Morning had finally come! Christmas morning that is, Fran was peacefully sleeping until a "herd" of children came into her room and got on the bed yelling, "Mommy! Wake up! Present time!" Fran finally woke up and looked at her kids, "Well merry Christmas to ya too." her kids then realized they hadn't said 'Merry Christmas' "Merry Christmas!" the quickly exclaimed, just then Niles and CC's kids came into Fran's room, "We can't find Mommy or Daddy." Joey explained.
"Well let's go look for them." Fran told them as she got out of the bed and put on her peach looking bathrobe. The seven of them quietly went down stairs and into the living room where they found bags of toys, the fire place going. and Niles lying long ways on the couch asleep with his arms around a sleeping CC. "Looks like they tired to stay up to see Santa." Fran whispered to the kids who laughed quietly.
"Merry Christmas Daddy!" Joey exclaimed a he jumped on top of his father which right away woke him up. "Merry Christmas to you too." Niles said smiling at his son, then he realized where he was at, "Oh God, did we spend the whole night down here?" he asked Fran, "I guess so." she said smiling. Niles began to try and wake CC up be shaking her softly and calling her name, but it wasn't working so the kids decided to help him out, "Merry Christmas!" they all yelled.
"Merry Christmas." she said sheepishly "Good night." she added as she began to close her eyes once more. "No!" everyone yelled and Niles carefully put her in a sitting position. "Alright everyone keep her awake while I go get the camera, so we can open the presents." Niles said getting up, "Yay!" everyone exclaimed expect for CC who was already falling back to sleep.