The next morning, the group was getting bundled up for a snow day, while Donald was looking forward to spending the day inside, kicking back.
"All right, Donald, we're gonna get out of here for a bit," Cherry said to the duck. "We'll catch up with you later."
"Alright," Donald replied. "You all have fun and try not to get sick out there."
The others nodded and soon walked out the door. Donald nodded as he came to sit down and relax in front of the fire with a cup of hot chocolate.
"Maybe we could find something nice for you to ship over to Brock and the Ketchums." Thor smiled at Evie as they loaded up in the van.
"I should get him something nice," Evie blushed warmly. "What did you guys get each other when you were younger?"
"Well, one year I got Lionel a Christmas ornament that had turtles on it," Cherry replied. "They're one of his favorite things."
"She's right," Lionel beamed. "I still keep it to this day. As a thanks, I got her this book she'd been eyeing for a while."
Cherry smirked a bit, looking thankful and excited. Evie smiled thoughtfully, wondering what she could do as they soon rode away from the manor, leaving Donald to his personal, quiet day.
Of course, knowing Donald's usual stream of luck, it wasn't exactly going to stick for very long. Noticing that the cupboards were almost empty, he had to go out on a supply run. Although he had to fight his way through a horde of Christmas-prepping crowds, he managed to make it out with two full bags.
"Merry Christmas!" called a patron.
"Yeah, Merry Christmas." Donald replied before he took off into the street.
The patron frowned a little as Donald didn't sound very sincere, but let him run along.
"...Say!" Donald smiled once he saw something rather interesting.
There was a poster advertising for Happy Time Cocoa and a cup looked really good, especially right about now to relax with.
"Hot chocolate... My bus..." Donald smiled, looking content about that before doing a double-take after hearing a horn. "MY BUS?! Uh-oh!"
The local bus was shown to be driving away without him down the snowy streets after leaving a gas station.
"Wait for me!" Donald cried out, running through the snow, and ended up in a snowy tree before coming out just as a woman plowed snow all over the place, accidentally getting him in the snowplow pile. "NO! WAIT!"
This was going to be very difficult, especially with the hammering of the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" which proved to be a very annoying song, especially with a Salvation Army Santa grabbing Donald, trying to get him to donate and sing along.
Luckily, Donald had some money to donate. "M-Merry Christmas." he then told the Santa before dashing through the snow away from his side.
Even a Barbershop Quartet ended up singing the song as Donald rushed through their caroling, coming out with a new hairstyle before he continued to run after his bus. A traffic cop soon stopped Donald from crossing the street as an old woman and her cat passed by first before he could and he was soon running and slipping across the snow and it looked like the bus was about to run him over. The bus luckily drove over him and his bags, but the exhaust pipe burst, smoldering everything in black, smoky ash, and it seemed more annoying and painful as a group of police officers were playing in a band and singing the same old song to add even more insult to injury. No pun intended.
Angrily, Donald stomped home, back to the mansion, where Ari was asleep in a chair in the living room. So Donald made himself a cup of cocoa and settled into his own chair.
"And to wrap up tonight's forecast, it's going to be a crisp 18°," A voice said on the radio. "Now back to our program."
There was then a very fast-paced playing of the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" much to Donald's further annoyance.
Donald groaned and he soon turned off the radio before flinching as his front door slammed open... But it wasn't the Moltenschwartz family, it was someone else.
"Hey, what you got there?" Dewey smiled innocently.
"Aaaugh!" Donald yelped once he saw his young nephews at the door.
"Can I have some cocoa, too?" Louie asked as he rushed over to the chair with his brothers.
Donald quacked and cried out as the nephews tackled him on the chair, ambushing him and sent him flying and squashed all around before he sat back up and panicked as his hot cocoa flew up in the air and he then luckily caught it in his cup in relief. The nephews weren't alone though as they seemed to have company with them. Ari woke up and wagged a finger sternly at the boys for causing a ruckus.
"Hi, Uncle Donald!" Huey, Dewey, and Louie greeted innocently as April, May, and June soon came in after them.
"Really classy, guys." May deadpanned as she walked in too.
"Very classy." April added in the same tone.
"Hi, Donald." June smiled innocently.
