Ch 11: A Merry Royal Christmas
It's December in Royal Woods. The residents have put up their Christmas decorations for the upcoming holiday. Some people have already done their Christmas shopping as well. At the Loud House, the parents have stashed all the presents in the attic. But a certain Loud sister was looking for the gifts. It was Lola Loud. She couldn't resist not knowing what her presents were this year. She had searched under the Christmas tree, in a closet, in the garage, in the basement, and then she decided to check the attic. She used a flashlight and looked around but couldn't see any presents.
"Where are those dang presents?" She was about to head back downstairs, but then she stepped on a loose floorboard. She tore off a big chunk of the floor and found the gifts. "The Christmas stash!"
She put the flashlight on a pile of boxes so it would point at the presents and she could see them clearly. She opened one of her presents and inside was a snow globe.
"Lame." She said and threw it away. She opened another one to reveal-
"A dickie? They still make these things?"
She ripped open another gift. She got out suspenders.
"You've gotta be kidding me!"
The next present she got was a learning kit. Lola fumed. "THESE PRESENTS STINK!"
She threw the kit at the boxes and it knocked off the flashlight. Lola continued to tear open other presents.
Meanwhile in the city, the Casagrandes were celebrating their Christmas in their apartment. Bobby was texting Lori, Carlota was making Christmas hats, Carlino, Carlos Jr. and Carlitos were decorating the Christmas tree, Ronnie Anne was talking to Lincoln on the phone, Ronnie Anne's grandmother Rosa was baking, her grandfather Hector was performing Feliz Navidad on his guitar, her uncle Carlos was testing out new Christmas lights, her aunt Frida was wrapping presents, and her mom was assisting Rosa with the baking.
"So lame o, how's the holiday going for you?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"It's great." Lincoln's voice was heard. "How are things going for you?"
"Oh, it's the usual. Carlota is making Santa hats, my grandma is baking desserts, my cousins are decorating the tree. Etcetera."
The three boys have decorated the tree with snacks from Ronnie's grandma, candy canes, and sleigh bells. They have put the star on top too.
"The tree's all set." Carlos Jr. said.
"Great job, guys." Bobby said.
"Papa Noel hats are all ready." Carlota was holding the hats. Everyone took a hat to wear.
"Well, I hope you're enjoying your stay." Lincoln's voice was heard on Ronnie Anne's phone.
"Oh, I am."
"I gotta go. Talk to you later. Merry Christmas."
"Same to you." Ronnie Anne said before hanging up.
"I've got another batch of desserts ready." Rosa said, carrying a tray of cookies and setting them on a table.
"You've really outdone yourself this year, Mom." Maria said.
The kids all took a cookie. Carlino went to look at his presents but his mom stopped him.
"Miel, what have I told you?" She reminded him. "We don't open gifts until tomorrow."
"Ok, fine." He groaned.
Carlos was setting up the Christmas lights he created.
"Hey uncle, are you sure this is gonna work?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah, remember what happened last year?" Ronnie Anne said. "We got a blackout."
"Trust me, after lots of research, I've purchased the perfect lights for this year." Carlos said. He plugs them into the wall. They light up. The Christmas lights form to say "Casagrandes." They also change colors.
"Nice work dear." His wife complimented.
"It's nice that we can all celebrate Christmas together this year." Maria said.
"Yes. This calls for a sing along." Hector announced. "Feliz Navidad, anyone?"
They all agreed. Hector played his guitar and everyone, including the pets, gathered around and sang. They were ready for Christmas and could barely wait.
Back at the Louds, the family was also looking forward to the holidays, except for one and the parents were at a gift exchange for employed workers. Outside, Lincoln, Lana, and Lynn had made a snow fort which looked like a castle.
"I gotta say, this is pretty impressive." Lincoln said.
"I'll say." Lana said.
"Well, that was fun." Lynn said. "But we should head inside for some hot cocoa now."
The three headed inside. Inside, Luan was wearing her fake deer antlers and she had dressed Lily up as a deer.
"Aw Lily, you look a-DEER-able!" Luan laughed at her pun. "That's another Christmas pun."
Lucy was writing a Christmas poem. Luna is playing the song jingle bell rock on her guitar. Lisa has invented a "snowbot" which was used to create snowmen, snow cones, and other snow related things.
