"At this grand, stately mansion, three kids decked the halls," The narrator soon said, showing the McDuck mansion, showing Huey, Dewey, and Louie doing what they did best: causing chaos. "Sliding down bannisters, climbing the walls, but soon they may wish they'd shown more self-control, or they'll wake up on Christmas to find lumps of coal."
"All right! The nephews are back." Noelle beamed.
"Let's hope the others can stomach them after that summer with the nieces." Susie commented.
"Don't be a Grinch, Suse," Noelle told her best friend, wrapping her arm around her. "You're the daughter of one of my dad's best elves."
"He was adopted, but I'll try." Susie shrugged.
And with that being said, it was the next day for The Four Caballeros and the Moltenschwartz family as they began to prepare for a visit at the McDuck mansion, everyone chattering and walking around, looking like the opening scenes of the first two Home Alone movies.
"I've read the stories, but to think... This is where they all happened!" LJ exclaimed. "Well, at least when they didn't take place at the money bin. Which was a lot."
"Yeah, totally," Jay nodded before looking confused. "...Wait, what're we talking about?" he then asked.
"Never you mind," LJ rolled his eyes. "If you hafta ask, you'll never know."
Jay glanced to the side before shrugging.
"Donald's nephews, Donald's sister, Donald's uncle..." Xandra sighed to herself. "Well, I guess this is just what girlfriends go through... Meeting their boyfriend's family for the holidays."
"It's pretty typical to meet your partner's family, but yes," Cherry replied. "Don't worry though. I'm sure they'll love you a heck of a lot better than Denise Duck."
"Her name is Daisy." Xandra corrected.
"Don't care," Cherry smirked. "I think 'Denise' is slang for an unflattering and obnoxious woman like a Banshee or a Harpy."
Lionel chuckled at that. "Besides, she's more like a corpse flower, if anything!" he added.
"Ah, yes, that flower name suits better than Daisy." Cherry said with a small smirk.
"So, what's the plan for the day?" Mal asked. "We're going to the mansion or is, uh, Uncle Scrooge gonna come and see us over here?"
"We're going over there," Cherry explained. "As for the rest of Donald's family, I think that they'll be there too, especially the nephews."
"Not to mention April, May, and June, as well as Webby and Ms. Beakley!" LJ added.
"Looks like Christmas this year is all about the kids." Mal smirked in excitement.
"Just remember to use your best manners." Cherry reminded.
"Yes, ma'am, I'll try." Mal nodded maturely.
"Don't try, do..." Cherry suggested.
Eventually, once everyone set to go, it was time to head over to the McDuck mansion.
"All right, I hope everyone has everything they need," Cherry told the kids. "Bathroom trips, coats, scarves, and boots on, and best manners. Just because Mr. McDuck is rich, I hope you kids don't plan on asking for money or presents from him." she then warned and advised.
"Don't worry, Mom! I'll be sure to fill them in!" LJ declared.
"That goes for you too!" Cherry told her son.
"Mom! I'm not stupid enough to ask for money from Scrooge McDuck!" LJ exclaimed. "According to him, I hafta earn that money myself if I want it to mean something!"
"Hmm... See that you remember that..." Cherry nodded as she squinted her eyes.
"Too bad Atticus's family can't be here too," Evie said. "Where are they again?"
"I think they said they were going to visit someone named Barbie and her family and spend Christmas with them instead," Cherry replied. "Wherever they are, hopefully it's interesting and fun for their sake."
"Right then," Evie nodded. "...Can I video call Brock later?"
"Yes, you may, but just don't spend the whole evening on your tablet," Cherry smirked. "I don't think you're rude."
"No, I'm usually very sweet and well-behaved," Evie smirked back. "I can get mean, you guys just have never seen it."
"If you think I'm scary when I'm mad, you should see Evie," Mal warned the others. "It is not a pretty picture."
"I can take your word for it!" Zofia replied.
They then loaded up and drove right for the McDuck mansion, listening to Donald's instructions on the way.
"Say, Oswald, have you ever met Donald's uncle or his family?" Felicity asked the rabbit.
"Honestly? No," Oswald replied. "So this'll be my first time."
"Oh... How very interesting." Felicity remarked.