"...Where's Della?" asked Donald, his eyelid twitching.
"Oh!" said Dewey. "Mom went out to get us a Christmas tree, and she said something about arm-wrestling a yeti on the phone, so she's gonna be kinda late!"
Donald groaned as he face-palmed.
"Don't forget about us though." June said as she came with April and May.
"Wait... If you three are here, then that means..." Donald began, starting to sound like he was full of dread right now.
"Ready to go, Donald?" Daisy asked as she stepped over.
"Great... This is just what I needed... Thank you, universe," Donald complained before glaring at her. "Where?"
"To the Mall!" Daisy announced.
"Duh!" The kids added like it was obvious.
"Don't you wanna see the Christmas window at Mousy's?" Dewey smiled.
"And lots of greasy grub at The Food Court?" Huey added.
"And wander around aimlessly looking for the perfect gift?!" Louie concluded.
"All I want is peace, quiet, and my hot chocolate." Donald retorted as he spun around in his chair to face the fireplace.
"Don't be such a big ol' grump!" Daisy retorted, spinning him around. "This is a time for family and friends and the people who love you!"
"So why are you here?" Donald retorted. "For that matter, where's Gladstone?"
"He's too busy right now, but he promised to meet back later." Daisy replied.
"Oh, so he can take a break from you, but I can't?" Donald huffed. "You go. I'll stay."
"Stop being so selfish." Daisy glared at him.
"Quack, quack, quack." Donald rolled his eyes, doing a "blah, blah, blah" gesture with his free hand.
Daisy gasped before glaring in offense while the nieces and nephews looked concerned during the argument.
"I'm not going, and that's final!" Donald sneered at Daisy.
Ari soon jumped out in front of Daisy.
"Better yet," Donald smirked. "Take Ari with you~"
LATER...
"Don't dawdle, Donald~" Daisy said, pretending to act like she wasn't a manipulative bitch, while Donald stood in the middle of the mall, fuming at the circumstances.
"Yeah, whatever..." Donald mumbled under his breath.
They soon walked over in front of Mousy's to go and see the display show there.
The two girls that Felicity saw in the last chapter soon popped out and began to wander into the crowd to blend in.
"This is going to be awesome!" Louie beamed with his brothers.
"Oh, when does it start?" Huey wondered.
"Let's see," Dewey said, reaching to the man beside him to check his watch, though this accidentally made the man flinch and he splashed his cup of hot chocolate all over his shirt. "Whoops..." he then said nervously.
"Ow!" The man yelped as that hit him before he glared at the boys sternly. "Hey!"
"I'm sorry," Donald said softly before he sniffed the man's shirt, looking intoxicated by the sweet aroma. "Is that hot chocolate?~"
"Very hot!" The man growled at him.
"Hey, I just found Donald's spirit animal." April smirked to herself.
"For sure." May added in agreement.
June soon looked over and saw a hot chocolate stand before getting an idea. "Donald, can you take me and my sisters somewhere real quick?"
"Huh?" April and May glanced at their sister strangely.
"We'll be right back." June said angelically.
"Oh... All right," Daisy nodded. "Just hurry back."
"C'mon, Donald," June said innocently before whispering to him and pointing him where to go. "You look like you could use some hot cocoa~"
"Yeah, I guess I could," replied Donald as he took April, May, and June to the cocoa shop. "I'll be right back," Eagerly, he took in a whiff of the chocolate essence. "A #7, please!" he ordered.
"Coming right up, man!" The barista replied as he got a big cup filled.
"You're so soft whenever it comes to Donald." April smirked at June.
"Hey, he's pretty cool," June shrugged. "I like his company better than Aunt Daisy's."
The triplets snickered a little at their aunt's expense.
Donald thought he heard something before smiling as he accepted his rather large cup of hot chocolate.
"Here you go, man," The barista told Donald, accepting his money. "Merry Christmas."
"Thanks." Donald nodded, accepting it.
The two girls soon stealthed around again.
"I don't think we should do this." One girl said to the other.
"Now, now, what were you told in school?" The other girl reminded.
The second girl sighed in defeat. "'The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear'." she then quoted.