"Success! My snowbot works!" Lisa said. The snowbot made a snow version of Santa. Lincoln noticed Leni hanging socks on the chimney and she was wearing one of her Christmas dresses.
"Leni, why are you hanging our socks?" He asked.
"Because I'm in charge of hanging the sockings." She answered.
"STOCKings. Not sockings."
"Oh." Leni realized.
"Hey guys, the hot cocoa's ready!" Lori announced from the kitchen. The kids went into the kitchen to get a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows.
"Ah, this is some good cocoa dude." Luna said.
"Yes, the family enjoyed their hot cocoa." Lucy said. "It prevented them from going loco."
The kids stared at her puzzled.
"I'm working on a Christmas poem." She explained.
"Well, this holiday makes me all fuzzy inside." Leni said happily.
"Tis the season Leni." Lisa replied.
"Tis?"
"The warmth, Leni. That fuzzy feeling is the spirit of the holiday."
"Spirit?"
"From here, Leni." Lori touched Leni's chest.
"My chest organ?"
"You certainly know how to tax one's patience, Leni." Lisa replied.
"Wait, where's Lola?" Lana wondered.
Just then, Lola entered the kitchen looking upset.
"Oh, there you are sis. We're having hot coco."
Lola took a cup and stormed off into the living room. The others looked confused and wondered what was up with her, so they followed her.
"What's wrong, Lola?" Lincoln asked.
"What's wrong is that this is going to be the worst Christmas ever!" Lola complained.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I found the Christmas stash and all my presents are terrible! And you guys all got stuff you wanted!"
"Hold up." Lynn said. "You found the stash and you opened our gifts?!"
"Well...I was curious."
"And I literally thought I had that habit." Lori said.
"Our parents trusted us and you shattered that trust." Lisa scolded. "Oh, how can you be so selfish?"
"Hey, you know it and I know it." Lola complained. "Christmas is the one time of the year where parents are supposed to get you everything you want and I didn't get that! I mean, I got a learning kit! Me!"
"As much as I love learning kits, the true meaning of Christmas isn't about materialistic needs or selfish wants. Rather it comes from here." Lisa touched Lola's chest.
"My chest organ? I mean, my heart?"
"I'm sure Santa will bring you a good present." Leni said.
Lola buried her face in her hands. "It's like a nightmare before Christmas! A learning kit and suspenders? What were Mom and Dad thinking?"
Luan snuck a lump of coal in the back of Lola's dress. Lola glared at her.
"Well, I think you should adopt a better attitude." Lincoln said.
Lola mocked him. "I think you should adopt a better attitude." She then got an idea. "Adopt. That's it! I wake up and it's Christmas morning. But I'm in someone else's house and I cash in for their better presents! I'm putting myself up for adoption, guys!"
Lola grabbed her coat and went to the front door.
"Adoption?" Lana said in shock.
"But Lola, you can't forsake your own family!" Lincoln said. "It's Christmas!"
"That's right! And I want presents!" Lola went outside.
"You'll regret this Lola!" Lincoln warned.
"Don't turn you back on the true meaning of Christmas, dude!" Luna said.
"Santa's not gonna like this one bit, guys." Leni said as the others looked worried.
Lola was walking through the snow. She decided she would go to Clyde's place.
"I wonder what presents I'll get this year." Lola said to herself. "Maybe a credit card and a new mirror."
She suddenly fell off the snow bank. She got up and saw the snow around Clyde's house had been completely cleared away.
"Where'd the snow go?" She wondered.
She walked up to Clyde's house and knocked on the door. Clyde answered. He was wearing a tin foil crown and a light blue robe.
"Happy holidays Clyde." Lola greeted him.
"Hey Lola." Clyde greeted.
"Who are you supposed to be?"
"Jack Frost. I dressed up as him as part of a new Christmas tradition."
"I see. Listen Clyde, it's the darndest thing. I was just walking down the street when a reindeer swoops down and lands right beside me."
Lola was lying but Clyde bought it.
"No way, Jose!"
"Way! And he had a note in his mouth. A telegraph from Santa!"
"Right on!"
Lola pulled out a piece of paper which was really a math test from school. "Santa said he got so fat over the summer that he can't fit down my chimney. So he's gonna bring my presents to your house."
"My house? Well come on in!"
