Dear StrawberryMoon007

Well! You want a story do you? DO YOU? But why are you asking me to write you a story when you should be writing chapters of your own!?

Only kidding. You've been the best friend someone could ask for since September, you deserve this Christmas treat.

Merry Christmas, and the most awesome New Year!

Dartz

Warning! Silliness ensues! You may be wondering what a Christmas Man is? Well, it does explain it a little here, but the origins come from a TV Clip thing that used to show in between children's programs. If you're as confused as the Yugioh people, what do you think a Christmas man can be used for? Tell me in the review! This is exactly what the requester asked for, which is what I've tried to do with all your stories, so please, bear with this...

Tea looked out in to the front garden of her house, "Er guys... did anyone leave a large parcel out the front?"

Duke came and stood a little too close behind her. "Not mine." He shrugged, "But... it's an interesting shape..."

Yugi frowned, "Maybe we should bring it in?"

Tea and Serenity, seeing as no one else wanted to go outside, walked out to fetch it in. It was a little heavy, but not too heavy to lift. It was a little taller than them, but about the same width as Joey.

"So... who's going to unwrap it?" Tristan frowned.

"Not me" Joey stepped back, "It could be a bomb! And not Serenity for that matter!" He pulled his sister back to stand with him.

Duke shrugged, "I'll do it, if you're all too wimpy." He stepped forward and pulled the silvery wrapping paper off to reveal a tall manikin, wearing tinsel as a sort of skirt, and a large top hat.

It took a few minutes for anyone to actually speak. They just sort of stood there, staring up at the thing in front of them. It was unlike any Christmas decoration they had ever seen before.

"So..." Ryou plucked up the courage to ask from the back, "What on Earth is it?"

No one really answered, until Tea lifted up a tag that was hung from its ear, "It says it's a 'Christmas Man'..."

"A Christmas Man?" Serenity stared.

Again, there was a confused silence.

"Well..." Mai folded her arms, "What's it for?"

"I'VE GOT IT!" Joey leapt in the air, "Kaiba must have sent it round! It must be a new sort of duel bot, and he's made it a special Christmas one!"

"That doesn't sound like the sort of thing Kaiba would do..." Yugi frowned, but Joey had already whipped out his duel disk, and stood in front of it.

"I challenge you to a duel, Christmas man! Man, I bet he's got like a special Christmas deck or something!" Joey stood there, eagerly awaiting some sort of movement from the dummy. "Er... Yug? Why isn't anything happening?"

"I don't know, I'm ringing Kaiba to ask if this really is his..." Yugi picked up the phone and rang Seto Kaiba's direct office number.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Kaiba! This is Yugi."

"Yeah?" Kaiba was blunt as ever...

"Did you send us a... Christmas man?"

"A Christmas what now?"

"Er..." Yugi paused, Kaiba made phone conversations very awkward indeed, "A sort of, duel-bot? That has tinsel round i's waist and a top hat on?"

There was a stony silence pause, "Don't make me take the direct office line number off you Yugi."

The phone line went dead.

"I'm guessing Kaiba didn't send it and you can't duel it..." Yugi concluded.

Joey lowered his duel disk, a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry!" Serenity piped up, "May be we can use it as a sort of, festive washing line!" She rushed off and brought back some Christmas jumpers and started hanging them from the arms and over the hat.

"No, Serenity!" Mai snatched one off it, "Why on earth would it be used for that. It's called a Christmas man, not a washing man! I bet it helps make Christmas dinner or something. Look, there's a cord at the back!" She reached round and pulled the cord, and the Christmas man started to speak...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Always read the label!

"Well, it started off sounding like a Christmassy message..." Mai frowned, "But... always read the label?"

"And I don't think it can move." Yugi shrugged.

"We can always use it..." Duke picked it up, "For hitting Tristan with!" He whacked Tristan round the back of the head with it.

"Hey!" Tristan stumbled forward, "That's not funny!"

Duke put it back down, "Well, what do you suggest?"

"Well, I think we should use him to hang up some decorations. Like a step ladder!" Tristan lifted him up and placed him by the wall, and proceeded to climb on to the shoulders of the Christmas man to stick some tinsel to the wall.

"Tristan, look out!" Tea called as the manikin began to fall backwards.

"WOAH!" Tristan came crashing down, almost hitting the real Christmas tree.

"Well, that's another dumb idea out the way." Duke grinned at Tristan who sat at his feet rubbing his head.

"A Christmas tree! That's it!" Tea exclaimed, "We just put presents under it like a Christmas tree!"

"That won't look very nice!" Ryou frowned, "I mean, when your tree looks so pretty!" He pointed to the pink and silver tree that stood in the corner of Tea's house.

"Yugi..." Yami whispered, "I think I've got it..."

"Ok, Pharaoh. Guys, the Pharaoh thinks he knows what to do!" Yugi closed his eyes, and allowed Yami to take over his body.

"Look! It's like what we used to have in ancient Egypt! I remember!"

"You remember your past?" Tea smiled, excited.

"Yes!" Yami turned the Christmas man's head to the side, and rearranged his arms, so that it looked like one of the ancient Egyptian carvings. He knelt down and looked up to it.

"I... don't think that's what it's for..." Tea frowned.

"No..." Yami stood again, "It doesn't exactly look like one of the Egyptian Gods..."

"The God Cards! Of course!" Joey leapt up, "It must be a special place to store your God Cards!"

Yami grimaced, "Erm... alright..." He wasn't too sure as he took the three God cards out of his deck and put them in to the Manikin's rigid hand.

They all gently floated the floor.

"Oh..." Joey picked them up and handed them back to Yami, "I don't think that's what it's for... Sorry Yami..."

"No! No!" Ryou shouted behind them and everyone turned to look at him, as his Yami took over his body, "Hello, all."

The group stepped back.

"Go away, Bakura, Give Ryou his body back!" Tea tried to stand in front Serenity.

"But, I know what this Christmas Man is for!" He smiled, "It's blatantly for TARGET PRACTICE!" Bakura flung a letter opener off of Tea's mantle piece straight in to the Christmas Man's chest. It stuck there, quivering from the impact.

After the initial shock wore off, the stunned faces of Ryou's friends turned to look at him.

"Give Ryou the body back..." Yami glared.

Bakura shuffled, "Well... all right then..." He allowed a shocked Ryou to return looking a little shaken.

"Did he work it out?" Ryou whispered.

"No." Tea shrugged, "I don't know if we'll ever really know what he... I mean it's for..."

"Er... guys?" Duke had picked up the paper it had been wrapped in, "I think I have a clue..."

The friends all gathered around him, as he held a tag in his hand.

Dear Yugi and friends,

Hope you're having a splendid Christmas, just thought I'd send you a little treat, A Christmas man! Do enjoy,

Lots of Love,

Marik Ishtar, (and Mina)

Everyone stood and looked at each other.

"So... It's from Marik?" Tea frowned.

"And... someone called Mina..." Yami added.

"But..." Mai looked at them all, "That doesn't really explain what it's for..."

"It's from Marik!" Joey smiled, "Even he probably doesn't know what it's for!"

It's Christmas Eve Y'all! But there's no rest for the Wicked, (Only... I don't think I'm wicked...) but what I'm trying to say is I'm still writing! And remember, if you think you know what a Christmas man would be helpful for, do please tell!

Now, this story was for a close friend, so that's why it's so random, but if you have any silly suggestions for stories, I'm more than happy to write them.

I hope Santa brings everything you all want, he might even be riding a duel runner...

Merry Christmas! Have yourself a Christmas Man!

RanulfFlambard4 xxx