight to her. Eddy felt bad, after all Christmas time was for families.

Which was why he was walking away from his home.

Ed yawned and quickly ran up the stairs to meet an excited Sarah and two parents that looked at him. That's the only way he could describe what they were doing, just looking at him like he was just there, like he just existed and that's all he did, it kinda bothered him but he chose not to say anything.

He always chose not to say anything.

"You had your sister waiting for so long," His mom accused, shaking her head and sighing. "What are we going to do with you?" He chose not to answer that question too.

"Aw mom its fine, come on Ed come open your gifts!"

Ed was wearing his elf ears, a special gift from Santa that he had gotten last year, he loved being an honorary Elf, always making sure Christmas joy was spread for all to have. Then again as an elf he did need to inspect the toys that Santa had gotten for him this Christmas, he could postpone his duties while he did that right?

"I feel all fuzzy inside Sarah!" He looked at the gifts that were under the highly decorated Christmas tree (thanks to him) and a frown almost came to his face, there were eight Christmas presents for Sarah, he only saw two for him. Santa must have thought he didn't do so well this year.

His presents were a new pair of shoes, and a sock monkey. He didn't even ask for them on his Christmas list, Santa must have skipped over it. It didn't bother him, as an elf it was his duty to give not receive. But hearing his sisters squeals of delight as she got all the toys she had wanted made it harder for him to concentrate on his Elven job. Their parents smiled and laughed as their daughter jumped along the room and said how she would play with the newest doll house she had gotten.

He gave her a weak smile and then got ready to go outside, when he left his parents didn't even say goodbye.

"Chin up sower puss, Nazz's party will cheer ya up." Eddy was standing in-front of his house with his hands in his pocket and an angry stare that was fixated on Ed's house. How could Ed's parents treat him as if he weren't even alive?

Ed's smile widened and he literally jumped on Eddy, because he had come.

He didn't have too. It meant he had thought of him.

"Where's Double-D?" He scanned the area for his hat wearing friend but he was nowhere to be found.

"Probably with his mom and dad, he doesn't see'em enough, guess he wanted to spend as much time with them as he could." Eddy shrugged; looking at Edd's house and sighing. Even though he was probably having the time of his life, it would be different without him. "Aw who needs him though! We can have a great time without that know-it-all!"

"I'll miss him," Ed whimpered, his lower lip quivering in a sad pout.

Eddy pushed him towards Nazz's. "Stop your whining! We'll see him later."

Nazz's house was very festive when they went inside her Christmas tree was glowing in the center of the room while other lights and trinkets hung from varies places around it. Eddy rated the place an overall nine for decor, but then he saw the food and bumped it up to a ten. There were Christmas cookies, brownies, and all other kind of teeth rotting foods, usually Edd would tell them about how bad it was for them, but he wasn't here so they ate away. When Nazz saw them she walked straight up to them and they almost chocked on their cookies.

Her Christmas sweater was just a tad too loose on her and hung down, showing her bare shoulder, if that wasn't enough the skirt she was wearing was also a little small, but they said nothing as their temperatures rose.

"Hey guys," She said, Eddy's cookie was hanging out of his mouth and Ed was looking everywhere but where she was, all she could do was smile at them and wait. She was pretty used to this.

Eddy bumped Ed with his elbow and cleared his throat. "Hey Nazz, what's up?" He mentally cursed himself; he didn't even like her anymore why was he acting so weird!?

She looked from one Ed to the other, like she was counting them. "Where's Double-D?" Eddy was able to catch that she did sound a little sad.

He took another bite of his cookie, "He's with his mom and dad, I heard them comin' in yesterday."

Nazz gave him a concerned look and then shook her head. "Um, I don't think so, I was up pretty late babysitting my cousin and I saw the car leave."

Eddy's jaw automatically clenched tightly, he was alone? "They left him again." This wasn't the first time they had left him home alone for Christmas; they had never really been there for Christmas.