Lola smiled and walked inside. She was surprised to see that his whole house was covered in snow and ice.
"So let me guess, the snow and ice is part of your family tradition." Lola said.
"Yep." Clyde replied.
His dads were in the living room and they were dressed as eskimos.
"Oh hey." Harold greeted Lola. "You're one of Lincoln's sisters."
"Hello." Howard greeted. He looked at Clyde. "What is she doing here?"
"Lola said Santa is dropping gifts at our house." Clyde told his dads.
"Well, make yourself at home, Ms. Loud." Howard said.
"Do you wanna warm up by the fire?" Clyde asked Lola. "Well you can't cause it's made of ice. See?"
He flicked the ice fire. Lola slipped and fell on the ice.
"Are you ok? Do you need first aid?" Harold asked, concerned.
"No, I'm fine." Lola said, getting back up. She tried to keep her balance as she slid across the icy floor. She bumped into a white Christmas tree and saw the presents under it, trapped in a block of ice.
"Presents!" She grabbed one. "Hey, you guys got an ice pick? I wanna see what I got."
"Ice pick?" Clyde said.
Cleopatra dressed as a snowflake glared at Lola and meowed something to Clyde. Clyde could understand cat language.
"Oh yeah. We have an ice pick." Clyde said to Lola.
"So what are you waiting for? It'll take all night to crack these babies open."
Clyde took the present and he pulled on a rope hanging on the ceiling.
"Uh, what's that?" Lola asked. She saw the floor opened under her leading to a giant ice slide. She fell down and slid on the slide screaming. At the end of the ride, Clyde opened the front door and Lola flew out, landing in the grass. Clyde and Cleopatra walked up to her.
"We're onto you, Lola!" Clyde scolded. "Cleopatra had you figured from the get go. You're nothing but a greedy Scrooge, trying to steal out Christmas!"
Clyde and Cleopatra walked back inside. Lola got up.
"Well, who needs you guys? I've got other Christmases to attend to!"
She stormed off.
At Liam's barn, Liam was dressed in a sheep costume and was hanging meat on his roof which he used for decorations. He climbed down a ladder. Then Lola showed up to his place and she walked up to him with a sad face. He saw her.
"Oh, woe is me. Woe is me."
"Oh howdy, Lincoln's sister." Liam greeted. "Why the sad face?"
"My family got attacked and robbed and the robbers took all my presents." Lola lied.
Liam bought it. "Scoundrels. I'm wise to the ways of thievery. Still, they're a higher caste than me. Ah can't help you in this matter."
Liam started to walk away but Lola blocked his path.
"No, wait! I beg you!" She said in distraught. "I've got no Christmas, Liam. No presents, no family, no nothing. Can I stay with you? Please Liam."
"Well, I'd hate to see you alone on Christmas." Liam said, feeling bad for her. "Come! Grab the tail of my sheep costume of joy and join my family tradition and enjoy the season of mirth!"
Lola looked weirded out by this. She was dragged inside his house where she saw more meat decorations.
"Feast your eyes on this! A celebration of whatnots, knick knacks, and lots of meat!"
"You can smell it a mile away, cowboy." Lola then noticed a picture of someone on the wall. "Who's the bearded troll?"
"You crack me up, missy." Liam laughed. "Surely you recognize the great Yeshmiyek. She lives in a desert where she prepares the holiday feast for good males and females."
Once again Lola was weirded out. Liam gave her a cowbell.
"Let us sing in honor of her great stewing!" Liam got out his banjo and began to sing.
"In the driest desert, there lives a bearded maiden fair, whose kitchen pot is bigger than her size of underwear, hey!"
Liam pointed at Lola. Lola looked confused but then began playing the cowbell Liam gave her. Liam continues singing his song.
"Yeshmiyek who peels the root and grinds the sausage with her boot!
Yeshmiyek who cures the meat and stuffs the fruits and sugared beets!
Yeshmiyek who salts the pork and stabs it with her silver fork!
Yeshmiyek who cuts the cheese and gives the loaf of bread a squeeze…"
Liam's tone becomes sinister.
"But should your chores be never done, your feeble mind too weak to toil, Yeshmiyek will surely come and throw you in the pot to boil!"
Liam's tone became happy again.
"Yeshmiyek who smokes the fish and lays a slab on every dish!
Yeshmiyek who guts the hare and seasons it with special care!"