"Yes, and I'm going to help spread that Christmas magic throughout this sourpuss of a Christmas special~" The first girl nodded. "And as my best friend, it is both our sacred duty~"
The two girls then wandered off and spread Christmas magic around, being a lot more than just mere girls as Donald tried to go about his day, though it seemed like everywhere he went, he couldn't avoid the sounds of Christmas carols, even in the most mundane of things, such as coins added into a cash register, wine glasses, a popping toy lawnmower, a girl playing with a horsey stick toy, puppies in the store window, hammering, gift wrap being cut and stretched around, chattering teeth, nutcrackers drumming their drums, and even clocks ticking.
"Uh... Is Donald okay?" May asked in concern. "He looks like he's about to... Lose it."
"Yeah, I can definitely see it," added June. "Think we should call Xandra and the others before he completely bursts a blood vessel?"
"Already on it," replied April as she got her phone out. "And I'd better call fast!"
"Hurry!" May and June urged their sister.
April nodded as she quickly gave Xandra a call to come to the rescue.
"Oh, I guess that Christmas magic worked a little too well..." One of the hidden girls smiled nervously.
"Ya think?" The second girl deadpanned with her hands on her hips.
"Excuse me, but you two are interrupting the story," The narrator spoke to them. "Who are you anyway? No one knows who you are!"
"Oh, I guess we should've introduced ourselves." The first girl smiled bashfully.
"Yes..." The narrator replied a bit impatiently.
"Well, my name is Noelle and this is my best friend for life, Susie," The first girl beamed as she hugged the girl next to her in excitement. "We're here to make sure that the magic of Christmas is kept alive and strong."
"And what purpose do you have?" The narrator asked.
"...Crossover?" The girls replied innocently and shrugged.
"...I feel we might find out in the end," The narrator groaned. "Anyway, the nicer nieces and not as nasty nephews soon called their dear friend, The Goddess of Adventure, and Donald's new girlfriend who is a lot better than Daisy in possibly every way to help calm Donald down so he doesn't make a 'donkey-butt' of himself... Not that I can blame him for that fact."
"Whaddya mean he's at the mall?" Xandra asked. "I thought he was staying home!"
"You know how Aunt Daisy can be." replied June.
"Unfortunately..." Xandra sighed. "I'll be over in a flash."
"Thanks, Xandra." The triplets replied.
"You got it." Xandra reassured.
Donald breathed in and out heavily, looking like he was close to coming to a boil.
"Easy there, Donald," April told him. "Xandra's coming for ya."
True to what she said, Xandra quickly appeared in the mall via teleportation. "Donald, just calm down," she told her boyfriend. "We can go home and avoid any further problems."
Donald let out a sigh. "That's the best idea I've heard all day." he replied.
"Come here then," Xandra smiled. "We'll get you in front of the fireplace and have some hot cocoa until the Moltenschwartz family comes back home."
Donald smiled back softly. April, May, and June also smiled warmly.
"I just hope Della doesn't kill me for this." Donald complained.
"Della? Your sister?" Xandra blinked with wide eyes. "She's actually in town?"
"Actually, she's off getting a tree for the boys," Donald explained. "So she left them with Daisy since she doesn't exactly know what happened between us."
"Well, I hope that I can meet her." Xandra replied and soon took him right out of the Mall.
Susie gave her best friend a stray glance and Noelle just grinned sheepishly and shrugged.
"Hey, look! It's that Jollimore family who's obsessed with Christmas!" Noelle soon said, distracting her best friend, and ran off.
Susie groaned and face-palmed.
"Seriously... Who are you?" April asked Noelle and Susie.
"Uh... Gotta go!" Susie replied before she ran after her best friend.
The triplets looked at each other before shrugging in confusion.
"Well, there's another disaster averted," June sighed in relief. "Donald didn't blow his stack and trash the Christmas display."
"Yeah, he looked like he was this close to doing it." April added, pinching her fingers very closely together.
"Tell me about it." May nodded.
"Merry Christmas, Donald." The triplets then phrased together since Donald was safe back home with Xandra now and could finally get a break, especially from the likes of Daisy.
"Where is he?!" Daisy asked, looking around. "Of all the nerve!"
"Hey, Aunt Daisy." The triplets replied innocently.
"Where did Donald go?!" Donald glared.
"Dunno." April and May shrugged innocently.
