Meanwhile, at the ice skating rink, the mouse couple were together, waiting as Minnie wore a long-sleeved dark blue ice skating dress. "What beautiful skaters." she then said to her boyfriend.

"Ah, Minnie, you're not nervous, are you?" Mickey smiled calmly.

"A little," Minnie admitted bashfully. "...Does it show?" she then asked.

"Ah, no. You're gonna be great," Mickey reassured. "And I can't wait until Oswald and the others come here to see you in action."

"He's right," Ortensia told Minnie. "You got nothing to worry about."

As the skaters continued to twirl, Minnie tried to memorize their movements. "Spin, spin, and then... OH!" she exclaimed as she saw a duck approaching. "It's Daisy!"

A certain duck, though thankfully not Donald himself, was hauling a big yellow present on the ice and he followed Daisy.

"Come on, Gladstone!" Daisy called out, wearing a pink sleeveless top with a tiara and wings for her outfit. "Hurry up before the ice melts!

"Looks like she's got something big planned for her routine." Mickey remarked.

Gladstone continued to walk before yelping as he slipped on the ice. "Whoa!"

"Careful, Gladstone!" Daisy warned him.

Gladstone merely grunted as he continued to haul the big yellow present on the ice.

"Props go there," Daisy began to direct before gasping as she saw two familiar mice and rushed on over. "Minnie!" she then stepped on the rope, causing Gladstone to fall on the ice and came in front of Mickey and Ortensia to show off her new outfit. "What do you think? I made it myself!"

"Oh, Daisy, it's perfect!" Minnie giggled as Ortensia glared from behind with her hands on her hips.

"Well, break a leg." Daisy then said before skating off.

"Oh! Uh..." Minnie blinked as that made her nervous.

"Theater talk, honey. Good luck!" Daisy explained as she skated back over before skating off again.

"You too, Daisy!" Minnie chuckled to that, waving at her friend.

"Better get ready!" Mickey told Minnie as he pulled her off-screen.

"Let's give these contestants a big hand!" the announcer called out as the family's car pulled up to the ice rink. "Now, let's give a big welcome to our hometown darling..."

"That's ME!" Daisy and Minnie exclaimed to their boyfriends at the same time.

"In her debut skating performance," The announcer continued. "Sure to be a show-stopper... Ladies and gentlemen... Miss Minnie Mouse!"

"Looks like we're just in time." Mal said as she looked out her window before they left the car.

Both Minnie and Daisy skated out into the ice, but the spotlight followed Minnie and she had her partners join her who were alligators. The audience cheered for Minnie before Daisy realized what was going on.

"Huh?" Daisy blinked once she looked over, a bit wide-eyed.

"Look at Daisy!" Cherry called from the crowd, laughing as she and her family came to check out the show.

Daisy soon skated off with a nervous chuckle and came beside Gladstone.

"I don't think anybody no-" Gladstone began to tell her only to get his bill clamped shut. "Uh, uh..."

"Oswald!" Mickey smiled before he hugged the rabbit in excitement.

"Mickey!" Oswald smiled back in the hug with the mouse.

"Ozzy!" Ortensia beamed as she hugged the rabbit.

"Ortensia!" Oswald smiled. "Hope you don't mind, but I brought a few friends along."

"Oh? Let's see who we got here." Ortensia smiled back as she looked over.

"So this is Ortensia," Thor greeted. "Nice to meet you."

"Same here," Ortensia smiled. "Ozzy has told me pretty neat things about your children."

"Oh, really?" Thor smiled back. "How nice of Ozzy."

Oswald looked sheepish and bashful, but smiled all around.

"We've heard ourselves that Ozzy has shared an adventurous summer with the kids." Thor then said as he stood with Lionel and Cherry.

"Yes, yes," Ortensia nodded before looking to David and Elyse. "I don't think I know these two though."

"They're relatively new," Cherry replied. "I think these two will be the last in the family though before we end up like that reality show with 11 kids set in Royal Woods."

"Yeah, counting these two and the kids we adopted, nine is just fine!" Lionel nodded as he and the others went to sit on the bleachers.

"I'm not sure if I could handle that many kids." Ortensia chuckled.

"I had my hands full once my relatives come to visit in the summer, especially my nephews or Minnie's nieces." Mickey chuckled.

"It's a tough job to be a parent, but some people gotta do it," Cherry replied. "I just hope the Core Four behave themselves tonight, especially for Santa~"

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos glanced at each other at the mention of Santa before shrugging and watching the ice down below.

"Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ahh, ahh, ahh, ah, ahh, ahhhh, ding, dong, ding, dong, ahhhhh, ah, ah~" The choir began to sing as Minnie started skating.