Lola interrupts him. "Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!"
"I don't take requests, Lola. Sorry."
"So when do I rake in on the cool presents?"
"Oh yeah. That reminds me." Liam gave her a cowboy hat made out of meat. "It's a hat made out of meat. All our presents are made out of meat this year."
Lola frowned and dropped it. "I'll pass."
"Suit yourself." Liam continued to sing.
"Yeshmiyek who bastes the lamb and spits the glaze on every ham!"
"Yeshmiyek who bakes the strudel, pickles feet and strings the noodle!"
"Yeshmiyek-"
Lola leaves the barn annoyed. She heads to another place. "What's a girl gotta do to get a normal Christmas around here?"
At the Loud House, the kids were sitting in the living room doing their activities.
"I wonder where Lola is." Lana said decorating the tree with Hops. "I hope she's ok."
"I'm sure she's fine." Lincoln said. "But there must be some way we can show her what the true meaning of Christmas is about."
"Hey guys, I finally hung up all the stockings." Leni announced.
The stockings were actually Santa hats.
"Leni, those are Santa hats." Lori sighed. "Nevermind. It's close enough."
"Sigh. Our sister may be lost and confused." Lucy said. "I just know deep down inside of her a flame flickers for the blessings of this holiday."
"Perhaps it's time for the man to come up with a plan." Lincoln referred to himself. He began to think. "I've got it!"
"Well let's hear it." Lynn said.
"Alright, everyone gather round."
The sisters gathered around and Lincoln explained his plan.
Lola arrived at a friend's place. It was Winston's mansion, the boy she had a crush on. The place was decorated in Christmas lights.
"I wish I had something better to wear but this'll do." Lola said to herself.
She rang the doorbell. A butler answered the door.
"Hello. Can I help you, miss?"
"I'm here to see Winston. I'm one of his friends."
Just then, Winston showed up. "Hello Lola, Merry Christmas!"
He was wearing a Christmas sweater which Lola thought he looked cute in.
"Aw, you look cold. Why don't you come on in?"
He dragged her into the living room where there were tons of presents under a Christmas tree.
"We've got lots of candy canes and I'm sure I can find you a present or two."
"I like your Christmas!" Lola said excitedly.
"But before you get any gifts, eggnog?" Winston gave her a cup of eggnog. "You have to help me put this up."
He was holding a mistletoe above his head. "I'm having a Christmas party later. And you know what happens when someone catches you under the mistletoe, don't you Lola?"
Lola drank her eggnog and blushed, then spit out her eggnog onto Winston. Winston angrily pointed her out the door. Lola smiled nervously as she took a present but Winston took it back and shut the door. Lola stormed off.
Lola was walking to another house. "So if Christmas is about giving, how come I ain't getting?"
Suddenly, a present hit Lola in the face. "Ow! Ooh! A present!"
She didn't see the rope attached to it. The present was yanked away and Lola followed. "Where's it going?" It led to a tree and went up. Lola ran into the tree.
"Hark the Herald angels sing, Lola." Lincoln came down dressed as an angel with a rope tied to him that was hanging from the tree. "I bring you tidings of great joy."
The other sisters appeared dressed as shepherds. Lynn was holding the rope.
"An angel showed up as the shepherds counted their animals for the night." Leni said.
Cliff, Geo, Charles and Walt appeared wearing antlers.
"Aw, you guys look so cute." Lana said to the pets.
"Forsake your journey, Lola!" Lincoln continued. "You are not beyond the path of redemption. You can still return to the path of goodwill and peace among your fellow-" Lola threw a snowball at him.
"Nice shot, Lola." Lynn said.
Lola took the hook from Lynn and used it to trip her, causing her to let go of the rope holding Lincoln and Lincoln fell in the snow. Lola took the cardboard wings off Lincoln's back and walked off.
"It's not too late to embrace the joy of the season Lola!" Lincoln yelled.
"Fa la la la la Lola!" Leni added.
Lola was now at Darcy's house. She rang the doorbell and Darcy answered.
"Merry Christmas!" Darcy greeted as she was wearing a Christmas sweater.
"Hey Darcy girl, check out the wings!" Lola turned around to show her the wings she was wearing.
"Are you a Christmas angel?"