"Who's Donald?" June added.
The other two glanced at her.
"There's something oddly familiar about that." Louie said as he stood with Huey and Dewey with his hands in his pockets.
"Maybe," shrugged Dewey. "But darned if I know how."
"And now for your viewing pleasure... Mousy's Christmas Spectacular!" A woman announced as Daisy stormed off suddenly, looking like she was going to lose it.
Daisy soon had a bit of a meltdown and began to embarrass, not only the kids, but herself as she nearly terrorized the Christmas display instead of Donald, which seemed to be planned, though no one said anything... Not that they would have anything to say anyway. The kids watched Daisy have her little riot and sweat-drop slightly. The audience gasped in horror as they watched what Daisy was doing.
"Kind of an over the top reaction, don't ya think?" April snarked.
"Oh, yeah..." June agreed. "Even though there wasn't anything to set her off."
"Better her than Donald, I guess." May nodded.
"Can you imagine?" April added.
The girls then shivered nervously.
"This can be our Christmas present for Donald," June suggested. "Donald's gift."
The nieces nodded in agreement.
"I'LL CURSE THAT XANDRA FOR THIS!" Daisy yelled out in utter frustration.
"Okay, lady, I think you've earned a spot on the naughty list." said one of the two approaching mall cops as they both grabbed Daisy to subdue her.
"Take your hands off me! Do you even know who I am?!" Daisy spat as she struggled in the grips.
"Tough luck, Aunt Daisy." May mumbled to herself.
"She's your aunt?" A man soon asked from the Christmas display.
"Who? Uh, never seen her before in my life." May replied innocently.
"Yeah, we're just hanging out with our best friends at the Mall." June added.
"You know, like many kids do nowadays." April nodded as she found the boys and quickly made them join in.
"Oh, uh, right!" Huey replied as he caught on.
"What they said!" Louie added.
The man blinked before going on.
"I'll get you for this, Donald!" Daisy called out.
"Think she'll make it out?" April asked her sisters.
"If she and Xandra get in a fight, I'm totally wagering on Xandra." May replied.
"Probably the smarter choice to make." June nodded.
And so, Daisy was thrown out of the mall for causing a disturbance, while Donald got to enjoy his cocoa at home, with Xandra, who was rocking some SWEET Christmas wear.
"Is that better, Donald?" Xandra asked.
"Much better... Thanks, Xandra," Donald nodded. "You always know just what to do. Plus you look great in your Christmas outfit."
"Aw, thanks," Xandra smiled. "Although we're gonna have to tell your sister about me eventually."
"And we will," Donald replied. "Just need to approach this correctly."
"We'll try to take it one step at a time," Xandra nodded. "I may have faced Hades, Charon, The Fates, and a heck of a lot of monsters back in my day, but I have to admit... I'm a little nervous about meeting your sister."
"Why?" asked Donald. "She's a little more adventurous than I am, although she's more of an adventurer on purpose, while I'm adventurous on accident."
"Oh... Well, that sounds like we have something in common already." Xandra smiled.
"See?" Donald smiled back. "This'll be great for ya."
"I guess I'm just nervous she won't think I'm right for you," Xandra said nervously. "I mean... I just don't know what to expect, but she does sound pretty cool if you ask me."
"If she's got a problem with you, then she's got a problem with me." Donald replied firmly.
Xandra smiled warmly.
"Though I don't think you have anything to worry about." Donald then told her.
"Thanks, Donald," Xandra nodded. "That really means a lot to me."
"And you mean a lot to me, Xandra." Donald smiled back at her.
Suddenly, the telephone rang.
"I'll get it," Xandra said as she walked over and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, Xandra? This is the Missus," Cherry said on the phone. "We're about on our way back over. I hope you guys had a good quiet day at the house."
"Not so much with Daisy meddling as always." Xandra grumbled to herself.
"We might be a little late, but we hope to see you real soon." Cherry then said.
"Alright!" Xandra replied. "Hope you guys had a fun day out!"
"Oh, we did!" Cherry nodded. "We got some goodies to share with you and Donald too. Thor insisted."
"Aw, thanks, Mrs. Moltenschwartz," Xandra smiled. "Donald and I definitely appreciate it."
