The family continued driving for awhile as Christmas songs played on the radio. The kids were mostly asleep in the back as the ride over to Duckburg was indeed a rather long one.

"Are we there yet?" Carlos asked with a yawn.

"Not yet." Thor replied.

"Soon." Cherry added.

"How soon?" Zofia asked.

"Sooner than you think." Cherry reassured.

Eventually, the car passed by a sign labeled "Welcome to Duckburg".

"Well, we're in Duckburg," said Lionel. "I do believe we'll be crashing at Donald's new place?"

"I think so, yeah." Thor nodded.

"Whoa... Check this out..." Mal said as she looked out the window.

As it was very dark outside, there were many colorful lights and decorations out in the neighborhood which were all lovely to see. Dancing snowmen, waving gingerbread men, colorful lights of red, blue, white, green, and more colors, with tree stars shining brightly as the moon in the dark and twinkling sky.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Everywhere you go~," A voice soon started to sing as they traveled further into Duckburg. "Take a look at the five and ten, it's glistening once again, With candy canes and silver lanes that glow~"

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas~" Mal smiled.

"Toys in every store~" Evie and Jay cooed to David and Elyse.

"But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be, On your own front door~" Carlos then concluded before chuckling.

"Man-oh-man, did they set up or what?" LJ remarked.

"Boy, I'll say." Zofia agreed as they spotted a certain rabbit using his ears to string up the Christmas lights on the house.

"Hey..." LJ said.

"Is that..." Zofia added.

The kids looked over to the rabbit and examined him up close. "OSWALD!" they then cheered.

"Well, I suppose you kids wanna go and say hi," Thor suggested with a small smile. "Probably a good idea."

LJ and Zofia got out and headed over to the rabbit. "Merry Chistmas, Oswald!" they cheered.

"Huh?" Oswald yelped as he fumbled the lights for a few seconds. "Oh! Merry Christmas, kids!"

"So this is the famous Oswald we heard about this summer." Cherry smirked.

"We've met him before, dear." Thor whispered as a reminder.

"Yes, Thor, I know, I'm just being social." Cherry glanced at him.

"Good to see you guys." Oswald smiled at the kids as they shared a group hug like an uncle with his favorite niece and nephew.

"Don't forget about us." Felicity smiled innocently as she stood by with Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos.

"How could I forget you guys?" asked Oswald. "You were a massive help!"

"It's great to see you again, Oswald," Carlos smiled. "Getting in the festive spirit, I see."

"Of course!" Oswald smiled back. "I'm no Scrooge during this time of year!"

"Speaking of Scrooge, have you seen Donald around?" Mal asked.

"Yeah, is he home?" Evie added. "We'd love to say hello and join in on the Christmas celebration."

"Sure, he's in his room," Oswald replied. "Xandra and the others are on the first floor, decorating."

"Xandra's still here?" Jay smiled.

"Don't get too excited, Romeo." Mal smirked.

"I'm not," Jay defended. "I just missed her since we last came here over the summer."

The others chuckled a bit before Jay glared and stuck his tongue out at them.

"Mind if we come inside?" Felicity asked. "We'll try not to disturb you too much."

"Sure, c'mon in!" Oswald replied as he spun his ears like a propeller and flew indoors.

The kids laughed in excitement and soon ran on inside after Oswald.

Christmas music filled the air as they came to where the decorating was taking place. Xandra looked just as excited to be in the holiday spirit as everyone else. Cherry, Lionel, and Thor slowly followed after the kids, holding onto David and Elyse as they came to join them inside.

Ari played a trumpet rendition of "O' Tannenbaum", while José and Panchito were helping Xandra decorate the tree.

"Ah, Christmas," smiled the green parrot. "It's just such a wonderful time of the year!"

"I know, right?" Panchito added. "It just makes me so giddy!"

"I'm pretty excited myself," Xandra beamed at the two. "The decorations, the gifts, and the good feeling overall."

"Not to mention spending it with friends and family." Zofia said as she stepped over.

"You said it!" Xandra smiled before doing a double-take. "...Wait. Zofia?"

"Not just her!" LJ smiled back as he and the others join in.

"Oh... Oh, wow! You're all here," Xandra beamed in excitement before they all rushed in, sharing a loving group hug together. "I know it was only about two seasons ago, but I feel like I haven't seen you guys in so long."

"And look who we brought!" Lionel called as he and Thor held up David and Elyse.

David and Elyse both giggled a bit.

"It's the ciiiiircle of liiiife~" A music box soon sang as Thor arrived, having the babies basking in the light like a great musical production.

"Our little cubs," Thor introduced. "David and Elyse."

Xandra, Jose, and Panchito looked over to meet the newest additions to the Moltenschwartz family. The girl mostly looked like Cherry, but had some hints of Thor in her too and the boy mostly looked like Cherry and Lionel physically. Elyse had Thor's dark hair and David had Lionel's lighter hair.

"Oh... Hello, there," Xandra said as she approached the babies. "You can call me 'Auntie Xandra' if you want."