Nazz set her glass of eggnog down and was about to walk over to his house when Eddy stopped her. "No, we can't just burst in there and help him; it's not the kind of thing he wants."

Nazz scowled at him for a moment. "We're not just going to leave him there."

Eddy shook his head and looked to the ground. "…Give him a minute though, and let me and Ed do this, I've actually got an idea." He leaned forward and whispered in her ear, this was going to be a pretty good idea, and he got an approved smile from Nazz.

"Ok go get him then."

Eddy took as many cookies and put them in his pocket as he could, then snatched a hot chocolate and was on his way with Ed following close behind. Before he got to the door he took a deep breath, getting himself ready to see a sad Edd. He was going to knock but he tested the handle first and found that it was unlocked; Edd must have known they were coming.

The house was so quiet that the doors creaking noise echoed in the rooms. They walked in and let the door close behind him, Eddy felt like he was in one of those scary movies. There wasn't any movement downstairs so they went up to see if their sad stricken friend was there, there was a light on where his room was and they quietly walked in and opened the door, Eddy expected to find something else but his friend was sitting down studying his ants.

"Have you noticed that if an ant is by themselves they'll die?" He kept staring and jotted down a note. "They are such social creatures; it's interesting to see how they interact with one another." Again he took notes of one of the ants and kept watching.

Ed looked at Eddy and shrugged, they both expected something different. They walked by him and looked over his shoulder at his notes, there were a lot, he had already filled out three pages front to back.

"Think you got enough notes there Edd?" Eddy stated sarcastically, pulling up one of the notes and reading over it, it made his head hurt.

"Ya, wanna come outside and have a snowball fight?"

Edd took more notes; he hadn't even looked at them. "Not really, I have to study on elephants and orangutans next, maybe even the emperor penguin."

Eddy raised his eyebrow and scratches his head. "Why, school doesn't start for a while, and I don't think we had that as homework."

That's when Edd turned around on his chair and looked at him, his eyes teary and he sniffed. "No, I just want to see why they are such good parents…"

Ed couldn't keep himself back anymore, he hugged him tightly and held him while Eddy watched, the problem was that his emotional friend wasn't crying like he usually would.

"I don't want to cry over them, but thank you Ed." When his friend released him he inhaled the fresh air deeply.

"You aint stayin' in here all day, you're coming outside with us." Eddy commanded, taking hold of Edd's hat and pulling him.

"W-wait, at least let me acquire some warm clothing." Eddy allowed him too and he quickly got dressed in his orange coat and purple snow pants, overall he looked a lot plumper than he actually was but he was also a lot warmer because of it.

They quickly walked outside and instantly put their hands in their pockets. "Did it seriously get even colder?" Eddy groaned, shivering and shrinking more into his thin coat.

"Will you be ok in such a loose coat Eddy?" Edd actually sounded concerned; it was also a way for him to think about someone else's problems instead of his own.

"Pfft this is fine, let's just get to the van and it'll warm us up." Their hang out spot would be the perfect place for Edd to cheer up and reminisce on old times.

"Yaaa! Another adventure through the junkyard!" Ed jacked both his arms high in the air and smiled wide.

Ed's enthusiasm was becoming contagious. "True, it has been sometime since we visited the van; I wonder if it's still in the same condition as when we left it."

Eddy waved the question away with his hand. "Course it is, who else would want to hang out there but us, it's in a junkyard after all!"

The walk was actually fun and kept Edd's mind off of his troubles, only his friends could do that for him, he was very glad that they had come to visit. Though he felt a little empty inside, his family was missing and that was a hole he felt hadn't been filled, it just changed Christmas for him completely. When they had gotten in the car it was no warmer inside than it was out, but at least they could sit down and find some shelter from the snow. Ed jumped on the water bed and before Double-D could tell him that was a bad idea he hit it hard and rolled off of it.

"C-c-c-cold…" He shivered and rolled off on the purple carpet, Eddy and Edd had taken spots on the front seat.

