"Hey guys, we were just getting worried and what the hell is that?" John asked as he opened the door.

"Your Christmas present," Rodney answered as he shoved his way inside. John looked at Carson in horror but Carson just shook his head and followed Rodney in with the rest of their gifts.

"Carson?"

"Yes?"

"What the hell is that?"

"Your Christmas present. Didn't you hear Rodney?"

"I thought I was mistaken. What the hell did he get me?"

"You'll just have to wait, now won't you?"

John just glared and followed Carson into the kitchen where Teyla and Elizabeth were decorating cookies and Radek, Ronan, and Jon were sitting at the counter.

"Great, now we can eat!" said Jon O'Neill-Jackson when he saw Carson enter.

"Where's Rodney?" asked Teyla.

"Right here. I had to go put John's present in the living room. What's there to eat?" he asked as he came in and headed straight for the food.

Elizabeth slapped his hand as he reached for the cookies. "You can wait five more minutes."

"No I can't. I'm hypoglycemic, remember?" he said as he reached for the cookie again.

"Yes, but you were sampling the sweets mum was making before we left," Carson said as he sat down next to Radek at the counter.

Elizabeth slapped his had again. "Rodney! Five minutes! Now go sit down!"

"All the seats are taken!"

"Then sit on Carson's lap. I'm sure he won't mind. Just leave this area of the kitchen!"

"John!"

John backed up with his hands raised. "Don't look at me, she kicked me out as well."

"But it's your kitchen!"

"Yes, but do you really want to get in Elizabeth's way when she's baking?" John asked as Rodney took a seat on Carson's lap.

Looking over at Elizabeth who had a knife in her hand, Rodney admitted, "No, that's probably almost as frightful as getting in Carson's way when he's cooking."

"Aye, but you won't do it again, now will you?" asked Carson.

"In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been anywhere near the kitchen when you cook lately."

"Now you can eat," Elizabeth said suddenly.

"Excellent." Rodney jumped up and got his plate halfway filled before anyone else had even started.

After everyone had over eaten and the kitchen was cleaned, they were all settled in the living room arguing on how they were going to open the presents.

Carson, finally having enough of the arguing, got up and randomly grabbed a present and handed it to Teyla. "There."

Teyla looked at the present in her hands in surprise. "One at a time then?" she asked as she started opening the box in her hands. Inside was the pair of boots that she had been looking at last week with Elizabeth. "Thank you Elizabeth. Now I have shoes to go with that skirt for New Years," she said with a slight smirk.

Carson continued to hand out presents one at a time until there were no more. Except for one.

"Here you go John. I saw this, actually, Peg saw it first, but anyways. We felt you needed to have it," Rodney said as he plopped a giant five-foot wrapped blob in John's lap.

"Before you open it, I just want you to know that I was against this," Carson said quickly.

John suddenly had a very nervous look on his face. "This is going to be painful, isn't?" he asked.

Carson nodded.

John sighed and started to rip into the blob. He stopped after one tear. "You have got to be kidding me." He quickly unwrapped it to discover that it was exactly what he thought; a giant five-foot pink teddy bear.

Elizabeth and Teyla started giggling while Jon and Ronan couldn't believe their eyes.

"My sister got that for her birthday last month," Radek said. "Although her's was green. I think the pink one is less scary."

"You got me a giant pink teddy bear," John stated.

"You got me five teddy bears," retorted Rodney.

"Your actual present is around his neck," Carson said.

"You weren't supposed to tell him that!"

John opened up the envelope around the bear's neck to find two Sonics tickets. "Oh wow. Thanks!"

"Just don't take me. You know how I hate basketball."

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Hey John, Mom what the hell is that?" John's younger brother Josh said as he entered the room.

"Rodney got it for me. I'm thinking it needs to be displayed in the den."

"I think you need to keep it in your room so I never have to see it," Josh rejoined.

"What can I do for you?" asked John.

"Oh, Mom just wanted to know if you could throw the clothes in the dryer before you came up to bed."

"Yeah, sure."

"Great." Josh then preceded to make himself comfortable between Teyla and Ronan, much to the displeasure of John and Ronan.

"Can we help you with anything else?"

"No, not really."

John paused a moment. "Then could you leave?"

Josh let out an over-exaggerated sigh. "I guess. You are going to be taking me to that Sonics game, right?"

"How did you know about it?"

"Rodney called to make sure you weren't doing anything that day."

"Yeah, yeah. I'll take you."

"Sweet. Well then, goodnight. Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

John just rolled his eyes. "Anyways."

"Just be lucky he left. My sisters would make themselves comfortable and not leave," commented Elizabeth.

"That's because they have a crush on John," Rodney added, making John blush.

"Doesn't everyone?" asked Jon.

"No," answered Teyla.

"That was a rhetorical question," Jon said.

"That's enough talk about siblings and crushes," said John. "Let's talk about something else."

"We are still getting together for New Year's, right?" asked Ronan.

"Of course. Why wouldn't we be?" asked Elizabeth.

"Well, last year we decided Rodney would host it this year, so I was wondering."

"No, Carson and I are hosting. You are all free to crash. The guest room has some room as well as the den and living room."

"I thought you were in the guest room," Jon observed.

Rodney and Carson blushed. "I was. But then Carson's aunt and cousin stayed for a bit and I just never moved back."

"I really don't want to know," John said with a shake of his head. "Aiden can come, right?"

"Of course."

"What time can we start coming over?" asked Teyla.

"I think about nine or so. If you want to have dinner earlier, call and let me know before then so I will know how many to cook for," said Carson.

"I will probably talk to you sometime between now and then about dinner arrangements," Teyla said as she stood up. "I have to get going, my grandparents are in town so I have to spend time with them."

"Merry Christmas and see you at New Years!" everyone said as she headed out the door. Everyone else headed out soon after until it was John and his giant pink teddy bear.