The alligators soon surrounded Minnie and lifted her up off of the ice as she smiled and rang a tiny bell in her hand before spinning with her as her spotlight shined down and snowflakes flurried on top of her. Minnie smiled as she was set back down on the ground and she soon skated all around, smiling at the audience that watched her before skating right past Daisy and Gladstone.

"Fantastic!" The announcer laughed merrily.

"DO SOMETHING!" Daisy glared at Gladstone as she was bitten by the old green-eyed monster.

"Uh, but Daisy, it's not your time to shine," Gladstone told his girlfriend. "Surely you understand that. This is Minnie's big moment, not yours-"

"I said DO SOMETHING!" Daisy snapped.

Gladstone then grinned nervously and rang the bell in his hand with a shrug. Daisy glowered before swiping the bell as she seethed at the sight of Minnie before smirking wickedly as she suddenly had an idea.

As Minnie glided across the ice, the choir rang their bells as they sang, with Mickey and the others watching, but unfortunately, Daisy was hanging onto the tail-end of one of the alligators, and she wasn't about to share the spotlight.

"Uh-oh..." Mickey winced.

"Is Daisy seriously about to pull an Audrey?" Mal commented in a dry tone of voice.

Daisy soon held onto the alligator's tail before she let go, skating through the ice, then hopped in the air as a green spotlight shined down on her and she spread her legs out while in the air. The audience soon watched the female duck, looking impressed so far.

"Looks like it to me." Evie nodded in agreement with Mal.

Daisy then landed and smiled at the adoring audience.

Minnie and the alligators soon stopped in confusion before she faced them. "Keep going!" she then told them before they continued to skate on the ice and posed together with gleaming smiles.

"Ooh!" Daisy smirked as she skated, passing Minnie as the green spotlight continued to follow her.

"Don't let her get to you, Minnie!" Felicity soon called out to the female mouse.

Her words fell on deaf ears, as Minnie glowered at Daisy, who had managed to hog all of the attention for herself while skating across the ice. "Let's hit it!" she told the alligators, who immediately stood at attention. This got the spotlight guy's attention, so he turned back to face Minnie and the alligators, while switching it to a magenta spotlight.

Daisy, surprised that she wasn't the star anymore, looked up to see Minnie skate past the gators, flashing her a cheeky grin, before skating behind them, as they each opened their mouths.

Minnie then skated right back towards the alligators, jumping over all of their open mouths, and skidding to a stop in front of Daisy, who was covered in snow, looking like a snowman, before Minnie stuck a carrot on her for the nose. "Quack. Quack~" she remarked, looking very smug as she skated away, leaving Daisy pissed.

The kids chuckled a bit at what happened to Daisy as that looked like it was well-deserved. Daisy narrowed her eyes as she spit out the carrot before she suddenly whistled for a cue. The golden box soon shook open before out came several hippos in ballerina tutus. One hippo particularly stood out as she was purple and had a red ribbon on her head and waved over to a male blue hippo who waved back at her as she skated with the other hippo ballerinas.

Minnie gasped at the hippos before glaring at Daisy with a firm pout. "Hmph!"

"Squeak, Squeak~" Daisy taunted Minnie while skating with her group.

Sleigh bells soon rang all around while Daisy skated between the dancing hippos and soon hopped up and landed in the feet of one that was flat on her back on the ice.

"Huh?" The others blinked as they saw what Daisy did then.

The hippos soon stood up and spread their legs out all standing in a line together.

"LAUNCH!" Daisy told the hippo carrying her and was soon shot in the air before landing on the ice and she soon sped between the hippos' legs as they soon began to fall to the ice and piled together as she skated through before she would get herself squashed... No matter how much others like Mal wanted that to happen. However, Daisy made it to the end and the final hippo at the end soon grabbed her foot as she balanced on one leg out in front of an angry Minnie. "Now that is style." she then bragged.

The crowd erupted into cheers as Minnie rolled up her sleeves.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!" she shouted angrily as she approached Daisy.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!" Daisy snapped.

"Bell-head!"

"Flower-bottom!"

"Hippo-hogger!"

"Gator skater!"

"Prima donna!"

"Goody-goody!"

"Copy cat!"

"Dirty rat!"

"Oh, boy... It's getting ugly down there." Oswald shuddered.

The alligators and hippos soon skated, grabbing onto Minnie and Daisy before spinning around in the middle of the ice.

"Lemme at her! Ooh... You're just jealous!" Minnie pouted to Daisy.

"Let go of me!" Daisy complained.

They all then began to spin around faster and faster. One of the alligators then flew onto a string of bells, spinning around.