Xandra smiled and swallowed nervously.
"I wouldn't worry about it though," Oswald reassured Xandra. "I'm sure you'll be just fine. I mean, April, May, and June liked you pretty good during the summer."
"Yeah, that's true," Xandra replied. "Sure, there was the generation gap and the culture shock, but otherwise we got along pretty well, even if their Aunt Daisy hates my guts."
"Yeah," LJ replied. "You guys should be okay."
"Just remember what the Mama said!" Thor advised.
"We will!" The kids replied patiently and calmly.
Cherry nodded.
Meanwhile, at the mansion that was seen briefly in Three Caballeros story, the man, or rather a duck, of the mansion, was standing outside, waiting with an elderly female duck, as patiently as possible.
"I trust that this will be a pleasant visit, Mr. McDuck; I wouldn't worry about a thing, or at least not too much." Mrs. Beakley said to her employer.
"Let's hope not, Mrs. Beakley," Scrooge replied. "I hear this Christmas will be unlike many others that the family has ever seen at least."
"Hey, Uncle Scrooge!" Della called as she brought a massive tree with her. "Mrs. Beakley! Good to see ya!"
"Della, m'dear, so good to see ye around," Scrooge smiled warmly. "What a lovely tree."
"I'm sure it'll fit in the house for sure." Mrs. Beakley smirked a bit.
"Oh, yeah... You will not believe what I've been through just to get it." Della nodded.
"Well, I'd like to hear about it when everyone's at the dinner table!" Scrooge replied as Duckworth helped Della get the tree inside.
"Oh, but of course," Della nodded before holding out her arms once the tree was sent inside. "May I?"
"Ye haveta ask?" Scrooge chuckled before he soon hugged his niece. "C'mere... Oh... You remind me so much of someone~"
"I'm sure I do, Uncle Scrooge." Della replied warmly as they hugged each other.
"The others should be here soon," Mrs. Beakley said then. "Hopefully Webby likes them and they like Webby. That girl's a free spirit."
"We'll see," Della replied. "I can't wait to meet 'em!"
"We look forward to it." Scrooge and Mrs. Beakley both smiled.
Della soon sniffed the air and smiled. "Ooh, something smells good," she then said. "You got somethin' cookin'?"
"Some cookies for after dinner," Scrooge nodded. "Especially for th' wee little ones~"
"Well, I hope you saved some for the rest of us too." Della winked with a smirk.
"Aye, as long as ye don't try to get them early like ye used to when ye were a wee lass," Scrooge reminded, wagging his finger at her. "Ye were a bit of a troublemaker when ye were much younger."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Della sighed and shook her head playfully.
Shortly afterwards, the group arrived at McDuck Manor, much to Webby's excitement. "They're here!" she exclaimed. "Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh! They're heeeeere!"
"Ah, here they come." Mrs. Beakley nodded.
"Excellent." Scrooge grinned from the excitement.
"Just pull up right here." Donald instructed.
"Gently!" Thor added. "I don't wanna have to pay for anything extra before Christmas."
Jay popped his head out the window with a grin. "Heh... Nice digs," he then said. "Uncle Scrooge sure is more loaded than I thought!"
"You bet he is," LJ replied. "Dude's the richest duck in the world! Tougher than the toughies, smarter than the smarties!"
"Duckier than the duckies!" Carlos added.
The others gave him a strange look.
"...What?" Carlos asked bashfully.
"Hello there and welcome," Scrooge greeted as the others stepped out after parking to come and see him. "It's nice to meet all of you..." he then looked wide-eyed once he saw who had all come to see him. "Oh, goodness... That's a lot more than I expected... But no matter, there's plenty of room."
"Nice to meet you!" LJ declared. "I'd say it's an honor to meet'cha, but you probably hear that a lot!"
"So this is your Uncle Scrooge?" Xandra asked Donald. "Well, hi. I'm Xandra."
Webby let out a high-pitched squeal of excitement from inside. The others winced slightly.
"What was that?" Zofia asked.
"Must be Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter," Scrooge replied. "She's excited to meet you as well."
Mal and Evie shared a glance before smirking as they looked back.