"See you in a bit." Cherry nodded before hanging up.
Thor was soon trying to soothe David and Elyse in the background by making funny faces. "They're a little fussy." he then said.
"Yeah... I can understand that," Cherry nodded. "We've been out all day, so they're probably cranky right now."
Jay and Carlos soon helped, trying to make David clap, laugh, or anything, as they made faces and Jay even hit Carlos in the head with a toy hammer a few times while Felicity, Mal, and Evie just stared at them like they were a couple of idiots.
"I just hope Donald and Xandra are having a decent Christmas." Cherry then said as she gave the twins their bottles.
"You and me both." LJ agreed as the twins calmed down after getting their bottles.
"All right, I hope you guys bought all the presents you need to send out because we are leaving now!" Cherry called out.
"It was a little hard pulling Evie out of The Shoe Department, but we're good to go." Mal smirked.
"All right, put your presents in the back when we get back to the van, then we'll head back to the manor." Cherry then said with a nod.
"Right!" The kids replied and they put their things into the back of the car.
"I hope you bought everything you needed." Cherry told them.
"We did!" The kids nodded.
"Very good," Cherry replied. "Because Christmas sneaks up on you when you're an adult."
"Yeah... I could've sworn it was just Halloween last week." Mal smirked.
"That's just how time is," Thor stated as he got into the car. "It just... Flies!"
"Just happens when you get older, huh?" Mal guessed.
"It sure does," Thor nodded. "You'll understand a lot more when you're older."
The kids soon sat comfortably, buckled up, and once they were set to go, they drove off to meet Donald and Xandra again. It was lightly snowing outside and there was a Christmas choir singing the traditional song of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Cherry rolled her eyes and soon tuned the singing out, feeling annoyed by that song, and soon put on the radio.
"And now a brand new hit by David Seville and The Chipmunks!" The radio announced before playing a new Christmas song to tune out the same old song that was heard practically throughout the day.
"That song was really grinding my gears if ya know what I mean." Cherry grumbled to Lionel and Thor.
"We know what you mean," Lionel agreed. "Felt like everyone was singing that wherever we were."
"At least 'Jingle Jangle' had more variety in its songs." Thor rolled his eyes.
"Funny... A musical is less grating than real life," Cherry smirked. "How rare is that in my lifetime?"
"I'd say pretty darn rare!" Thor replied with a nod as the car drove back to the mansion.
"Do we have enough time to ship gifts outside of Duckburg?" Evie asked as she leaned in.
"Yeah, I wanna send something out too," Mal added. "My dad said in his latest postcard that he's visiting someplace called Grimmsville."
"I think tomorrow is the last day to send anything out, so I'd be quick about it." Cherry advised the girls.
"I may be mad at my dad, but I'm still gonna keep in touch with him, but if he doesn't send anything back or answers me, I'm not going to let it bother me or ruin my life." Mal nodded.
"I know, dear," Cherry replied. "That's very mature of you."
"Well, I can be mature sometimes." Mal smiled.
"Yeah... Sometimes." Felicity smirked.
Mal rolled her eyes in response. LJ whistled to himself, listening to a harmonica rendition of Jingle Bells on his phone. The Moltenschwartz family continued to ride along until they soon made it back over to the mansion.
Once they got there, they unloaded the back of the van, and rushed inside the mansion, laughing as they got their presents ready to be shipped out if they were meant to go outside of Duckburg and put away for now if they were going to be given to the others within the family.
"Remember, no peeking until Christmas Day, but you can open one present each on Christmas Eve night!" Cherry called out to the kids as she carried Elyse.
"Everything for here goes under the tree!" Thor added, carrying David.
"We got it!" The kids replied as they went to get their gifts ready for the Christmas festivities.
Xandra poked her head out before sighing. "Oh... It's just you..." she then said to them.
"Nice to see you too, Xandra." Lionel snarked a bit.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Xandra smiled bashfully. "It's just that I'm nervous about meeting Donald's sister."
"It's cool," LJ replied. "Is she coming over? Or are you guys gonna see her sometime?"
"She's supposed to come here and is at least picking out a tree for Huey, Dewey, and Louie." Xandra replied.
