Christmas was coming to New York, but it's hard to get in a jolly mood when you're swinging through the city in snowy weather. Paul was swinging his way to the school and trying to get there as fast as he could.

"I've got to ask Peter how he stays warm in this outfit when the weather is so brisk." Paul said. "If I catch a cold because of this, I might have to sue someone." You can't blame him. On a cold winter day, all you want to do is stay as warm as possible.

…

Midtown High

Paul was able to make it to school and was in the middle of science. Though it was pretty boring to him.

"Lighten up." Monica said and got his attention. "You should be happy and cheery. Christmas will be here before you know it."

"You obviously haven't been in New York for very long." Paul said as he didn't believe New Yorkers to be all happy and cheery even around Christmas time.

"Maybe, but it's better than mopping even during this time of the year." Monica said with a laugh and Paul did crack a smile. While those two were talking, Jean saw those two getting a little happy and she wasn't liking it. No way she's going to let Monica or Lindsay beat her to Paul. The bell went off and that marked the ending of class.

"Remember class that we'll have a test before Christmas break." Mr. Coles said. All the students were on their way out, but Jean hurried over to Paul.

"Pauli, I'm glad I found you." Jean said as she grabbed him by the arm. "I was thinking that maybe we could study together. I know your science grade has improved, but what do you think?"

"Sure. I don't see why not." Paul said.

"Great. How about tomorrow during lunch?" Jean said.

"Yeah. That works for me." Paul said much to Jean's joy. It's like Jean thought, she's not letting Monica or Lindsay get ahead of her.

….

Glacier

Glacier was able to get out of jail and hideout from the cops. However, it wasn't easy for him. This cold winter weather was unbearable to him. It was like being in Antarctica in nothing, but a swim suit. He's hiding out in an old and rundown apartment and was doing his best to stay warm, but it wasn't easy.

"This is ridiculous." Glacier said as he shivered under a blanket on the couch. "I can't go outside or do anything with that weather out there." He heard a knock on the door, but he wasn't in the mood for visitors. "Go away!"

"That's not an appropriate tone." Glacier knew that voice and it changed his attitude.

"It's open. Come inside." Glacier said and the person behind the door was White Streak without all his armor. "I'm sorry, sir. I had no idea it was you."

"I only came by because I have an early Christmas present for you, Glacier." White Streak said and pulled out a device with a strap going through it.

"What is it?" Glacier asked.

"An upgrade to your suit." White Streak said. "Your regular costume does keep you warm, but it can't help you during this winter time. However, if you wear this with it, it will up the power and you can withstand this cold winter air."

"Are you serious?" Glacier said as he was liking the sound of that.

"It's yours and you know what to do with it." White Streak said. Glacier did indeed.

…

Reserved Waters

Peter wasn't feeling much of the Christmas spirit either. He reached for a photo of him when he was younger and his family and he's wondering what he's going to do about Christmas this year.

"Peter?" Paul called out as he was on the other side of Peter's door.

"Come on in." Peter said as he put the photo down and Paul let himself in.

"I'm starting to wonder if it will ever stop snowing." Paul said as he shivered from all that cold air.

"What brings you here? Shouldn't you be doing some Christmas shopping while you can? Shop till you drop." Peter said.

"Very funny." Paul said, but he took notice that there was something bothering him. "Are you okay? You look like you have something on your mind."

"Just doing some thinking for this Christmas." Peter said. "Annie's away and Mary Jane is gone. It's just having me think of the good old days."

"Aren't you going to get on a plane and go see your daughter?" Paul asked.

"I can't really afford the plane ticket." Peter said. "Besides, there isn't really any room for me at her house with her husband and my grandkids. I'll be fine." Paul actually felt really bad for Peter. It sounds like Peter will be all alone when Christmas comes. Before he could talk more about it, he heard some sort of news alert going off on his phone and he saw there was trouble.

"Uh oh." Paul said.

"What is it?" Peter asked.

"Reports of ice hazards appearing almost instantly around the city." Paul said.

"It doesn't sound like its natural. You better do some investigating." Peter said.

