*I still don't own Legend of Korra or The Nightmare Before Christmas!*
Making Christmas!
"It goes something like this."
Jack held up a set of sleigh bells as he demonstrated how to play Christmas songs to the band who plays in Halloween Town. Jack played a verse from Jingle Bells before stopping.
"How about it? Think you can do it?" he asked.
A head inside of the Bass Player's coffin base simply started a countdown.
"A-one, and a-two, and a-three, and a…"
The band started to play the verse that Jack played on their own instruments, but unlike the joyful tunes we're used to hearing this one came out a little flat and off key. And on the last note, they literally nearly blew away the Mayor. But neither he nor Jack seem to mind.
"Next!"
"Fantastic! Now, why don't you all practice those, and we'll be in great shape!" Jack cheered as he handed the band a book of Christmas carols and sent them on their way.
Right as a familiar ragdoll woman walked up.
"Sally! I need your help more than anyone's!" Jack said.
"You certainly do, Jack. I had the most terrible vision…"
"That's splendid." said Jack, who wasn't really paying attention.
He was too busy searching for something in the trunk full of things he and Korra brought back from Christmas Town. And while he did this, Korra was literally halfway in her own trunk of Christmas stuff searching for something. She rose up for a moment with a little toy soldier hat on her head before diving back in.
"No! It was about your Christmas! There was smoke, and fire…!" Sally tried to say.
"That's not my Christmas. My Christmas is filled with laughter, and joy, and… these!" Jack pulled out a framed picture of himself and Korra in their uniforms before flipping a traced drawing over it. "These are mine and Korra's Sandy Claws outfits. I want you to make them."
"You don't understand! It's going to be a disaster!" exclaimed Sally.
"How could it be?" Jack asked, once again misunderstanding what Sally was saying. "Just follow the pattern. These parts are red, the trim is white."
"It's a mistake, Jack!" Sally exclaimed again.
"Now, don't be modest. Who else is clever enough to make the outfits?" Jack asked, completely missing the point.
"Next!" called the Mayor.
"Korra and I have every confidence in you." Jack said to Sally as he gently sent her on her way with the sketch.
"But it seems wrong to me. Very wrong." Sally mumbled as she walked away.
Korra, on the other hand, climbed out of her trunk and presented something to the Behemoth. A rather fun little Christmas decoration that I'm sure we're all familiar with.
"Okay, big fella. This device here is called a nutcracker." Korra said to the Behemoth as she demonstrated the wooden doll. "But you're not supposed to use it on people. Least of all, men."
"Korra! Korra! We caught him! We caught him!" exclaimed three familiar voices.
The Avatar looked away from what she was doing as she handed the nutcracker to the Behemoth, and grinned like crazy as she saw Boogie's Boys riding in on their walking bathtub. Inside the tub is a black trick or treat bag with something big inside.
"Awesome!" cheered Korra.
But before she could inspect their work, a loud sneeze caught her attention. Looking to the doors to the Town Hall, she saw Jinora stumble in looking worse for wear. The girl's eyes are red and puffy with tears leaking out of them even though she's not crying, her nose is runny, and probably a little stuffy, and she's also groaning as she put a hand on her head. All in all, she looks miserable.
"Jinora! Are you okay?" Korra asked as she rushed over to help the poor girl. "How did you even find Halloween Town?"
Naturally, having Jinora in Halloween Town worried Korra greatly. Ever since the girl gave her those Halloween treats and that potion that was obviously made using Worm's Wart, an ingredient one can only find in Halloween Town. Korra has always taken extra precautions to cover her tracks and keep people from finding the entrance through the grave, knowing that there are several people who can't be trusted and would destroy Halloween Town and everyone in it, given the chance. And now that Korra knows about the Holiday Doors, she made sure nobody knows about them either.
Jinora sniffed as she tried to stave off the runny nose.
"It's a long story… but don't worry about me. It's just allergies." Jinora said in a slightly raspy voice.