"Bwahahahaha! Did'ya see how hard he hit that ice? Classic!" Eddy was grabbing his stomach and swinging his legs up and down as he laughed.

"Eddy! Your friend just got hurt, the least you could do was show some compassion." Double-D looked over Ed to make sure he wasn't too hurt. "You ok Ed?"

Ed smiled and rolled so he was on his stomach. "Yup, I got a strong head like Eddy says."

Edd shook his head and rubbed Ed's red hair. "That does not mean it won't hurt sometimes, even if a part of you is strong it can still become hurt."

Ed thought it over for a moment, his head didn't hurt but another part of him did. "Does that mean my heart isn't strong then Double-D?"

Eddy turned around in his seat and looked at him. "What do ya mean?"

Ed pointed to his heart and looked up at them, Edd's face looked sad while Eddy's had a hint of anger on it. "My heart hurts sometimes at home, makes me feel sad."

If that line didn't absolutely break Edd's heart then nothing else could, he got off of his seat and scoot back to where Ed was. "Why haven't you told me about this?" The sad part about this was that Ed didn't seem to understand how sadness worked, he had kept it inside thinking it would go away but it didn't work like that.

Edd knew.

His family hadn't come for him, there was plenty of pent up sadness.

Ed just shrugged like he didn't know and Eddy turned towards the wheel looking off outside, he had plenty of choice words for Ed's parents but he didn't want to say them now, it would break the big guys heart.

"I want you to come to me whenever this hurts ok?" Edd laid his hand on Ed's heart.

Ed looked at him and seemed confused. "My utter?"

Edd smiled, letting his good natured attitude show instead of groaning. "My you sure know how to tax ones patience Ed." He said this all with a smile, knowing that Ed wouldn't understand a word he said. "No I'm referring to your heart Ed."

"Oh, Mk." He shook his head and gave Edd a smile, but all he got in return was a sad one.

Eddy let out a big sigh and leaned the chair back. "This aint the Christmas I had in mind." He knew he wouldn't have a good Christmas, he never had, but his friends were sad with him, they felt his pain. Eddy wouldn't wish his pain on his worst enemy let alone his two best friends. Then again, wishing it on Kyle might not be the worst idea.

"What do you mean?" Edd was still rubbing Ed's head and he was smiling big and wide.

Eddy nodded his head from Double-D to Ed. "Your Christmases sucked, we got to find a way to cheer you sad sacks up." He opened the door and seemed to be playing with something on the ground, Edd should have known what was coming next but he was too busy trying to make Ed happier, until a snowball smacked him straight in the face. He looked up to see a wicket smile on Eddy's face.

"Now Eddy, can't we find a better way of cheering ourselves up." He slowly snuck backwards to the large doors in the back, he knew very well that Eddy wouldn't stop and was just trying to buy some time.

He threw another snowball and Ed jumped out along with Double-D, they crashed into a pile of snow and scrambled up as more snowballs assaulted them. Edd looked up to see Nazz and the others standing outside with their own snowballs in hand. He gave her a questioning look and she smiled back at him.

"Ed plan." That was all that needed to be said before a flurry of snowballs were thrown in all directions. Nazz hit Rolf, Rolf hit Jonny, and Sarah had found herself protecting Jimmy and laughing.

Edd was able to throw a couple of snowballs, but not very far so he quickly mad himself a small slingshot and hit others that way. He was laughing so hard his stomach hurt and he was so glad then that he had such amazing friends; he didn't even know if he could call Eddy and Ed that, they had become better than just best friends to him.

He'd think of a word for them later.

The snowball fight lasted a lot longer than it should have, a lot of the kids were shaking and sniffling but the smiles didn't leave their faces.

"L-let's g-g-o to Edd's house." Eddy shivered, he was caked in snow but it didn't seem to bother him.

Edd nodded and they began to slowly walk to his house. It's not like anyone was there to wait for him so might as well have some kind of company. His numb fingers fumbled around with his keys and he was finally able to open the door.