"How'd you guess? Every year Lola the Christmas angel shares with someone else in the spirit of gift giving. And this year happens to be your year. What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine. Get it?"
She saw a Christmas tree. "Hello!" She lifted up the tree but saw nothing under it. "Hey, where are the presents?"
"Come on! I have to show you something!" Darcy went into the kitchen and Lola followed her.
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" Lola said, holding out her hands. Darcy didn't give her anything. Lola frowned. "What?"
Darcy pointed to her gingerbread Christmas town on the table.
"So?"
"It's my Winter Wonderland Christmas village, silly." Darcy explained. "Nothing says joyeux noel like the gingery smell of gingerbread queens having their sugar glazed snow parade."
"Smells good enough to eat." Lola commented.
Darcy went to another table with desserts. "And look at this!"
"Finally! Presents?" Lola rushed over eagerly.
"Yes, the presents of delicious decorative baking." Darcy giggled. "Why settle for baste pats of butter, when using only simple cookie cutters, one can create a festive holiday assortment of butter shapes to smear onto fresh, toasty buns?" Darcy showed Lola a plate with three butter shapes: a giraffe, a candy cane, and a snowman. "Oops, having my own Christmas angel is so exciting! I have to go pee! Be right back!"
Darcy walked off to use the bathroom. Lola stared at the food and then back at the gingerbread town.
"Did you know that you can make snowmen using ice cream?" Darcy asked when she returned, but then she was shocked by what she saw. "MY CHRISTMAS VILLAGE!"
Lola had eaten the whole town and was finishing off the last piece.
"It's all gone! You ate it all!" Darcy yelled, setting her head on the table.
"I gotta hand it to you, these cookies are to die for." Lola said.
"You!" Darcy yelled angrily, pointing at Lola. She ran off. Lola finished the last gingerbread piece. The toddler came back with her cousin.
"She's the one who ate my gingerbread village!" Darcy accused. Her cousin glared at Lola. She carried Lola outside.
"You're outta here!"
"Just a couple of presents!" Lola begged. "It's Christmas for Pete's sake!"
The teen threw the little blonde into a snowman. "Scram!"
Darcy dropped the wings outside. "And stay out." Darcy and her cousin went back inside.
The other Loud siblings have followed Lola, still wearing their costumes. Lola is walking away.
"Oh Lola, why?" Lincoln said. "Guys, it seems like our efforts have no effect on Lola's complete lack of Christmas cheer."
Leni picked up the fake wings. "Just a couple of guys wearing robes on Christmas Eve, huh guys?"
"So what do we do now dude?" Luna asked Lincoln.
"I still have one more trick up my sleeve." Lincoln said. "Let's go, guys."
Lindsey Sweetwater was skiing down a hill and then rode to her house. She took off the skis and went inside. Lola had managed to follow her.
"Hey Lindsey, wait up!" Lola looked through the window and saw all the presents. She knocked on the door and Lindsey answered.
"What do you want?"
"Uh, adopt me sis, it's Christmas!"
"Yeah right." Lindsey headed back inside.
"No wait! It's my family!" Lola fibbed. "They locked me outside and said I need to get a gift for one of them. If I come back with no gift, they'll cut my nails! Just one present Lindsey! Nails! Gone forever! I swear!"
"Wow, you're pathetic." Lindsey deadpanned. "Fine. Wait here."
Lindsey went to get a present.
"What a sucker." Lola said to herself.
Lindsey came back with a gift. "Here. I hope you like it."
Lola snatched it. "Yes! Finally!" She opened it and a punching glove hit her in the face, sending her into the snow.
"Merry Christmas, loser!" Lindsey laughed and went back inside. Lola got up and she now had a black eye.
"Let me in Lindsey, please! All I want is a good Christmas!"
Lola got no response. At this point, Lola gave up and decided to just go home. As she walked, she could see other people enjoying the holiday in their homes. Lola was getting cold now. She wasn't sure where she was going. She went by a Christmas tree that was in the middle of snow. One of the lights went and Lola noticed this. She then got an idea. She took a lightbulb from her dress. She forgot she was going to add this to the Loud family Christmas tree but now she saw this tree needed it more. She replaced the old lightbulb with the new one. It lit up and Lola walked away. But then the tree glowed brighter, catching her attention. The other Louds ran up to Lola looking happy.
"Lola, I'm so proud of you!" Lincoln exclaimed.