Both babies babbled and giggled in response.

"Where's Donald?" Mal asked as she looked around.

"I hope he's not being a humbug on Christmas." Evie added.

"He's up in his room," Xandra replied. "Said he wanted to spend the evening by himself."

"Tired, huh?" Cherry guessed. "I can understand that."

"Yeah, Christmas can be hectic sometimes," Thor added. "It can make you tired sometimes."

"I could never tire of Christmas," Felicity beamed. "I think it's the best time of the year."

"I'm glad you think that, Flick, but you'll see," Cherry replied. "Age can do strange things to you especially with things you once loved as a child."

"Who cares?" Donald grumbled as he came down. "It's all just commercialized."

"Merry Christmas, Donald!" The others called to him.

"Yeah! Yeah! Christmas! Great!" Donald rolled his eyes a bit.

"Hmph... Someone's being a real Scrooge McDuck." Mal commented with her hands on her hips.

"No... I think that's someone else." Evie said, a bit cluelessly to her best friend.

Mal rolled her eyes and face-palmed a bit.

"Donald, mi amigo!" José beamed. "Would you care to join in our holiday traditions?"

"Why bother?" Donald scoffed. "Everyone yaks about how Christmas is about peace on Earth and goodwill towards man, but it's just about blowing money on presents, going to see some stupid winter displays, and for what? Nothing! Maybe some people just want to spend their holidays at home! Is THAT so much to ask?!"

David and Elyse flinched at Donald's temper before they broke down crying, making Thor try to soothe and comfort them as best as he could.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Donald, but take it easy, okay?" Evie suggested softly.

"Yeah, yeah, it's all the same..." Donald rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Not to mention being in crowded Malls all day long with loud singing carols and dealing with whiny and demanding brats who claim to be good all year just to impress Santa Claus."

Two figures peeked out from the windows outside before sneaking around the house without being seen.

"It's probably loud and crazy for you, but not everybody gets that lucky on Christmas, ya know?" Felicity remarked softly.

"Well, I just wanna stay out of it as much as I can." Donald replied as he got some water.

"I guess he's just not used to spending Christmas with his friends." LJ replied as he tried to calm down David with his elephant impressions.

David looked over and soon slowly settled down, endeared by his big brother.

"Sorry, Donald, we'll try to keep it down." Xandra then said.

"Thanks, Xan." Donald nodded as he walked off.

"Just as long as we can hang around here," Cherry said as she gave Elyse her Vampirina doll. "That's okay, right, Donald?"

Donald looked back with a smile. "...Sure, guys. After all, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you." he replied before he walked up the stairs.

The others smiled warmly as they spent their time together, getting settled with The Four Caballeros. Evie soon took out her tablet and was trying to get a connection to video chat.

"You just couldn't resist, could you?" Felicity asked.

"Hey, it might be lunchtime over there," Evie shrugged in defense. "I'll just say hi and that'll be it."

"I just hope Doug didn't take it too hard when you couldn't work it out together." Felicity then said.

"Oh, no, we're on good terms," Evie shook her head with a small smile. "We're going to be friends. Where do you think I go sometimes during lunchtime at school? I'm playing that Dungeon Dragons game with him and the guys."

"Well, that sounds great!" LJ replied as he played with David. "Maybe you could show me how to do it sometime."

"Sure, if you want." Evie smiled and nodded as she went to a safe spot with her tablet to video chat with Brock if she could.

"I'd like that." LJ nodded eagerly and hopefully from the excitement.

Donald soon got himself his glass of water, trying to relax while everyone else outside was eagerly celebrating the upcoming winter holiday.

"I hope Ortensia can make it soon." Oswald said.

"Oh, Oswald, do you have a sister?" Felicity asked.

"Actually, no, she's a very good friend of mine." Oswald explained.

"Ooh~..." Jay and Carlos smirked, feeling that Ortensia was more than just a friend.

"Knock it off, you two," Oswald rolled his eyes with a smirk. "Besides, how exactly are things going with those girls you liked?"

Jay and Carlos both blushed sheepishly.

"Well, I'm having a great time with Lonnie," Jay chuckled a bit. "She beats me pretty good down at football practice though. She also has a big brother and big sister who seem to like me alright and I might meet her uncles sometime soon."

"Good. Good..." Oswald nodded. "And you, Carlos?"

"Jane and I hang out almost every day after school with her friend Wendy at the orphanage," Carlos informed. "I have a real good bond with these three kids, Cubby, Izzy, and Jake, especially Jake. They really helped me feel like a big brother before David and Elyse came around."

"It's so cute, the two of them~" Jay chuckled.

"Kinda like you and your tackle buddy?" Carlos smirked.

"Pfft..." Jay snorted and blushed. "Yeah... I think me and Lonnie are gonna be just fine."

"Nice to know." Oswald replied.

Evie was soon chatting with Brock in the background.

"As you can tell, Evie's doing fine too." Ben then said.

"Right, right, and how about you?" Oswald nodded before asking. "Wasn't there a boy YOU liked?"

