Author's Notes: I promised myself I'd put this story out today. Since it's a chapter story, I guess it's kind of late for Christmas. But everyone is still in the spirit…right? What do you think of the title? Stupid? I won't blame you. That summary was hard to phrase well, too. I hope it's adequate. I'm not really satisfied with this chapter. It's far too boring. I hate it when I get stuck in a plot hole or don't know how to move from one scene to the next. Frustrating. If it's of any consolation, I already have a good idea of what this story is going to be like. I already have two more chapters finished. I'm going to space out the updates, though, so that when I run out of prewritten chapters, it won't seem like I've suddenly slowed down. And there's a problem. After I wrote the other chapters, I found an inconsistency with the anime. Darn it. I'm going to have to give it a makeover. That might take some time. Let's just hope I have enough willpower to finish this story.

Chapter One: Year 1

Rem, Vash, and Knives sat in the Rec. Room, in the middle of a card game.

"Rem, do you have any aces?" Knives asked.

Rem giggled, "Go fish!"

"You seem really happy today, Rem," Vash observed with a smile.

"I'm excited!" she replied, "Do you boys know what today is?"

The twins shook their heads, both gazes fixed on her curiously.

"It's Christmas Eve!" Rem cheered and clapped her hands together.

Knives looked thoughtful, "Christmas Eve?"

"What's that?" Vash asked.

Rem cleared her throat, "Well, back on earth, there was a holiday called Christmas. It was a day made for generosity and peace. There was an old legend that on the night before Christmas - Christmas Eve - a large man dressed all in red would fly through the air on a sleigh pulled by reindeer and land on top of your house while you were sleeping.-"

Vash interrupted, "Rem, what's a sleigh?"

"And what are reindeer?" added Knives.

Rem paused to think for a minute, "Here, I have an idea. Come with me, and I'll show you on the computer."

The boys followed their teacher down some corridors of the SEEDS ship and into a monitor room. Rem sat down at a computer and began to type. She brought up a picture of a sleigh and explained that it was used to ride through the snow. Then she brought up a picture of a reindeer and explained that they were sometimes used to pull the sleigh.

Rem then continued her story, "So the large man named Santa Clause would land on your roof while you slept. Then, he would grab his big bag of presents and jump down your chimney!"

Before either of the twins had the chance to ask, Rem had brought up pictures of a chimney and explained it to them.

"Santa would then come out your fireplace and put some presents from his bag in your house. Most people would leave cookies and milk for him to eat when he came. So after his job was done, he would get back into his sleigh and move on to the next house, until then next morning when all the houses had been visited."

"Is Santa Clause real?" Vash turned to Rem, unsure.

"I don't think so, but it is a nice story," she responded. Both boys nodded in understanding. "In reality, on Christmas Day, most people celebrate by giving each other presents and spending time with them."

After a few more questions and comments from the boys, the three went back to the Rec. Room to finish their card game. At the end of the game, it turned out that Knives won, barely, from the points of his four aces.

A voice of suddenly came through the speakers in the room, "Rem, could I have your assistance up at the bridge?"

Rem answered the voice, "Sure, Joey. I'll be right there." Turning to the twins, she smiled sweetly, "I'll see you boys later."

"Bye Rem!" responded Vash. Knives waved a goodbye.

After a few moments of silence between the brothers, Vash spoke up, "I wonder how Santa fit into the chimneys…"

Knives laughed at the thought. "And how did his sleigh fly through the air? That story is completely illogical," he said good-naturedly.

The rest of the day by quickly, and soon, the boys were put to bed.

The next morning, Knives woke up and opened his bleary eyes to see Vash doing the same in the bed beside him. He watched as his brother's eyes comically shot fully open in realization.

"Knives! Today is Christmas!" he chirped enthusiastically.

"I know. Let's hurry and get down to breakfast."

The boys quickly dressed and walked to the cafeteria. The rest of the crew was already getting their breakfast when they arrived.

Rem looked up from her seat and grinned as they came in and sat down, "Hello Vash; Knives." They nodded a 'hello' in response.

The twins noticed a well decorated package next to each of their plates with a tag that read:

"To: Vash (/Knives)

From: Santa Clause"

They immediately recognized who it was really from.

"What is it, Rem?" Vash inquired.

"Open it and find out, silly!" she chided playfully.

Knives was the first to finish unwrapping his gift. He picked up the item inside and examined it curiously. Vash finished opening his and inspected it as well. Each boy held a small dome of glass. Inside the dome, they could see a tiny house with a sleigh and reindeer perched on top of it.

"They're snow globes," Rem informed. "Shake them, and it will seem as though that little house is going through a blizzard."

Both boys had learned about snow earlier on, and were fascinated when they shook their globes and were actually able to see what it looked like.

"Thank you, Rem. I like this a lot," Knives said, smiling.

"Yeah, Rem! Thank you so much! ..." Vash suddenly looked down in regret, "But…we didn't get anything for you…"

Knives' expression also changed to remorse.

Rem walked over to them and gave them both a big hug, "Don't be silly! Just being with you two is the best present of all!"

Knives' and Vash's expressions lightened, and they hugged her right back.

"Merry Christmas, boys."

Vash and Knives chorused, "Merry Christmas, Rem."

Author's Notes: I know this chapter isn't so great, but I think it gets better. And do you think I'm going to write every year of Christmas they've been through? Sorry, but that would be insane. And my brain would explode. I'm just writing about a few important years in their lives. Reviews make me very happy, and since it's Christmas, maybe you could give me one out of the kindness of your heart. Oh, and if anyone is wondering, I had a great Christmas. I got the last two Trigun DVD's and the hardback version of Trigun volume 2 (which just came out ). Lunis happy.