Madara enters the living room and finds Naruto in the middle of a mess. This is not unusual in itself, but the mess is themed to suit the time of year. He makes a detour into the kitchen for coffee before returning to get a front row seat to the spectacle she makes out of herself this year. Taking a seat in his recliner, he states the obvious, "None of those Christmas lights work."
Doing her best to untangle the gnarled wires, Naruto retorts, "Yeah, they do. It just takes a little fiddlin' to get 'em goin' is all."
Humming dubiously, Madara asks, "How did you not learn your lesson after last year?"
She grins as a particularly difficult knot unravels. "It was just a couple sparks, ya know!"
"And the fiery inferno?'"
"You're exaggerating!"
Recalling the wall of flames and subsequent visit from the fire department, he reminds, "The tree, your sweater, and your hair caught fire."
It was a pleasure to see the ugly sweater burn, but he directs a mournful look at the short locks she has now. Not only does she favor her new hairstyle, but she has gotten even more insistent with her badgering that he cut his hair, too. She let up once it started snowing, but he has a feeling that she'll start up again once they hit spring.
Rather than reply to his statement, Naruto changes the subject, "How can someone born on Christmas Eve be such a scrooge?"
Madara ignores the bait, but Naruto seems to have a realization. She turns to face him and posits, "Or is that why? You didn't get enough attention or presents like other kids get on their birthday, so now you're a grump?"
"No," he asserts.
Nodding resolutely, she continues, "Come to think of it, you hate gettin' upstaged."
"The two traits are unrelated," insists Madara, but Naruto refuses to be convinced.
She scoots over on her butt to pat his knee. Voice dripping with saccharine, she assures, "It's okay. I'll give you lo~ts of attention once I put the lights up."
"I hope you fall off the roof," he huffs and pulls his knee away.
Fully aware that he plans to hover around her to prevent such a thing, Naruto scoffs, "I know you'd catch me, so that's not even a threat."