"Allergies? But you're only allergic to…"
Korra stopped herself mid sentence. She slightly narrowed her eyes at the bag that Lock, Shock, and Barrel brought with them knowing that there's only one thing that the young Airbender is allergic to. And also the reason why she can't have one as a pet.
"Kids. Open the bag." Korra calmly requested.
Not sensing the possible danger, the three stooges opened the bag and Korra yelped as something big, fluffy, and pink hopped out of it.
Turns out Lock, Shock, and Barrel didn't get Santa Claus. Instead, they bagged a large rabbit with pink fur holding a basket full of brightly colored eggs. Despite the situation, what with Jinora's rabbit allergies acting up, Korra couldn't help but laugh a little at this predicament.
"That's not Sandy Claws!" laughed Korra.
"It isn't?" Shock asked.
"Who is it?" Lock asked as well.
The rabbit hopped its way to the stage and stopped in front of Behemoth. It sniffed the absentminded monster curiously, obviously wondering what this strange creature was. And whether or not it was dangerous.
"BUNNY!" Behemoth exclaimed loudly.
So loudly, in fact, that he scared the rabbit into hopping back into the bag to hide. The poor creature was shivering worse than normal due to the fear. And scaring cute little animals in such a way is one kind of scare that Korra does not tolerate.
"Definitely NOT Sandy Claws! Take him back!" Korra demanded with angry eyes.
"But we followed your instructions!" Lock whimpered in fear.
"We went through the door!" whimpered Barrel as he and his friends backed up a bit.
"WHICH DOOR…? There's more than one!" growled Korra. "Sandy Claws is behind the door shaped like THIS!"
She reached into one of her dress's hidden pockets and pulled out a cookie shaped like a Christmas Tree, and used it to show the three idiots what the door was supposed to look like.
What can she say? She and Jack are suckers for sweets.
"I told you!" growled Shock as she started choking Lock. "I told you we shouldn't have listened to that conveniently placed sign!"
"What?! No you didn't!" exclaimed Barrel as he hit her over the head.
"Yeah!" Lock added once Shock's hands were off his neck. "You're the one who said we should listen to that sign because it was colorful!"
As the three bickered, Korra pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation. She should have known better than to leave such an important task as this in the hands of these three bumbling idiots. Oh well, nothing left to do now except what she and Jack do best. Using some of her Halloween magic, she made a demonic face as her teeth lengthened into fangs, her nails became talons, wings covered in black feathers grew from her back, her eyes glowed red…
AND SHE PROCEEDED TO SCREAM LIKE A BANSHEE RIGHT IN THEIR FACES!
It got the result she wanted as the three stooges stopped fighting and gasped in fright as they recoiled back. Jinora would have done something similar, but she's feeling too lousy because of her allergies to do anything. Korra returned to normal when she was done and pet the rabbit through the bag he was hiding in.
"I'm so sorry for the trouble we caused you, Mister Bunny." Korra said to him before glaring at the stooges. "Take him home first. And apologize again!"
As Lock, Shock, and Barrel calmed down, they took their bathtub and made their way back to the holiday doors to complete their mission. And they're gonna follow their own advice about Oogie Boogie and stay on Korra's good side.
"Be careful with Sandy Claws when you fetch him! Treat him nicely!" Korra instructed.
"Got it!" Lock said.
"We'll get it right," Shock and Barrel said.
"Next time!" all three finished.
Placing a hand on Jinora's shoulder, Korra led the girl to the stage. She figures it's time the two of them had a long overdue talk about this whole Halloween Town thing.
Meanwhile, back in Doctor Finkelstien's lab, the doctor was currently working on a little side project as he waits for his assistant to bring in what he needs. From the looks of it, it might be another version of Sally.
"You will be a decided improvement over that treacherous Sally." He said to himself.
He switched between several different skulls to decide on a head for his creation, but to his dismay, none of them were any good. But soon, a new voice caught his attention.
"Master," said a hunchback with a bulbous eye. "The plans!"
He layed out a set of blueprints on the desk which Doctor Finkelstien took a look at. The plans depicted an image of a reindeer skeleton. And the doctor seems pleased by this.