"Well, we look forward to meeting her too, Mr. McDuck." Felicity nodded.
"Come in, come in." Scrooge told the group and they obliged.
"Wooow!" Jay marveled.
"Wooow!" An echo was soon heard.
"WOOOW!" Jay soon repeated, a bit louder.
"WOOOW!" The echo responded.
"Okay, stop, act your age." Cherry advised.
"Sorry..." Jay smiled bashfully. "I was gonna do The Grinch echo thing, but because you asked nicely~..."
"Now, uh, if you have any bags, I can have Duckworth take care of them for you." Scrooge offered to the family.
"Well, thanks!" Lionel replied.
"It'd be my pleasure," Scrooge nodded. "Get settled and we shall see to the dinner."
The kids looked around and decided to explore, hearing footsteps every step of the way.
"Someone's after us." Zofia remarked.
"I'm gonna guess that's Webby." Mal replied.
"Could be." Felicity shrugged.
They continued to explore while the adults talked about some boring grown-up stuff.
"So, you know Xandra, and there's also my very good friends..." Donald told his uncle, gesturing to José, Panchito, and Oswald.
"HEY, DON!" Della called out.
"YAAAUGH!" Donald quacked and jumped, feeling startled as he panted, putting his hand to his chest.
"Well, that was a bit sick and cold," Cherry said to Della before smirking. "I kinda liked it~"
"Uh... Hi," Della replied. "And you are...?"
"I'm Cherry, this is Lionel and Thor, and this is our family." Cherry began to introduce everyone to Della.
Insert obligatory introduction scene here.
"Nice to meet you all," Della nodded. "Looks like you got your hands full with your kids though. I mean, I had triplets, and THEY'RE quite a handful themselves, especially since I wasn't expecting to have triplets when I first found out about 'em."
"Believe me, I wasn't either until I first met them." Donald mumbled a bit.
"Yeah, especially how they ended up... Kinda, sorta, putting firecrackers under their dad's chair." Della replied sheepishly.
Huey, Louie, and Dewey gave cheeky grins. April, May, and June all rolled their eyes.
"So... You're dating my brother?" Della asked Xandra.
"Ah, yes," Xandra nodded. "Yes, I am."
"Well, then, it's nice to meet you," Della replied as she held out her hand. "I'm sorry we couldn't meet sooner, but I was busy elsewhere and my boys were in summer camp."
"Likewise... Erm... The not meeting sooner bit, I mean," Xandra said as she shook hands with the female duck. "I'm very happy and excited to meet Donald's family, especially over the holidays."
"Hi!" exclaimed Webby as she zipped downstairs. "I'm Webby! It's awesome to meet you!"
The others flinched slightly before smiling bashfully towards the female duckling. Everyone soon got well acquainted with Webby as she looked at them with excitement.
"Hey, Webby," Mal nodded before whispering to Evie. "Bet ya she's the type with those ugly and annoying The Quacky Patch dolls who does tea parties."
"Oh, Mal, be nice either way," Evie whispered back firmly before smiling at Webby. "You sure look excited~"
"Oh, believe me, I am!" Webby beamed. "This is the coolest thing that's ever happened to me!"
"Heh... Wow... I feel like a celebrity," Felicity smiled nervously. "I guess you'll want our autographs too."
"Sure! I'm a huge fan of the McDuck Family and any of their friends!" Webby replied. "It's what inspired me to become an adventurer myself!"
"Wow..." Felicity blushed before chuckling. "Well, based on my personal experience, you don't choose the adventure life, the adventure life chooses you."
"I'm ready and willing for any of it," Webby smirked. "I'm a lot tougher than I look."
"Wow! I like this girl." Mal commented.
"Thanks! You're pretty cool, too!" Webby replied. "Anybody who's able to help Donald Duck out is awesome in my book!"
The others smiled at Webby as this looked like the start of a beautiful friendship.
"It would be an honor to show Donald Duck's closest allies and new friends around the mansion, around the excitement and where it happens, and around to telling me about their own stories!" Webby announced.
"And an honor to show seven people where the bathrooms are!" Mal added playfully.
"Heh... Right... Let's take a look around then." Webby suggested bashfully.