Gladstone was soon hit by the bell and fell into the snow as the boys snickered slightly as that was a bit of an unlucky break for old Gladstone Gander.

One of the hippos soon flew away, ripping another hippo's tutu off.

The hippo then landed on the ice, breaking a piece off. Minnie and Daisy then started spinning the rest of the hippos and alligators off of them.

"Let go of me! Let go of me!" Minnie and Daisy soon cried out before letting go.

"Give up?" Daisy challenged.

"Never!" Minnie glared.

The family soon gasped with Oswald, Mickey, and Ortensia as the audience lightly groaned.

"Touch your toes, girls!" Daisy soon told her dancers.

The hippos then tried to touch their toes, but they ripped their tutus. Daisy then skated right off the piece of the ice and over all of the hippos before making a perfect landing as the choir sang for her and most of the audience cheered for her.

"Push them up!" Minnie then told her alligator dancers.

The alligators soon pushed the hippos up just as Minnie blindfolded herself with her bow.

"Is she crazy?!" Thor cried out.

"This, I gotta see." Cherry smirked.

Minnie backed up, before she started skating forward, then shot into the air. She did a few poses, but as she came down, she landed on one of the bells, and began to slide out of control.

"Careful, Minnie!" Felicity called out.

"She's out of control!" Evie panicked.

"Zows!" Zofia exclaimed in terror.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Minnie yelped as she spun out of control as the choir continued to sing dramatically.

Mickey gasped, deeply concerned for his girlfriend.

"Whoa, whoa!" Minnie cried out before she soon fell on the ice away from the spotlight.

"Ooh!" The kids cringed and winced as that had to hurt.

The choir bowed their heads in sorrow for Minnie and even Daisy began to look guilty and worried. Everything suddenly stopped as Minnie had fallen and it was very concerning of what would happen next. Minnie soon got up on her hands and knees before she started to break down crying.

Surprisingly, Daisy suddenly rushed over to her best friend and got on her knees. "Are you okay?" she then asked.

"I think so." Minnie sniffled.

"What was I thinking?" Daisy frowned as she slid off her tiara, looking and feeling ashamed of herself.

"What were we thinking?" Minnie replied as she realized how foolish they were both acting.

"I'm sorry." Daisy soon said softly as she held out her hand to help her friend back up on her feet.

"Whatya know? Daisy Duck apologized." Mal remarked sourly.

"It's a winter miracle." Donald scoffed.

"Friends?" Daisy asked.

Minnie reached down and put the tiara on Daisy's head. "Best friends." she replied.

"I feel like it won't last though." Mal rolled her emerald eyes.

"Just let the moment pass and enjoy it." Ortensia advised.

"Finale?" Minnie soon asked Daisy.

"Grand finale!" Daisy nodded before they then hugged each other.

The spotlight man then shined the spotlight down on the ice as purple ribbons were waving across the ice rink as Minnie and Daisy skated under it. The two then waved their ribbons together as the choir sang for them and the hippos and alligators leapt out of the big yellow present together. Then suddenly, Minnie and Daisy came out in white skating dresses, coming out on top of the present together. The audience cheered for the duo and they twirled their ribbons, spelling out "Peace on Earth" as the choir sang.

"Merry Christmas." Daisy and Minnie smiled at each other before hugging each other, ending the show.

Everyone soon applauded the show and it was nice that Daisy and Minnie made up, but they felt like it wouldn't last long, especially the kids since they knew how Daisy could be sometimes.

"I give her another day before she goes back to her old rotten self." LJ remarked.

David babbled in agreement and stuck his tongue out. Elyse looked up as she stuck her thumb in her mouth.

"I'll give her 11 minutes." Donald snarked to LJ with a small smirk.

"Ah, you're right; seems like a WAY easier wager." LJ shrugged as he patted Elyse.

Donald chuckled in response.

"How was that?" Minnie smiled as she skated up to Ortensia and Oswald.

"You were great, Minnie," Oswald smiled. "And though they're a bit frightening looking, the alligators were such an interesting touch and feafure."

"Thanks," Minnie replied. "They're great at lifting!"

"It was really something else." Cherry nodded.

"Daisy's hippos were interesting and graceful too," Thor added before pouting. "I could never do that and I'm probably half their size."

"Don't sell yourself short," Minnie coaxed. "I'm sure you're very graceful in your own way."

"Thanks, Minnie." Thor smiled bashfully.

"Yeah," Lionel replied. "You've always been pretty graceful."

"Hm~" Thor beamed and blushed.

There was soon a hot cocoa stand shown.

Carlos noticed that before looking over to the adults. "Can we get some hot cocoa?" he then asked hopefully with his hands together. "Please?"