"I'm on it." Paul said as he held off on the whole Christmas talk until this matter was settled.

….

The Brooklyn Bridge

Glacier had the new device strapped around his chest and he was enjoying his fun in the snow. He shot beams from his blasters and created ice hazards. Cars and other vehicles were getting caught in traffic jams and accidents.

"It really is near the wonderful time of the year." Glacier said and took aim with his blasters at an armored car. "If I were you, I get out of the vehicle."

"If anyone was you, New York would be a lot more bitter." He looked up and spotted Spider-Man.

"I should have known you would show up sooner or later." Glacier said.

"What's going on? I thought around this season, you would have moved to L.A. or somewhere to stay warm." Paul said.

"Sweet, right?" Glacier said and tapped his new device. "Thanks to this, I can stay warm even in the harshest winter. It also gives me the chance to freeze you!" He fired his blasters, but Paul jumped out of the way and on the street. Paul shot out two webs and pulled the blasters out of his hands.

"You never learn, do you?" Paul said as he charged at him to attack, but Glacier was able to stop that.

"Actually I do." Glacier said and landed a strong hit against the face. Then, he drove his knee into the gut. "Did you really think I spent all that time in jail just waiting to be free? I've been hitting weights." He pounded Paul across the face again and knocked him down. Glacier grabbed a hold of his blasters and took aim. Paul flipped back and avoided his cold blasts.

"Not bad. You got some moves, but you're going to need more than that." Paul said.

"How about this?" Glacier said. He fired around the street and caused ice spikes to form out. Paul jumped to the side, but he slipped on the ice and was falling down to the river. Paul shot out a web and swung, but he still ended up going under the water.

"AWWW! Cold!" Paul shouted as he resurfaced. "I'm so going to need some of Mom's hot chocolate after today." He climbed his way back up, but Glacier was already gone. As if the winter could get any worse.

…

The Next Day

"Achoo!"

"Watch it." Jean said. Jean and Paul were at lunch together and studying like Jean asked. At the moment, they were reading the news with Paul's photos on front page. "Photo taken by Paul Porter. Front page material. Just one of your many talents."

"Achoo! I wish another was keeping warm." Paul said as he was still freezing from his fight.

"Why don't you let me help?" Jean said as she wrapped her arms around and made herself comfortable.

"Um….thanks." Paul said and looked over the news while Jean was doing some studying. "What bothers me is that the Bugle blames Spider-Man for all of it. So much for getting in the Christmas spirit. Wait. Shouldn't that be a sample of mitosis?"

"Huh?" Jean said and saw the mistake. "Oh yeah. Thanks. Anyway, don't worry about Spider-Man. He usually finds a way to prevail. I do have to ask, is everything okay with you? Aren't you excited? I know you use to be all down and grumpy, but I figured this time of the year would help you crack a smile."

"Not this Christmas." Paul said as he was starting to get upset. "It's going to be my first one without my father."

"Oh." Jean said as she was starting to feel sympathetic towards him. "I get that it must be hard, but you still have your little brother and your mother. Besides, there are other people that care about you and I know you must care about. Christmas is a time to be with all the people you care about."

"You really think so?" Paul said.

"Yeah, like me." Jean said and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Paul would agree, but unless he gets Glacier, Christmas is going to be colder than it needs to be.

….

Glacier

Glacier continued to cause an icy havoc in the city. He was walking out of bank with bags of money in his hand and was starting to get all cheery in his own villainous way.

"I'm dreaming of a green Christmas. Money all around." Glacier sang.

"Too bad you're on Santa's naughty list." Glacier turned around and saw Paul hanging on the bank.

"Again? Don't you know that when people give you the cold shoulder, they don't want to be bothered by you?" Glacier said.

"You mean you don't like me?" Paul joked. Glacier dropped the bags of money. He took out both his blasters and fired away with them with Paul avoiding each of his attacks. "You got a good look of him, right?"

"I did." Peter said. "That device of his is the source of how he's able to handle all this cold air despite his adjusted body temperature. All you have to do is break it and he'll be taken down."