"Oh, alright; should be a neat chance for us to meet her too," Jay replied. "With LJ being a huge Donald Duck fan, I'm surprised he never mentioned Della Duck before."
"I didn't really know about her until recently," LJ stated.
"Huh... Go figure..." Jay shrugged.
"Well, of course Donald has a sister!" Mal replied. "Where else would Huey, Dewey, and Louie come from?"
"...Convenient writing?" Carlos guessed. "I mean... I had some cousins on my mom's side of the family."
"Della Duck was just a big mystery and maybe we'll actually get to see her." LJ said.
"I just hope that she likes me." Xandra said hopefully.
"Then I guess we'll see for ourselves." Panchito replied as Ari was sweeping some snow off the porch.
"I doubt he will, but it'd be nice if my dad could come for the holidays." Mal sighed as she went into her room in the mansion.
"You're not gonna be sad, are you?" Felicity asked.
"No, Felicity, I'll be fine," Mal shook her head in reassurance. "It's just something I think about sometimes."
"Well, okay." Felicity replied.
"Why don't you wrap up and get your gifts ready?" Cherry suggested. "Then we'll watch another movie later tonight."
"All right." Mal smiled softly as she walked away with the other kids following her.
Everyone soon settled in for the night until the door slammed open and Daisy was there.
"Oh... Hello there," Cherry said. "I don't recall you being invited over here."
"Save it!" Daisy glared. "I need to have a word with Donald!"
"I got two words for ya," said Lionel. "But I cannot say them, because there are children present."
"DONALD!" Daisy soon called out.
"Do you guys need some help with-" Donald asked, coming inside before glaring once he saw Daisy. "Oh... It's you."
"Yes, it's me and you deserted me and our nieces and nephews at the Mall!" Daisy snapped. "This is a new low, even for you, Donald! You also embarrassed me in front of the whole Mall!"
"You took Donald to the Mall?" Cherry asked as that sounded wrong to do.
"Well, yes, he needs to get in the Christmas spirit." Daisy glared.
"Did Donald want to go to the Mall?" Cherry then asked. "He was pretty stressed out when we saw him earlier today!"
"That's not the big issue," Daisy glared. "I just thought going to the Mall would cheer him up, but instead he just humiliated me in front of everybody there, and just acted like a sourpuss!"
Cherry soon narrowed her eyes, looking fed up with Daisy's claims. "Look, I know that was probably hard to sit through and Donald was being grumpy, but he just wanted to come home and take a break," she then said icily. "If someone is not in the mood to do something after a tough day, LET THEM SIT AND REST AND NOT DRAG THEM INTO SOMETHING OR ELSE THEY'LL DO SOMETHING THEY'LL REGRET! CAN YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL, AND YOU AND DONALD AREN'T EVEN DATING ANYMORE, SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST QUACK OFF?!" she then erupted viciously, scaring nearly everybody in the room.
Daisy seemed to turn pale.
"In case you forgot... The door is thataway." Lionel smirked as he pointed behind Daisy.
"You wanna go to the door or should I walk you there?" Cherry asked firmly.
"I-I know the way," Daisy replied before gulping and glared, trying to be brave. "Though I hope you realize that April, May, and June won't be coming back."
"Oh?" Cherry asked.
"Y-Y-Yes!" Daisy nodded. "I forbid them to ever come back here or have anything t-to do with Donald ever again, not that they w-w-would ever want to!"
"Oh, I would like to see you try because from what I hear, they seem to actually like Donald." Cherry smirked, flashing her fangs.
"Yeah... Also, they're a lot more likable than you, so we'll probably see them again." Lionel added, feeling particularly smug.
"So, I'd get out of here and don't let the door hit your tailfeathers on the way out." Cherry narrowed her eyes as they flashed red.
"...Or what?" Daisy tried to ask bravely.
Cherry deeply scowled as she walked away for a moment. Daisy blinked before smirking, feeling like she won that argument. Cherry soon came back with the kids, telling them something and to leave their rooms just for a moment, and they soon met back up in the lobby, and they soon brought out their respective PokéBalls, tossing them out. Out came the kids' Pokémon and one at a time, each of the kids told their Pokémon what to do and they soon suddenly attacked Daisy, shooing her right out of the mansion as she screamed and ran away.