"Excellent, Igor."
The doctor grabbed a box of doggy biscuits out of a nearby drawer and tossed a dog treat to Igor who proceeded to gobble it down with gusto.
Later that day, the denizens of Halloween Town were busy working on getting things ready for their Halloween/Christmas combination. Music started flowing through the air in a rather jovial tune, as Sally and Jinora worked on Jack and Korra's costumes. But these two seem to be the only ones who think that something isn't quite right. A sign is hoisted up to the clock that says 36 Days to Halloween, and replaces the word 'Halloween' with 'Christmas'. As the ghosts rose up from the fountain carrying supplies and the band's bass player walks by moving a wheelbarrow of pumpkins, the citizens began to sing once again.
[Chorus]
This time, this time
[Ghosts]
Making Christmas
[Bass Player]
Making Christmas
As the townsfolk begin to set up their tables, the Mayor, with his mood set to joyous, drove the snowmobile that Jack and Korra brought back when they first went to Christmas Town. He drove it along the tables that were set up, but nobody seemed to mind as they were all too excited about Christmas.
[Mayor]
Making Christmas, making Christmas
Is so fine
[Chorus]
It's ours this time
And won't the children be surprised
It's ours this time
Corpse Kid used a wooden mallet to smash a toy car while his friend, the Mummy Boy, cut off a doll's head using a tiny guillotine. The Witch Sisters concocted a special brew for their Christmas idea which the Undersea Girl rose up from as the Mayor was almost run over by the snowmobile.
[Corpse Kid]
Making Christmas
[Mummy Boy]
Making Christmas
[Corpse Kid & Mummy Boy]
Making Christmas
[Witches, Undersea Girl, Mayor & Devil]
Time to give them something fun
They'll talk about for years to come
Let's have a cheer from everyone
It's time to party
While everyone else was busy doing whatever they were going to do, the Vampire Brothers were busy making toys for all of the children. Currently, they're repainting a toy duck on a pull block and adding some more features to make it scary. They painted it to look like a vampire bit it, with four black dots on each side to act as puncture wounds from the fangs and complete with dripping blood, and beady black pupils in its eyes. They also gave it fangs in its beak to make it seem like it had been turned into a vampire. When they were done, they wrapped it up in a white package that resembled a coffin and wrapped it with a black bow.
[Vampire Bros.]
Making Christmas
[Vampire Bros. + Duck Toy]
Making Christmas
[Vampire Bros.]
Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice
With spiders legs and pretty bows
[Bat Demon Child]
It's ours this time
The Corpse Dad smashed a link of chains against a saw blade as the Werewolf and Devil seemed to be sawing something in half. When they were done, they held up a creepy doll that looks kind of like a flying squirrel with fangs instead of buck teeth. Needless to say, it's definitely worthy of Halloween.
But appropriate for Christmas?
Not so much!
[Werewolf, Corpse Dad & Devil]
All together, that and this
With all our tricks we're
Making Christmastime
"Here comes the queen!" said the Werewolf.
Korra walked past the gate to Jack's house and smiled with glee as she was greeted to the sight of everyone working so hard to get everything ready for Christmas, and it made her inner Raven Queen very happy. So happy, in fact, that she has to sing about it.
[Korra]
I can't believe what's happening to me
My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies
"EE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!" she cackled.
She made her way to the Harlequin's work station where the band's Saxophone Player was held in the stocks with a recently made hat on his head. One that appeared to be a rat with one of Harlequin's quills jabbed into it.
[Harlequin]
Oh aren't you impressed, I am a genius
See how I transform the old rat
Into a most delightful hat
[Korra]
"Hmm…"
My compliments from me to you
On this your most interesting hat
Consider though this substitute
A bat in place of this old rat
Huh!
She made her way to the Melting Man's station where she found him trying to turn a roadkill turtle into a present. She was quick to stop him and prove it wouldn't make a good present. Especially since its head separated from the rest of its body.
