America sat in the middle of his living room, surrounded by wrapping paper, tape, and gift bags. (One of which Hero, America's cat, was playing with.) Around him, neatly wrapped gifts were stacked on the coffee table, sofa, and floor. He had been working on wrapping the other nations presents all night, and was finally on the last present. As he finished it, he looked at the clock.
"Man, that took a lot longer than I thought it would." America muttered. Hero meowed back, and started to play with the ribbons on top of one of the presents.
"Hey, don't mess that up." America cried as he snatched the present away from the cat. Hero narrowed his eyes, and went back to the bag he had been playing with earlier, throwing America dirty looks from time to time.
"Don't look at me like that." America said with sigh. "
Hero didn't reply, as he had crawled into the bag, and was happily rolling around in it.
"Whatever." America said as he rolled his eyes. He gathered up the presents into shopping bags, and pulled a list out of his pocket, which had room numbers and names on it. (Some of the other nations were attending America's Christmas party, so they were staying in a hotel nearby.) "Time to put this plan into motion." America said happily as he walked out the door.
England was sitting in an armchair in his hotel room, reading a book. He had a cup of tea next to him on the side table, along with a few biscuits. Needless to say, he was rather comfy and had no plans of moving from that spot. However, his plans of not moving were shattered when there was a knock on the door.
"Bloody hell, who can that be at this hour?" England grumbled as he walked to the door. He opened the door, and was surprised to no one there. Looking around he saw that someone had left a small present on his doorstep. It was neatly wrapped in red in white, and had a small but elegant bow on the top. Picking it up, he saw it was addressed to him, but it didn't say who it was from.
"Odd." England said with a frown as he walked back into his room, closing the door behind him. Carefully he undid the wrapping and pulled it off. To his shock, he saw it was a book by J.K. Rowling, titled Casual Vacancy. He had wanted to read this book for ages, but had never gotten around to buying a copy. However, he hadn't told anyone that he wanted to read it. He smiled as he looked down at the book. "I guess a few miracles do happen around this time of year." He said quietly.
France hummed as he took the cake he been working on out of the oven, and put it on the cooling rack. He had been backing pastries and other treats for the party, and was rather proud of his work. As he turned around to get the icing out of the fridge, he heard a knock at his door.
"Coming!" France sang as he walked to the door. He flung the door open, and eagerly looked around. He was rather confused when he saw no one there, and was just about to go back inside when his foot brushed against something. Looking down, he saw a present elegantly wrapped in silver and red, with a perfect bow on the top.
"For me?" France asked in delight as he picked up the present. He looked around for the name of the sender, but he didn't see any. Intrigued, he went back into the hotel room kitchen, and tore off the wrapping paper. Inside was a MAC Professional Knife Block Set, complete with knife sharpener. France could only stare at the set for a moment, before he started to grin.
"Why, I have a very nice friend somewhere." France said with a joyful laugh.
Canada sighed as he ate his dinner. His polar bear, Kumajirou, had been watching him eat for the last ten minutes, and it was becoming rather annoying.
"Kumaigia, I already fed you." Canada said with a huff. "I am not giving you my sandwich."
"I'm hungry!" Kumajirou whined.
"You already had your dinner, and you are not getting anything else." Canada said firmly. He continued to eat while Kumajirou sulked. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Don't you dare touch my dinner." Canada warned his bear. He then walked to the door, and looked out the peep hole. To his surprise, he saw nothing but red. Bewildered, he opened the door and saw someone had taped a present on his door. Canada could only laugh, and took the present off the door. He knew of only one person who knew he always checked the peep hole first. He looked at the present, which was all red except for a white maple leaf on it, and wasn't surprised to see that his brother had sent it. Opening it, he saw a book titled 101 Uses for Maple Syrup.
"Only my brother." Canada said with a chuckle as he walked back into the room. As he walked back into the kitchen, he saw that his sandwich, along his polar bear, was missing.
China sighed as he flopped down on his bed. He had jetlag, and all he wanted to do was sleep. Sadly, just as he was about to fall asleep he heard a knock at the door.
"Why?!" China wailed. He dragged himself to the door, and grumpily looked out. He was rather annoyed to see that no one was there. Just as he was about to march down the front desk and complain about childish pranks, he saw a simple red gift bag next to the door.
"Strange." China said as he picked it up. He was surprised that the bag, while small, was rather heavy. Curious, he brought it in his room and pulled out the gift. He was thrilled when he pulled out a Maneki-neko. "How cute!" China said. Suddenly he narrowed his eyes, and checked the origin of the cat. He was happy to see that it was not made in china.
"I wonder who sent it." China wondered out loud. He checked the wrappings, but he didn't see any name tags. "Oh well, whoever sent it is very kind!" China said was he carefully placed the cat on his bedside table.