To one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen in his life.

Right there in the middle of his living room was a highly decorated tree, with all kinds of ornaments, streamers, and a nice glowing star to top it off. His walls had long lines of glittering red streamers on them; others were green and hung right beside them. There were cookies on a table, and there were more presents under the tree than he could count.

"W-wha-? " He couldn't even finish his question, he was dumb struck, because someone had done this all for him, someone had actually thought of him during Christmas. He turned around to see a whole set of grinning faces pointed towards him.

Nazz tilted her head towards Eddy. "This one was Eddy's idea."

Eddy and Ed were standing off to the side looking at all the decorations. "Eh, Nazz was the one that set all this up, I just came up with moving the party to your house."

How could he be modest at a time like this? The cocky boy who always seemed to think he was the center of the universe was actually trying to give credit to someone else, it was hilarious and Edd found himself laughing, but not for long because after a while of the hysterical fit of laughter he started to cry. He got to his knees and just started to sob. He didn't feel as embarrassed as he thought he would, the tears were clean and felt good. Eddy and Ed came to his side, Ed hugging him and Eddy patting his arm, he couldn't ask for better friends. No, family to share his time with.

"Are those salt deposits from your lama-whoziwhatsets." Eddy joked, smiling at the old quip that Edd had used when they were children and it had been Eddy who was crying.

It made Edd laugh but also made him cry even more, this was his new family, he had a family finally that had been with him from the beginning, two brothers that he always wanted. "Y-you said it wrong."

"Who cares let's start this party!" With that declaration from Eddy the party finally started.

Everyone was either stuffing their faces with cookies or opening the presents that had been labeled for them, it was a full cul-de-sac party that made Edd so happy, it made him cry more but he was able to calm himself after a while and party along with everyone else.

"Oh looky here Edd and Nazz are under the mistletoe!" Eddy shouted loud enough to get everyone's attention. He blushed and smiled when Nazz kissed him on the cheek. He officially loved the tradition that mistletoes had.

The party had lasted for a long time but when it had ended and everyone had left he had one of the biggest smiles on his face.

"This was one of the best days ever." Edd dreamily said as he lay in heap by the fire, he had eaten so many cookies he felt like he would explode.

Edd looked around to see if there were any messes, party or not he still needed this place clean, he looked under the tree to see three presents that no one had claimed. "I think there are some presents here for us." He pulled them out and read the tags and his guess was correct.

"Who are they from!?" Ed excitedly asked, thinking of a special person.

Edd smiled at him and looked over the tags again and right there they said from Santa, but the cursive was very familiar, it had been written by his parents, they knew all too well how much Ed loved Santa, it warmed Edd's heart that they had thought of his friend while they chose the presents. "Oh it's from Santa."

"SANTAAAA!" Ed tackled his present.

"Be careful Ed it could be fragile!"

"Ok let's open them together so I can brag about how my present is better than yours." Eddy started ripping his apart while Edd and Double-D followed.

When they had removed the tops they all gasped. Eddy had gotten what he wanted, a wallet that had twenty bucks in it, Ed got an elf hat with his name on it, and lastly Double-D had received three cellphones, one red, one blue, and the other green. They were glorious, their fronts were slim and shined, their keys were large enough to where Ed's big fingers wouldn't press multiple buttons at once, they were flip phones that had his and his friend's names on the screen, and they shone on the front of the phone in light letters.

There was a sticky note on the side and he read it.

So you can call each other whenever you need. We know we're not in your company enough, but your friends are and at least now you can contact us and your friends whenever you want.

"WHOA, sweet!" Eddy said, while he tucked his wallet in his back pocket.

"Cool!" Ed put his hat on and looked over his cellphone.

Edd just let tears fall from his face again; he had cried way too much today but he couldn't hold these back. He loved his family, his two brothers and his mom and dad.

He understood what Christmas meant then.

Merry Christmas guys and gals i really hope from the bottom of my heart that you guys have a good holiday.