And so Webby showed the Moltenschwartz kids around the place, along with Xandra and the other Caballeros. It looked like the perfect beginning so far for everybody, especially in getting ready for Christmas.
"So, what's gonna happen now?" Susie asked Noelle.
"Looks like it's almost time for the big day," Noelle replied. "Maybe we'll get some Christmas clichés... Like... Wishing for Christmas every day!"
Susie chuckled a little bit. "Heh, well, this author has already used that plot with 'Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas' and in the Prime Universe." she then explained.
"Very well... Helping Santa Claus and the reindeer like Rudolph who was shunned for being different!" Noelle then suggested.
"Used it." Susie replied.
"A Christmas Carol?" Noelle asked.
"Done." Susie simply stated as there were enough Christmas Carol parodies out there, not to mention this author has written several for The Muppets, All Dogs Go to Heaven, and an original one for Cats Don't Dance.
"Introducing Christmas to someone who hasn't celebrated it yet?" Noelle asked.
"There was that time with Rodan," Susie explained. "He-Man and She-Ra's newly adoptive brother?"
"How about the kids coming to the North Pole to right a terrible wrong?" Noelle then asked.
"Ah... Um... Hmm..." Susie paused thoughtfully, reading a big book called "Cherry's Adventures of X". "No, I don't think they did that yet."
"Then that shall be the topic for the next segment in this Christmas special!" Noelle decided. "Now then... On with the show!"
"Ahem..." Susie cleared her throat, looking into the fourth wall. "Act 1: Our Story Begins."
"Different franchise, Suse." Noelle replied.
"Ah, ah, we don't talk about that unless this is a Winnie the Pooh adventure that's coming out next month!" Susie tutted her best friend.
And soon, eventually...
"Oh, my... This tree is absolutely gorgeous!" Cherry gasped and cooed, seeing a very large and grand tree with golden tinsel and balls all around it. "It really paints the picture of a rich family Christmas.
"Glad ya think so!" Della smirked. "I had to arm-wrestle a yeti for it, but that was totally worth the effort!"
Donald and Xandra were busy decorating the tree, putting ornaments on it when Huey, Louie, and Dewey raced through the hallway and came sliding downstairs... Via the banisters.
"Whoa!" Cherry, Lionel, and Thor yelped.
"Hey! I don't think you should run indoors!" Thor scolded, wagging his finger a bit.
"Hurry! It's time!" Louie smirked at his brothers as they ran through the ladder that Donald stood on.
"Uh-oh..." Donald gulped.
"Hey, wait up!" The girls called out as they ran after the boys, coming through the ladder too.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Donald yelped, wobbling back and forth before falling right off of the ladder.
Xandra luckily reached out and caught him.
"Wow... Thanks, Xandra..." Donald sighed in relief.
Xandra smiled at him before calling out with a glare. "No running in the house!" she then scolded the younger kids.
"Let's eat!" shouted Dewey.
"Yeah!" Louie agreed.
In the kitchen, Uncle Scrooge was taking out a whole tray full of cookies from the oven, as he kicked the door shut. Suddenly, Huey, Louie, and Dewey mobbed him, causing him to accidentally launch the cookies into the air. Fortunately, Scrooge managed to catch every cookie before it hit the ground.
"C'mon, Unca Scrooge," begged Huey. "Give us just ONE little cookie?"
"Oh, alright, boys; you may each take ONE..." replied Scrooge, as he held out the tray. "...AFTER you eat a hearty and nutritious dinner!" he added, pulling it away.
The three male triplets looked disappointed at that.
"I had to smell those all day." Webby complained.
"Yeah, our school's fancy, so we usually have rich and sweet treats like that and we gotta be patient before we can tuck into them." Felicity remarked as she crossed her arms, standing with the other teenagers.
"The ice cream they have at School Carnivals is like from the Gods~" Zofia gushed.
"Is dinnertime soon?" Louie asked.
"I sure hope so." Carlos nodded.
"I wonder what ducks eat for Christmas dinner?" Jay remarked.
"Turkey." Mal shrugged with a smirk.
"Well, birds eat other birds all the time, although it's mostly non-anthropomorphic ones," replied LJ. "Although they don't think of themselves as being the same sort of bird. It's like how humans don't consider chimps and gorillas the same kind of mammal/primate as them."