"Sounds simple enough." Paul said as he continued to avoid Glacier's attacks. He swung on a light post and launched himself at Glacier with his kicks hitting him. Glacier slid against the ground, but he wasn't beaten yet.

"You'll have to do better than that." Glacier said.

"No problem." Paul said as he tore off an ice spike. He jumped up and spun around as he used his web and slammed it against Glacier. Paul was about to hit him, but Glacier caught the arm and tossed him back.

"I told you that I've been working during my time in jail." Glacier said. "It's going to take more than simple tricks for you to beat me."

"If simple tricks aren't going to work, I'll just have to try something else." Paul said. "Come and get me, snowflake." Paul jumped into the air and started swinging.

"Come back here." Glacier said as he chased after him. Glacier did his best to freeze him solid, but Paul wasn't making it easy on him. "Stand and fight."

"You have to move fast enough to fight me." Paul said as he continued the chase.

"Where are you going, Paul?" Peter questioned.

"I just need to fool him and maybe show him a little winter fun." Paul said. Paul continued the chase around New York and Glacier was starting to get annoyed.

"Where is he going?" Glacier said.

"Just a little further." Paul said as he rounded a corner. Glacier continued to follow after him, but he lost sight of him when he turned the corner. He kept his guard up and kept his eyes opened for him. "Spider-Man? I'm not in the mood for Marco Polo."

"How about Tackle Marco Polo?" Paul said as he came down from above and kicked him in the back. Paul webbed Glacier by the shoulders and hoisted him up in the air to be on the same level as him.

"Hey! Put me down!" Glacier said as he tried to get himself free.

"You got it." Paul said and gave him a strong kick that sent flying and crashed on the ground. Glacier tried to get himself back up and in the fight. "Time to chill, Frosty." Paul was referring to a snow truck that came by and shoveled some snow right on Glacier.

"Hey! Get me out of here!" Glacier said as he tried to dig himself out of the snow, but Paul dived down and pulled his thermal device right out off of him. "No!" Glacier could already feel the cold air and snow get to him and he was beginning to shiver.

"Sorry, Glacier. This is why you should always make preparations before playing in the snow." Paul said. Paul wrapped him in web cocoon and had him hang on a light post. "This should keep you nice and snug until the police show up."

"Actually, I do feel sort of warmer." Glacier said. He might be a villain, but he doesn't deserve to freeze to death.

….

Paul's House

Later that night, Paul was helping his mother with some Christmas decorations. He put a wreath around a picture of his family with his father in it. He thought about what Jean said and she was right. His father might be gone, but he still has people that care about him and who he cares about. Speaking of people who care….

"I'm willing to bet the police will give Glacier a nice and warm cell." Paul said to Peter over the phone.

"I'm sure there is." Peter said.

"Listen, there's another reason I called you." Paul said. "I know that you won't be able to see your daughter for the holidays. This is also the first Christmas I have without my father."

"Yes. Where are you going with this?" Peter asked.

"Well, I talked it over with my mother." Paul said. "We were wondering, when the day comes, if you would like to spend Christmas with me and my family?" Peter actually felt so heart warmed on that offer.

"I would love to. That's so nice of you." Peter said.

"Christmas is a time to be with the people you care about." Paul said. It's still a little while before Christmas, but it's never too early to get in the spirit.

….

White Streak

Not everyone was getting in the spirit. White Streak was looking over the news that happened between Glacier and Spider-Man in his office. He expected something like this would happen.

"Oh well. Glacier alone isn't much of a match for Spider-Man." White Streak said. He closed up the news and walked on over to the windows of his office with a cup of hot chocolate and thought about something that's going to come. "I only needed Glacier to send out a message to Master and Goldberg. New York is being divided up, but all three of us are fighting for complete control over the whole thing. I want those two to understand that New York will be mine and I've already marked the areas that are my territory. As for Spider-Man, he doesn't seem to be aware of the danger that is coming either. Will New York fall under our ruling or will Spider-Man actually stop us. I can hardly wait to see what happens." Despite how they are close to one of the greatest times of the year, evil never stops causing trouble and now New York is being divided by three evil crime lords. Will Paul be able to defeat them?