"Sure you can, Cinnamon Swirl," Cherry allowed as she brought out money for the kids to share. "Spend your money wisely."

"All right!" Carlos cheered as he dashed off for the hot cocoa first.

"That boy sure loves his chocolate." Cherry chuckled.

"Well, he's only had it two times in his life." shrugged Lionel.

"Yes, I remember." Cherry nodded.

The kids soon got in line to have some hot cocoa.

"You want some hot cocoa too?" Felicity asked LJ and Zofia.

"Sure!" LJ replied.

"We brought our own money if that's necessary." Zofia added.

"Kimberly gives me a cut of every profit she makes from her Honeybee Scout taffy sales!" LJ grinned.

"Aw, how sweet~" Evie gushed. "She sounds like a real princess in your own little fairy tale~"

"I guess you could say that!" LJ smiled.

The hot cocoa vendor looked over before his eyes widened.

"Seven hot cocoas, my good man." Jay said to the vendor.

"Very well," The vendor replied. "Erm... Are you all together?"

The group nodded and agreed that they were all together.

"Some of us will be paying separately though." Felicity then added.

"...Alrighty then!" The cocoa vendor shrugged as he went back to filling the cups. "Will that be with, or without, marshmallows & whipped cream?"

Everyone answered their preferences.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! One at a time! One at a time!" The cocoa vendor told them.

"Sorry, sir." The kids replied sheepishly before they took their time.

"Aw, great! Not only do I gotta be in a line, I gotta be behind a line with a bunch of kids," A tiny goat complained as he stood in line, looking very grumpy at his situation. "They better not hog all of the good stuff."

"I'm sorry, what's that?" Mal glared as she turned around. "What's that, sir?"

"Mal, let it go..." Felicity advised as she grabbed the purple-haired girl's arm. "You don't have to start a fight with that guy."

"Yeah, yeah, respect your elders, ya little brats," The goat man glared. "I swear, kids were a lot better back in 1937 than they are today. Stay in school or else you'll end up on the pole."

"...Not funny." Mal glowered, trying to hold her temper.

"It's not worth it, Sis," LJ advised. "He's just trying to get you angry."

"Yeah, he's trying to get your goat." Evie added.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?" The goat scoffed. "What are you even supposed to be, a wannabe princess with that tiara of yours?"

Evie narrowed her eyes before she turned around with the others.

"If he doesn't shut up, I might unleash my inner dragon." Mal snarled.

"Just relax and do what Uncle Thor told you what to do whenever you got too upset." Zofia advised.

Mal nodded before squeezing her eyes shut, firmly counting to 10 before slowly down and calming down slowly.

"What's up his butt anyway?" Carlos huffed as they went to wait for their hot cocoa orders.

"Yeah! What a gabby goat." Jay added.

"More like a bitter old buzzard with that kinda attitude," LJ remarked. "Just cuz you're older doesn't exclude you from common courtesy!"

The goat grumbled and crossed his arms as he waited his turn before stepping up to take his order.

"It'll take a while since there's a lot of you." The hot cocoa vendor advised.

"That's okay, we'll be patient," Mal nodded. "You should see the pizza orders down at Facilier's Arcade."

"Yeah... That takes forever," Evie rolled her eyes before smirking. "You'd be better off ordering Fish & Chips from next door."

There was soon festive music playing.

"Uh, what's happening now?" Mal then asked.

"I think our friends are about to sing and turn this story into a musical." Evie replied.

"Of course..." Mal shrugged. "Even if songs are against the rules of certain story websites."'

"Yeah, but these stories seem to be allowed to get away with anything because of popularity," Felicity replied before winking to the readers with a grin. "Am I right, guys? No copyright law in the universe can stop PerkyGoth14 or Super Thunder Saiyan Turtle!"

"Sonic Thunder Saiyan Turtle, but yeah! At least, we hope so!" LJ replied.

José and Panchito began to play some instruments together, such as a horn and a guitar. The kids began to bob along to the beat a little, enjoying it so far as Oswald soon started to skate with Ortensia.

"Look, kiddies, it's like when Big Bird skated with that one girl on Sesame Street." Cherry pointed out to David and Elyse.

The twins "oohed" as they watched Oswald and Ortensia skating together on the ice, including with the melody of the music, being reminiscent of a certain scene in the movie: "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street".

"Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Próspero año y felicidad~," The rooster and parrot sang together merrily during the ice-skating montage. "Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Próspero año y felicidad, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, From the bottom of my heart, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, From the bottom of my heart~"

The kids swayed their heads to the music, enjoying the little montage.