Mal just gave him a bit of a long look.
"Just sayin'." LJ replied.
"...You're an interesting kid." Mal shrugged as she crossed her arms.
"I'll hold off on the thanks since I'm not sure if that was meant in a good way or a bad way." LJ replied.
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS...
Everyone had finished their dinner. Daisy and Gladstone, of course, were there because they and the triplets had been invited.
"That was delicious." Daisy remarked.
Huey, Louie, and Dewey each let off burps.
"Donald, say something." Daisy urged her ex.
Donald and Xandra just burped in response.
"Attention, everyone!" Scrooge announced. "Time for dessert!"
"Please tell me they have those gooey chocolate chips on them..." Carlos practically drooled.
"Dessert is served." Mrs. Beakley announced, pushing a button on the wall.
Everyone watched the table in amazement as it opened up as a golden cloche sprung out with a hand before it closed up and the table closed back up with the golden cloche flat on the table.
"I just love that." Scrooge beamed.
"You never disappoint." Gladstone smirked happily.
"Cookies!" Donald beamed as he crawled onto the table to open up the cloche.
"Take it easy a little, Donald." Xandra chuckled playfully.
Jay and Carlos crawled on the table too, reaching out hopefully.
"Oh! Get off the table!" Daisy whispered firmly. "Where are your manners?"
"Didn't have manners back where we come from." Jay smirked.
"Jayden, Carlos, I think you should sit and wait patiently." Cherry advised, sternly, but not terribly firm.
"Yes, ma'am..." Jay and Carlos sweetly told her before sticking their tongues out at Daisy as they sat back down.
Mrs. Beakley smirked a bit before she opened up the cloche before gasping.
"My cookies!" Scrooge cried out. "What happened to my scrumptious silver dollar chocolate chip cookies?"
Huey, Louie, and Dewey flashed cheeky grins in response.
"Boys! How could you?" Donald exclaimed.
"Aren't we innocent until proven guilty?" asked Huey.
"NO!" Donald snapped, slamming the lid down. "You three march RIGHT upstairs!"
"Tough luck, guys." Webby frowned.
"Totally." April, May, and June added.
"I'm sure the cookies were delicious, Uncle Scrooge." Daisy said softly, showing a sweet side.
"They were." Louie shrugged.
Donald soon tried to jump over to the table to grab onto his nephews, making them run away up to their bedroom, but everyone restrained him. "Just let me at 'em!" he then called out.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, buddy!" Oswald said, trying to help out.
"Don't make a big deal out of nuthin'." Scrooge advised his nephew.
"It'll be okay." Panchito added.
"Let me go!" Donald cried out.
"Listen, I'll go talk to 'em." Scrooge suggested calmly and warmly.
"Seems a bit cruel for eating such moist and gooey chocolate chip cookies." Carlos pouted.
"Carlos Oscar Moltenschwartz, did you eat some too?" Cherry narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
Carlos grinned nervously and bashfully in response.
"Carlos!" The others complained a bit.
"I'm sorry!" Carlos cried out. "I was hungry and I just love chocolate so much!"
Cherry merely tutted in response, wagging her finger at him, but wasn't as mad as Donald was with his nephews.
"Dude, uncool!" LJ remarked. "Why and how did you get any when the rest of us didn't?"
Carlos grinned sheepishly as he sweat-dropped. "Sorry?"
"You're sorry?" Evie firmly pouted. "There were cookies involved and you got involved and you're sorry?"
"Yes?" Carlos replied sheepishly.
"Idiot." Jay scoffed as he punched Carlos's arm.
"Don't!" Carlos complained, trying to fight him back.
"Carlos, you shouldn't have done that," Cherry shook her head. "How many cookies did you eat?"
"Just two..." Carlos stared at the floor. "...I'll go to my room too if you want me to."
Cherry just sighed, taking off her glasses, and rubbed her eyes wearily.
"Maybe you should." Lionel suggested.
"At least until your sibs cool off from you bogarting those cookies." Thor added.
Carlos flinched nervously as everyone else gave him death glares before he dashed off quickly.