Russia sat at the desk in his hotel room, finishing some last minute work. (He was surprised when he had been invited to America's party.) He was rather tired, and was thinking about calling it quits and going to bed when he heard a knock at the door. Russia froze, and looked at the door. Shaking his head, he started to put his papers away. Again, there was a knock at the door.
"Alright, I am coming." Russia grumbled as he walked to the door. He hesitantly opened the door, and wasn't surprised to see no one there. Sighing, he turned around and was going to shut the door when a present was quite literally thrown into the room. Russia quickly looked back into the hallway, but he still didn't see anyone. Frowning, he closed the door and picked up the present. The present was a white and silver box, and had a handsome blue bow on it. Russia didn't open the present for a while, but finally he removed the ribbon and opened the box. He was stunned when he pulled out a Matryoshka doll. As he went down each layer, he saw that each one was handmade, and painted so carefully that they almost looked real.
Russia looked around for the name of the sender, but he didn't find it. After not finding the name of the sender, he carefully put the doll back into its box, and placed it on the desk. Russia didn't say anything after that, but was happier than he had been in a long, long time.
"Alright, let's get drunk!" Prussia shouted excitedly. He was sitting on the sofa in the hotel room he was sharing with Germany, and Germany was making the dinner in the other room.
"No, we can't be hung over when we go to America's party tomorrow." Germany said bluntly as he checked on the stew he was making.
"Aww, but the party isn't until tomorrow evening. If I drink now, my hangover will be gone by tomorrow afternoon." Prussia whined.
"No, and that is final." Germany said.
"Party pooper." Prussia muttered. Just then, he heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Prussia said as he walked towards to the door. Flinging the door open, Prussia walked into the hallway.
"The hell, no one is here." Prussia said with a bemused look. As he walked back towards the door, he gently tapped something with his foot. Looking down, he saw to presents addressed to him and his brother. Excited, he grabbed the presents and ran back into the room.
"BRO, SOMEONE LEFT US PRESENTS!" Prussia yelled as he ran into the kitchen.
"Really?" Germany asked, looking up from the stove. "Who left them?"
"There was no name." Prussia said as he jumped up and down.
"Calm down." Germany said as he took his present from him. He looked at the present, which was gold and red. Prussia's was the same.
Prussia tore off the wrapping, and pulled out a book that was titled 1001 Ways to be Awesome. Prussia laughed, and nodded. He noticed a small box inside his box, labeled Gilbird.
"Hey Gilbird, you got a present!" Prussia said as he unwrapped it. Inside the small present was a tiny bird sized Santa hat. Gilbird flew over and let Prussia put it on, and tweeted happily.
Germany opened his gift, and pulled out a book titled 101 Ways to Use the Potato. Germany smiled, and placed it down on the table.
"Can we get drunk now?" Prussia asked while Gilbird flew around his head with his hat.
"No." Germany said.
"Romano, are you done wrapping your presents yet?" Italy asked as he walked into the living room.
"Yes, I finished a few minutes ago. Why?" Romano asked looking up from his phone.
"Well, I found these presents outside the door and they were addressed to us." Italy said as he handed Romano one of the presents.
"Who are they from?" Romano asked as he stared at the gift.
"There was no name." Italy said cheerfully.
"Well, I guess we can open them." Romano said as he looked at the gifts. He had a green and white gift, and Italy had a red and white gift.
"Alright!" Italy said with a smile as he opened his present. Italy pulled out a book, titled The Atmosphere.
"Alright, I've been looking for this book for ages!" Italy said cheerfully as he showed his brother.
"That goodness for that." Romano said as he opened his present. He pulled out a cookbook, which listed a number of Italian dishes.
"Nice." Romano said. "I guess there are some people who aren't bastards in this world."
"You said it!" Italy said.
Japan sighed as he walked over to his suitcase and started to hang up his clothing in his closet. He was glad that he had been invited to the party, but sometimes it could be a lot of work. Just then, he heard a light knock at the door. Because he was right next to the door, he opened it almost instantly after the knocking stopped. He heard running, and saw a figure run around the corner of the hall. As Japan went to follow the person, he stumbled over something in front of his door. Looking down, he saw a present that was wrapped in white wrapping paper with red dots. Knowing that whoever had put it there was now too far away to catch, he picked it up. He went back into the room, and opened the present.
Inside, he saw an Ink wash painting kit. Japan smiled, and looked around for the name of the sender, and was rather amused to see that the sender had not put their name on the gift.
"I wonder which of my friends dropped this off for me." Japan said with a smile.
"Finally, I'm done!" America sighed as he walked into his living room. Hero looked up from the bag, (which he had been in the whole time America had been out), and meowed softly.
America yawned, and picked up Hero. Hero curled up in his arms, and purred. "Time for bed." America said tiredly, and turned off the lights. "After all, the sooner we go to bed, the sooner Christmas will come."
A/N: Finally, this is the longest thing I've ever written. Of course, this is to make up for all of the time I spent away from the site. Have a very Merry Christmas.