"You did it!" Lana cheered.
"A big hug for my little sis!" Leni pulled Lola into a bone crushing hug.
"What did I do?" Lola asked.
"You replaced the bulb, Lola." Lucy said.
Leni put Lola down.
"So?" Lola said. "The dang tree needed a light so I put one in. Big whoop."
"Don't you see, Lola?" Lisa explained. "You made an unselfish gesture. You gave willingly of your heart without thought of your own gain."
"This is the gift of giving, Lola!" Lincoln stated. "This is what the spirit of Christmas is all about!"
"It is?" Lola said. The siblings nodded. "You know, that didn't hurt one bit, guys. Cause Christmas isn't about what you find under a tree, Christmas is about what you find in your heart!"
Other folks gathered around.
"That tree glows like an angel." Darcy commented.
"It's beautiful." Lindsey said.
"Awesome, to say the least." Rusty agreed.
"Definitely better than the tree I have." Liam said.
"Guys, we need to take a picture of this." Howard said to Clyde and Harold.
Everyone was amazed by the tree. Suddenly, a big sack fell from the sky and landed on Lola. The guys looked up to see Santa riding by on his sleigh.
"Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!"
Lola popped her head out. "Santa?"
"Santa! Take me with you!" Leni yelled, running after the sleigh.
Lola looked in the sack. She saw a bunch of presents and a note. She read it out loud. "Happy holidays to the loudest family around, the Loud family! From Santa Claus."
"Ho ho holy cow!" Luan said excitedly.
"This is literally amazing!" Lori said.
"Poo poo." Lily said.
Lola smiled happily. "Jackpot!" She carried the sack and ran off with it. Her siblings were surprised at this.
"Hey!" Lynn yelled.
"Lola!" Lana exclaimed.
"Get back here!" Luna yelled.
Lola ran and her siblings ran after her. Lisa went to Leni who was staring up at Santa flying.
"Leni, Lola has stolen Saint Nicholas' satchel of intermutual Yuletide bestowals!" Lisa explained. Leni looked confused.
"The presents, Leni! Lola's taken the presents!"
"Oh no!" Leni and Lisa ran after their siblings. Lola found a nearby shed and went inside. She locked the door, but an angry Lynn used her strength to kick it down. The others came in.
"Lola, how could you do this at this time of year?" Lincoln said, appalled by Lola's actions. "Reconsider your actions!"
"Yeah dude! Not cool!" Luna added.
"What is it to be young lady, naughty or nice?" Leni said, walking inside.
"I'm the one who gave willingly to her heart!" Lola snapped. "These presents are mine!"
Lynn dropped her pole. "You greedy little brat!"
Lynn tackles Lola and they get into a fight over the sack. The sisters join the fight.
"Ladies, please!" Lincoln said, trying to break up the fight but they didn't listen. "Good will? Peace on earth?"
Just then, he heard a voice. "Kids! There you are!"
It was from Lynn Sr. He and Rita found them. "I thought the ruckus sounded familiar."
The kids stopped fighting.
"What are you kids doing here anyway?"
Lola looked guilty and started to confess. "Ok, it's time I came clean. Mom and Dad, I found the Christmas stash even though you told us to stay away from it. But I just had to know what my presents were and I didn't like any of them. I'm sorry."
"Lola honey, we have something to confess too." Rita said. "We gave you the wrong gifts. Your father and I found that at our employee gift exchange."
"But we still have one of your gifts." Lynn Sr. added. "It's something special you've been asking for this year."
"Well, that's all I wanted." Lola admitted. "Just a good gift. And a good Christmas."
"But check it out, Santa gave us presents too." Lana said.
"Santa was here?" Lynn Sr. "Dang it! And people say I was immature for believing in him."
"So Lola, now will you be willing to share the presents?" Lincoln asked.
"Of course Linky. It's time I stop being so selfish."
Luna looked in the sack. "Looks like Mom and Pops got presents too."
"Ooh, I wonder what I got." Rita said.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Lola said. "Let's open these presents!"
"Yeah!" The others cheered.
The Loud family took their gifts and started opening them. Outside, the other Royal Wood citizens were singing Christmas carols.
"We wish you a Merry Christmas (x3) and a happy new year! Good tidings we bring, to you and your king! Good tidings for Christmas and a happy new year!"