"Oh, my boys... What am I going to do with you?" Della sighed and shook her head.
"I know what you can do," Daisy glared. "You can try to control them and learn how to parent your own children instead of saddling us with them!"
"Uh, excuse me?" Della narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Daisy, not now." Xandra told her.
"Oh, you're one to talk! You stole my boyfriend away from me!" Daisy complained. "Everybody knows that I should be with Donald and there's nothing wrong with us being together! I always knew that you were dark, but you are just flat out mean and horrible. You can't badmouth about other couples and try to fix yourself up with them. That's weird. And you know what else? I think that what you're doing is wrong and you're just doing this to cover up your own insecurity. If you don't like it, then don't meddle into other people's lives!"
Cherry and Lionel were both about to say something.
"And for your information, there's nothing wrong with our relationship!" Daisy glared at them before they could say anything. "Sure we get into arguments and yes, I can be a little shallow sometimes, but we are meant for each other there is nothing you can do to change that." she then stormed off, going to freshen up in the bathroom before anything else could be said or done.
"You want me to turn her into a stinkbug for you guys?" Thor asked.
"We'll deal with her later." Cherry replied.
"Gladly," Lionel replied. "I'd love to vaporize her, personally."
"Some people just like to complain, especially after someone who tried to be friendly with you after insulting and saying you ruined something special and dear to them, then apologized endlessly for it, begging for forgiveness, but then you do something that apparently triggers them and they just insult you like there's something terribly wrong with you for your own opinion." Cherry remarked.
"Pretty profound." Xandra remarked.
"Just something I think about sometimes whenever we come to hang out with you, Donald, and the other Caballeros." Cherry replied.
The others soon nodded.
Eventually, Carlos was lying on the bed with the male triplets before someone knocked on the door. "Come in." they then responded from the knocking after quite a painful experience with the cookies.
"Boys, I want to tell you something important." Scrooge said as he came in the room after he was invited in.
"That you made us more cookies?" Dewey smiled hopefully.
Scrooge sent him a firm look then.
"...No, that might send the wrong message." Dewey said bashfully then.
"Listen, I don't want you kids to make the same selfish choices that I made when I was your age." Scrooge began to say then.
"But aren't you rich or something?" Carlos asked.
"Rich because I was selfish." Scrooge reminded.
"We want to be rich and selfish, too!" The triplets smiled hopefully.
"Ach! There's more to life than just money." Scrooge groaned as he tried to explain to them.
"There's owning a mansion with its own zip code." Huey smiled.
"And having a different private jet for every day of the week." Dewey added, stretching out his arms like he was a plane.
"And an Olympic-size swimming pool with your own submarine!" Louie gushed.
"Yes, the submarine is a highlight," Scrooge chuckled before he got back to his focus as he stood up, coming to a portrait in the room and unknown to them, Mal was on her way over before she listened in a little bit, unable to help it. "But you're missing the point. The one thing that I wanted more than anything else I never got, because I never got on Santa's good list."
"Couldn't you, like, I dunno... Buy it?" Mal shrugged as she came over to hear what the fuss was about. "Sorry for eavesdropping, but... I thought I'd see how it was going with Carlos."
"Ye cannae buy your way onto Santa's good list!" Scrooge insisted. "Now hear me out, boys, cause I'm losing my patience! It's simple: if you don't clean up your act, you don't get on Santa's list. And if you're not on the list, you don't get presents!"
Huey, Louie, and Dewey gasped.
"A little food for thought," said Scrooge. "Night-Night, boys; pleasant dreams!" And he strolled out of the room.
"Dang..." Mal winced as she watched Scrooge leave like that. "Easy for YOU to say."
"We made the good list, right?" Louie asked his brothers nervously.
"Absolutely!" Dewey smiled as he wrapped his arms around them. "We've been very good this year."
"Why do I doubt that?" Mal asked cynically as the triplets thought back to earlier this year before sighing.
"You okay, Mal?" Carlos asked.
"I doubt I'm on the nice list myself," Mal replied. "I can be kind of a jerk sometimes."
Carlos's eyes darted around nervously.
"Not to mention always trying to get my own way, especially around Audrey," Mal shrugged before crossing her arms. "You know I can be pretty bad."