[Korra]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey that's all wrong
This thing will never make a present
It's been dead for far too long
Try something fresher, something pleasant
Korra attempted to give him a pat on the head for encouragement, but her hand got stuck to his melting flesh. So now, she needed to get herself unstuck.
[Korra]
Try again, don't give up
Little Mister Hyde used a hammer to stun a scorpion before quickly placing it in one of those wooden shell layer toys that he and his fellow Hydes were constructing. All the while, everyone was making ready for the eventuality of Christmas.
[Little Hyde]
All together,
[Medium Hyde]
That and this
[Mister Hyde + Chorus]
With all our tricks we're making Christmastime
As time passed, a chain of events was set in motion as both worlds got ready for the same holiday. In Christmas Town, Santa oversaw the toy and candy creation as his elves were hard at work getting everything ready with Christmas so close.
And in Halloween Town, Doctor Finkelstein and Igor were getting ready for something of their own. As a machine hummed the doctor gave his assistant the go ahead to pull the switch. Igor did so and three skeletal reindeer were reanimated with blasts of lightning! Doctor Finkelstein was so impressed with his work, he leaned too far forward and landed on the table in front of him. But this proved to be a blessing in disguise for him as he found the perfect skull for his latest creation, which he began to polish with care as though it were as valuable as gold. And for a mad scientist like him, it is.
Meanwhile, Santa's elves were polishing the sleigh to get it nice and shiny for when Santa and his own reindeer fly out to deliver the presents. And while they did that, another elf pushed down a Jack-In-The-Box before closing the box so it would be ready to spring up and make a child laugh.
But the Clown with the tearaway face was also hard at work making a scarier variation of this toy. To do this, he used spring loaded Jack-o-Lanterns and black cats.
Another elf stuffed several stockings with candy and small toys as they passed along on a conveyor belt.
Corpse Dad tried to stuff a snake like a stocking using gift wrapped skulls, but this just resulted in him being eaten by the large snake. Fortunately for him, Korra was there to get him out. Just don't ask how.
Finally, as Christmas drew ever so close, the elves used a crane to load up Santa's sleigh with all of the presents for all of the good children, as well as the coal for all of the children who have been naughty this year.
And in Halloween Town, Jack was guiding the coffin that is the final part of their own sleigh for the journey through the world of the living. As the music reached its highest point, Korra and the rest of the citizens began to finish up the song.
[Chorus]
This time, this time
"It's OURS!" squealed Korra.
As the people of Halloween Town sang the final verse, they loaded up the sleigh with all of their Halloween Themed presents for the kids of the world. Though, Corpse Kid nearly fell into the bag as he threw in the last gift.
[Halloween Town Chorus]
Making Christmas, making Christmas
La, la, la
It's almost here
And we can't wait
So ring the bells and celebrate
'Cause when the full moon starts to climb
We'll all sing out
"It's… Christmastime! Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!" giggled Korra.
She looked up as the three skeletal reindeer flew up beside her. The countdown to Christmas drew ever closer, as it was now Christmas eve. And in Christmas Town, Mrs. Claus is busy packing up a lunch for her husband as he looks over his list one last time before he sets out to deliver everyone's presents.
"Let's see now, Timmy… Sally… Susie… Yes, Susie's been nice. Nice, nice, oh naughty… Nice, nice, nice… There are hardly any naughty children this year!" Santa exclaimed with joy as he looked over his list.
He truly hates it when there are so many naughty children he has to give coal to. Making children sad on Christmas, even if they were naughty, doesn't really do any good for the jolly old elf's conscience. He always feels somewhat guilty giving coal to naughty children. He was broken from reading his list when the doorbell rang to the tune of 'Jingle All The Way', signaling one thing.
Santa Claus has a guest.
"Now who could that be?"
Santa answered the door and was confused when he saw three children in strange looking costumes holding a large, black bag.
"Trick-or Treat!~" Lock, Shock, and Barrel exclaimed.
Right before they pounced and nabbed Santa! This is so not good!
***To Be Continued…***
Santa's been captured by Oogie Boogie's three stooges! Whats going to happen to him, now? Find out next time on Korra's Nightmare Before Christmas!