Mal soon blushed nervously from the question.

"Now, what was his name?" Oswald pondered as he scratched his head with one of his ears. "Mitchell? Robby? Maurice?"

"Ben~" Felicity smirked as she pitched in quickly.

"That was it! Ben!" Oswald then said. "Apparently he's the most popular boy in your school?"

"...Yeah, Ben's popular," Mal admitted to that, but not her crush on the goody-good boy in school while she was a bit of a rebel girl. "He's Class President, he's the lead quarterback for the football team, everybody wants to be his friend..."

"Sounds like a swell person." Oswald commented.

"Yeah... He's kinda cool... I guess..." Mal smiled bashfully.

Jay, Carlos, Evie, and Felicity just giggled towards Mal as she stepped backwards bashfully.

"...So Xandra, is this your first Christmas ever or what?" Mal then asked the goddess, hoping to divert the attention away from her a little bit.

"Well, it's the first modern-day Christmas I've ever had," Xandra replied. "And it's pretty fun. I'm just a little worried about Donald."

"Yeah, I can understand that," Felicity said softly as she stared down at the floor before looking back up. "I understand that he wants a break to relax from Christmas, but... I feel like we should cheer him up."

"Well, if you think you can, then count me in." replied Xandra.

"Me too," Jose nodded.

"Me three!" Panchito added.

"And same for me." Oswald declared.

The others smiled as that sounded very great so far.

"All right, now we need a plan." Felicity then said hopefully to the others.

"Well, Mickey told me that there's gonna be this ice-skating display tonight," explained Oswald. "In order to kick off the holiday season, he and Minnie are gonna go there and check it out. Maybe we could bring him along?"

"Hmm... I suppose that'll be all right," Mal replied. "As long as it's not too much."

"He can just sit and watch it," Oswald reassured. "I'm sure nothing too hectic will happen."

"Ice-skating... Sounds like Audrey's special show already," Mal smirked. "So glad we're out of town... Too bad we'll miss it."

"So ice-skating?" Oswald asked.

The others soon nodded and agreed with the idea of going out to see Mickey and Minnie for the ice-skating display.

"All right, it's settled," Felicity smiled. "We'll unpack our things, then we'll get ready to go to that tonight."

The group decided on it and headed up to the spare rooms to put away their things. Thor, Lionel, and Cherry sighed together before collapsing on the couch, trying to relax a bit.

"Looks like you three had an exhausting trip." Xandra remarked.

"Yeah, but we'll be good in a minute," Cherry replied. "We just need our second wind."

"At least the kids aren't fussy all together, even though Jay and Carlos get competitive most of the time," Thor added. "They're pretty good kids though, they were just born on the wrong and bad side of town before they befriended Flick."

"Yeah," Lionel added. "Just needed a little guidance and positive adult role models!"

"They've also improved a little in school with special tutoring and how to act around other people, like the richer kids," Cherry replied. "Especially with my old college friend's son who Malissa seems to really like."

"Oh, yeah," Thor chuckled. "Mal's really into that Ben boy."

"Well, you have a few bugs to work out, but you can manage something I'm sure." Xandra nodded.

"Hopefully." Lionel and Thor smiled.

"I sure hope so," Cherry added. "I love those four very much like my own and goodness knows they could use better older influences after we won them in that court case in Boston."

"I know," Xandra replied. "From what little we saw of them, their parents didn't exactly seem like great people."

"I'm still iffy about Hades though." Cherry remarked.

"Now he was a handful," Xandra rolled her eyes. "Though I guess he wasn't as bad as I thought he'd be, especially with that name."

"He still sends Mal postcards and calls on the phone at least once a week whenever he can, but I'll be happy if Mal is happy," Cherry agreed. "I think he's a bit of a better father than Mal's mother was at being a mother anyway."

"Even if he was trying to sabotage our good time with Mal at first." Thor added.

"Yeah, even then." Cherry nodded to him next.

Eventually, the kids were all ready to go.

"You guys all set?" Cherry asked.

The kids all answered her to show that they were ready to go.

"All right then," Cherry nodded. "Let's hit the road again and check out this ice show."

"Speaking of which, are we going to meet Ortenisa there?" Thor then asked Oswald. "I wanna meet this girl~"

"She'll be there," Oswald replied. "She's just gonna carpool with Mickey and Minnie."

José strummed his guitar as he, Xandra, and Panchito joined the others downstairs. "We are ready to go!" he declared.

"Let's go then, boys!" Mal laughed, looking really in the spirit with José and Panchito.

"Evie? We're leaving!" Cherry called out.

"Okay!" Evie called back before smiling at the screen. "Ooh, Brocky, I gotta go. I hope you're having fun, but not TOO much fun without me~"

"Who, me? Never!" Brock replied. "Lemme know how that ice-skating thing went after you get back!"

"Sure thing!" Evie beamed. "Talk to you soon~"

"Talk to you soon," Brock smiled. "Miss you already."

Evie giggled before signing off and came into the car to meet up with the others and they soon drove off to go and meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse themselves.