"Sometimes Christmas gets lost in the holiday crush," A mysterious voice narrated over their montage. "It's, 'Buy this, get that, remember to rush', but Donald just wants peace and quiet this yule. Can he enjoy Christmas and not lose his cool?"

"...Huh?" Jay blinked in confusion.

"Ignore whatever it is, Jay, and just have fun." Mal told him.

Jay shrugged as he soon continued to enjoy the montage with the others until they would head back to the manor where they were over for the summertime. The two girls from before were shown before they were sneaking around again, giggling together.

elicity glanced over as she saw them, wondering about them before shrugging.

"We'll watch some Christmas movies in a bit," Cherry suggested. "'The Santa Clause', 'Deck the Halls', 'Christmas with the Kranks', 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'... You know, the works."

"What about Santa Paws or The Legend of The Santa Buddies or whatever it's called?" Mal suggested with a smarmy smirk.

"Ah-ah... Already taken care of elsewhere," Cherry smirked back, tutting slightly. "Plus there's the classic Arthur's Perfect Christmas if anyone's interested in something classic, timeless, and nostalgic."

"Can't argue with that, I suppose." said LJ.

"Yep..." Donald cracked his neck. "Sometimes it's better watching other people do that Christmas-y stuff instead of doing it in real-time."

"So would you be against a movie or two before we settle in for the night?" Cherry asked him.

"We do a movie night every Sunday night at the house," Carlos smiled. "I think it's a really nice way to wrap up the weekend before school and work, plus we usually have a special dinner before homework time and then we have snacks and huddle in front of the TV."

"All right..." Donald shrugged. "I suppose some movies couldn't hurt."

"Thank you, Donald," Cherry approved. "Speaking of which... How about A Looney Tunes Christmas?" she then grinned jokingly, taking out the DVD with Daffy Duck on the cover just to mess with him a little.

Donald rolled his eyes with a snort.

"I knew you'd love it." Cherry smirked.

"You have an interesting sense of humor, lady." Donald rolled his eyes.

"I've been told that, yes," Cherry nodded. "Now, if that's all there is over here, I think we should head back."

The kids soon came by as they sipped their hot cocoa after getting it, looking happy and content, especially Carlos as he loved chocolate the most out of all of them, mostly because he rarely had it back home before being adopted into the Moltenschwartz family.

"Alrighty then!" Panchito exclaimed as he, José, and Ari all came with him. "Let's head back, everybody!"

Everyone soon cheered as they rode back to the manor.

Once back inside, the kids continued to enjoy their hot cocoa while Cherry, Lionel, and Thor got the movies ready to go before they would get some sleep.

"So I can't say I've seen most of these movies." Xandra commented.

"Some are classics," Cherry said, taking out "Home Alone" and "Christmas Vacation". "Some are guilty pleasures," she then added, taking out "Jingle All the Way" and "Eight Crazy Nights". "And some are just really weird, dumb, yet beloved classics, but ya gotta laugh at the absurdity." she then concluded, taking out "A Christmas Story".

"Jingle All the Way?" Xandra asked, checking out one of the DVDs.

"It's better than 'Here Comes Steven Segal', Frosty the Van Damme' or 'The Stallone Who Stole Christmas'." Cherry shrugged.

"You're right," Lionel replied. "Those do sound pretty bad. Especially the alleged Jingle All the Way sequel, which starred Larry the Cable Guy and had nothing to do with the original."

"I always viewed sequels that have new actors with just 2 slapped onto the original title as just a lazy cash grab and wannabe reboot, especially with that Tooth Fairy sequel from the movie with The Rock as a Tooth Fairy hockey player or that Mean Girls sequel." Cherry stuck her tongue out and rolled her eyes as she nodded at him.

"Thanks for seeing my point," Lionel smiled. "'Jingle' it is, then. Going with that!"

Thor took the DVD and put it into the DVD player. Everyone soon gathered around the TV.

"Donald! Hurry or you'll miss it!" Zofia called out.

"Alright, alright, I'm comin', I'm comin'!" Donald called back.

Zofia beamed as she sat comfortably with the family as they sat down to watch Jingle All The Way before going to get some rest. Everyone had fun watching the movie, and riffing on it; eventually, it finished up, and they all headed off to their rooms to sleep. Evie kissed her tablet before she curled up to get some sleep with the others, smiling in excitement. Luckily, nothing happened while they were all just sleeping soundly and dreamt of lovely dreams with the anticipation of Christmas Day. Mal smiled in her sleep though as she dreamt about Ben despite denying to everyone else that she liked him, but they all knew there was something between them, especially when they bonded before David and Elyse were born, slowly becoming friends and maybe something more in the future.