"Thank you, kids, that was perfect." Cherry approved.
"No problem, Mom!" The kids replied warmly.
"I hope Santa won't hold this against us." said LJ.
"Oh, I'm sure you have nothing to worry about with Santa," Cherry replied. "You kids just get cozy and we'll warm up by the fire and watch some more movies."
"Mind if we come along?" Panchito chuckled.
"Of course not," Cherry replied. "Make yourselves comfortable in joining our family traditions."
"I'll be sure to call my sobrinos," José beamed. "They are such good boys."
Everyone shared some smiles and soon got comfortable for another night of movies before they would go through other plans yet again tomorrow.
"So, what's going on tomorrow?" Felicity asked as they got the TV ready for their movie night.
"Oh, I'm not sure right now," Cherry replied. "Maybe we'll see Donald's sister, get our presents ready... Haven't thought about it really, though I heard him mention a very rich uncle who I'm sure you've all heard of~" she then said with a knowing wink.
"Oh, right! Scrooge McDuck!" LJ exclaimed. "That sounds like it oughta be fun!"
"Mm-hmm." Cherry nodded.
"Jackpot!" Jay smirked.
The others gave him a deadpan and unimpressed look from his excitement.
"Jayden, I don't want you to get any ideas~" Cherry scolded.
"Hey, I was just kidding," Jay grinned bashfully as he rubbed the back of his neck. "No hard feelings, eh?"
"You just better not loot in the McDuck mansion like The Grinch," Cherry crossed her arms. "Remember what we talked about with those sticky fingers of yours."
"He's probably at the top of Santa's naughty list because of that." Carlos smirked before gasping and running.
"Come 'ere! I'll show you who's on Santa's naughty list!" Jay called out as he soon began to chase Carlos.
"Knock it off, before you both get lumps," Mal told her adoptive brothers. "And I don't mean coal!"
Jay and Carlos grinned bashfully and hugged each other nervously.
"I take it you're the supposed leader of the four of you?" Thor asked Mal.
"More or less, yeah," Mal shrugged. "Mostly back when it was just us before we met Flick. I made it on my own... No thanks to my dad."
"Just remember that Christmas is the time for friends and family to join together merrily." Thor reminded.
"I will." Mal nodded.
"Now let's get settled in before we probably see Donald's other relatives, huh?" Thor suggested to the others.
"Okay!" The others nodded to that.
And so, the group took some time to get settled in before they would get ready for their visit to McDuck Manor.
"Everybody good?" Cherry asked.
The others nodded.
"All right then," Cherry replied as she soon went to put on "The Nightmare Before Christmas". "Malissa, I think you might like this movie."
"Isn't this a Halloween movie?" Evie asked.
"It's both Halloween and Christmas." Cherry told the kids.
"Ooh~..." The kids replied in awe as they settled in to watch their next movie.
"Two for one special!" LJ nodded as he sat down on the couch.
"Hm..." Mal paused thoughtfully.
"Trust me, I'm sure you'll like it a lot," Cherry reassured. "This is one of Felicity's favorite movies."
"I've always wanted to go to somewhere like Halloween Town," Felicity gushed. "But yes, it's one of the few holiday movies you can watch twice a year if you really wanted to."
LJ and Zofia nodded as they settled back in. The family soon got comfortable and watched their movie before getting ready for bed.
"Our duck faced the music and found his own beat," The narrator's voice soon returned. "He sang from his head, making Christmas complete."
The others glanced in slight annoyance.
"Oh, we're not doing that? My mistake..." The narrator then said.
The family rolled their eyes and soon went back to watching their movie.
Noelle and Susie watched from outside the window.
"Okay, we helped get them in the holiday spirit, now let's get out of here." Susie told Noelle.
"Not yet," Noelle replied. "I think we're here for one more story."
Susie rolled her eyes before shrugging. "Hopefully the readers don't find as annoying as those Cupids in The Hanky Panky Hullaballoo Valentine's Day special for Ed, Edd, n Eddy."
"Oh, please, we're much better than those two," Noelle reassured. "Now then, onto the next day, for the real Christmas preparations! Especially for the kiddes~"
And so, by grabbing the corner of the picture, they turned it over like they were turning the page.