A/N Hey, guys. Welcome back to chapter forty of this Peter and MJ series. It's been a while since I've updated this because I have finals coming up and I've been studying non-stop. And, I've been busy with writing The Maze Runner and Runaways fanfic. I do apologize for having to make everyone wait for an update. But anyway, I do want to thank you guys for being really patient. This chapter is gonna focus on the Christmas break since it is coming up in a few days. So sit back, and let's get right to it.

I don't own the characters. All of them belong to Marvel.

Chapter 40: Celebrating Christmas

As snow falls on New York City with Christmas Day coming, the city's population goes on with their Christmas shopping to get the gifts. Peter Parker, who's taking time off from fighting crime, does one last Christmas shopping to get the gifts for Aunt May and his friends.

'Tomorrow's Christmas Day. Better get the gifts before the stores close,' thought Peter.

As the music played in his earbuds, Peter finds a mistletoe on a shelf. Smiling, he takes the decoration and puts it on the shopping basket. After getting the items he needed for the Christmas decoration, he goes to the checkout and paid before he left. While exploring the mall, Peter's phone rings. He brings out of his pocket and his best friend Ned was calling him.

"Hey Ned," said Peter as he answered.

"How's it going, dude? Christmas shopping?" asked Ned.

"Yep. What are you up to?" asked Peter.

"I'm at your place right now," Ned replied.

"What are you doing there? The Christmas tree isn't ready yet," said Peter.

"Your aunt let me in," said Ned.

Peter mentally slapped himself on the head. He was gonna talk to May later when he gets home. Now he has to get everything ready before MJ and Betty arrive.

"All right. Just stay at my place until I get back. But don't do anything with the Christmas tree," said Peter.

"I won't. I'll see you soon," said Ned as he hung up.

Peter leaves the mall and was about to head home until his spider sense tingles.

'Christmas is almost here and there's a crime happening. Guess I'll have to head home later when I take care of this,' he thought.

He quickly changes into his Spidey suit and heads to a nearby crime scene. He spots a thief riding a stolen bicycle and Peter drops in front of the thief.

"Stealing is illegal, you know. I'm really disappointed. You are ruining Christmas," said Peter as he webbed the thief upside down and saw the bicycle owner running and retrieved the stolen bicycle.

'Just another day of stopping crime before Christmas Day is here,' Peter thought.

Peter changes back into his normal clothes and returned to his apartment as the snow continued to fall in New York. He takes his keys out of his pocket and opened the front door and stepped in as he took off his winter boots.

"I'm home!" he called.

"Welcome back, Peter!" May called from the living room.

Peter took off his winter hat and jacket and hung it over the couch as he set down the Christmas decorations on the dining table.

"Hey Peter!" Ned greeted.

"Hey!" Peter replied as he and Ned does their handshake.

"You got the decorations?" asked May.

"It's all here," Peter replied as he lifted the bag up.

"Let's get to decorating," said Ned.

The three of them started decorating the Christmas tree with ornaments, lights, as well as the star on top of the tree. Peter placed the mistletoe on one side of thr tree. Feeling happy and satisfied, Peter, Ned, and May looked at the tree in amazement.

"That should do it. Let's get MJ and Betty here," said Ned.

Peter brings out his phone and called MJ. Two rings later, MJ picks up.

"Hey Peter," she said as she answered.

"Hey MJ. The Christmas tree is ready right now. You and Betty can come over," he said.

"Already? We're on our way now," said MJ.

"I'll see you soon," said Peter as he hung up.

FIfteen minutes later, the doorbell rings and Peter gets up from the couch and walked to the front door before he looked through the peephole and saw MJ and Betty standing outside, all dressed up in winter jacket and hats. Peter opens the door and smiled.

"Hey, guys! Merry Christmas!" he greeted.

"Hey! Merry Christmas!" MJ replied happily.

Peter then stepped aside as MJ and Betty walked in and took off their boots.

"Merry Christmas, MJ and Betty!" said Ned.

"Merry Christmas, Ned!" Betty replied as she sat down and kissed him.

The four friends then sat at the couch and watched the traditional Christmas movies starting with the first Home Alone movie and the sequel Home Alone 2 Lost in New York. They then laughed at the funniest scenes at the right moment it happens.

"Okay, I think that's enough laughing! Pause the movie and come over here to have some Christmas dinner!" May called.

Peter paused the movie as he and his three friends went to the dining table and sat down on their own seats. The four friends and May started eating their festive dinner as they talked amongst themselves. Peter got up from his seat and played some Christmas music.

"This has been the best Christmas we had this year!" said Ned.

"Agreed. We should do something like this again," Peter agreed.

After eating the Christmas festive food, Peter turns on the Christmas tree as the lights brightened along with the ornaments. Peter takes MJ's hand and walked over beside the mistletoe.

"MJ, do you know what this is?" he asked.

"Of course I do. It's a mistletoe," she replied.

"Do you know why I bought it?" he asked.

"No," she replied.

Peter then kissed MJ under the mistletoe as Ned and Betty looked on.

"Is that the answer for you?" asked Peter as he pulled away.

"Yes. Yes it is," MJ replied.

Peter and MJ kissed again and Ned and Betty also kissed under the mistletoe.

"Merry Christmas MJ," said Peter.

"Merry Christmas Peter," MJ replied.

And that's the end of Christmas chapter. So what do you guys think? Love it? Hate it? Let me know what you thought of it in the reviews. Also, have you guys bought and played Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales video game? If you bought the game, what system did you play it on? PlayStation 4 console or the new PlayStation 5 game console? I got the game for PlayStation 5 and the graphics looked amazing. I also loved that they added Miles' black and red suit from Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse to the game. And is anyone excited for the upcoming sequel to Spider-Man Far From Home? They're bringing back familiar faces such as Electro and Doctor Octopus from different movie franchise. But anyway, let me know what you guys thought of the Christmas chapter in the reviews section. Stay safe out there, take care of your loved ones, happy holidays, and Merry Christmas.