"Heh... Maybe not bad... Just born that way..." Carlos smiled sheepishly. "This year was kind of crazy before we met Flick and her family..."
"We're doomed!" The triplets panicked before falling back on their bed.
"There's no way we're on Santa's good list this year." Huey groaned.
"I guess it's too late to change." Louie added.
"Yeah. It's Christmas Eve." Dewey concluded.
"You're telling me..." Mal sulked as she bowed her head.
"So, you wanna put some frogs in Unca Donald's bed?" asked Louie.
"Isn't acting like that what got you into trouble to begin with?" replied Carlos.
"Maybe later," said Dewey. "But I just got a great idea: we'll write our own names on Santa's good list!"
"But Santa lives at the North Pole!" Louie protested.
"How are we gonna get up there, migrate?" scoffed Huey.
"Okay, Featherhead, whadda you think is easier: cleaning up our act by tomorrow, or goin' to the North Pole?" retorted Dewey.
"...No contest," shrugged Huey. "North Pole, here we come!"
"I have a bad feeling about this." Carlos commented.
"I sure do too." Mal nodded in agreement.
"Should we tell the others?" Carlos asked.
"Probably." Mal shrugged.
The adults soon began to clear the table while David and Elyse played on their floor with their favorite doll and toy, though it looked like Xandra and Daisy were nearly killing each other with Della rooting for Xandra.
"So, what're you guys up to?" Felicity asked Mal and Carlos.
"Going to the North Pole," Mal smirked as she leaned in a bit. "You can come with us... Ya know, if you're cool enough."
"Hey, you know I am cool!" Jay smirked back. "I'm on the football team for school, remember?"
"Yes, Jay, we remember..." The others replied.
"Well, it definitely sounds like fun," LJ shrugged. "But how are we gonna get there?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa... Go all the way to the North Pole?" Zofia asked.
"Yeah, why not?" Mal shrugged with a small smirk.
"I'm not sure if that's wise..." Felicity replied.
"What's the matter, Flick? Ya scared?" Mal teased.
"Who... M-Me?" Felicity's eyes widened before she scoffed and shrugged, crossing her arms. "No way... What're you talkin' about?"
"So what's wrong?" Mal kept her smirk.
"...I just don't know how we'd get to the North Pole on short notice." Felicity covered up.
"Hmm..." Everyone paused thoughtfully.
"What if we pretend to send something to the North Pole and ship ourselves through the post office and we'll be there in a snap?" Jay suggested.
"Jay, that's ridiculous," Evie shook her head. "There is no way we're shipping ourselves in a package down at the North Pole."
EVENTUALLY...
"I can't believe we're shipping ourselves in a package down at the North Pole." Evie said in a cynical tone of voice.
"Yeah, you'd think people would be smarter about that." LJ replied.
"C'mon, E," Mal replied. "Let's help out our new family."
"Oh... Fine..." Evie pouted. "I guess it's better than nothing."
"That's the spirit!" Dewey smiled.
"We knew you were on our side!" Huey and Louie added.
"I just can't predict this ending well," Evie sighed and shook her head. "I'm a woman of science, I've always been, even when in the countless pageants then taking out my frustrations from my parents on certain conflicts."
"Come along then." Mal suggested.
Everyone soon got in a rather large box to be shipped off together, stamping on a "FRAGILE" stamp.
"Hopefully that Webby kid doesn't tattle." Felicity sighed to herself.
"I wanna come with, but I understand if there's no room left." Webby replied from outside the box.
"Also, it's illegal to ship people through the mail!" LJ added.
"That, too!" Webby agreed.
"Suit yourself." The triplets shrugged as they waited patiently and eagerly.
"I have a very strange and bad feeling about this." Felicity mumbled to herself.
"Loosen up a little, Flick," Mal said to the dark brown-haired girl. "Have a sense of adventure once in a while."
Shortly afterwards, a postal truck labeled "FROSTY FREIGHT" drove around the fountain, put the package in the cargo hold, and then drove off.
"Looks like we're on our way to the North Pole," said LJ. "Crazy as it sounds..."
Soon after, the truck's contents were loaded onto a plane that was headed for the North Pole.