It was snowing harder than usual at the bar. That's because the forecast called for a white Christmas.
December 25th was finally here. Ever since Thanksgiving ended, everyone was quickly preparing for the next holiday. And the bar was packed as usual. Either people wanted to celebrate with their friends or trying to get away from family. Either way, this was sure to be a treat.
Sitting by the bar was our triple threat dressed all festive. Ellie was wearing a usual holiday dress, mainly because her original suit didn't get here on time so she had to borrow her mom's old dress. She has a gun nearby in case someone tries to be a peeping tom. Charles was wearing his usual red headphones except he taped antler ears on them and wore a red nose to match. His ugly Christmas sweater was decorated in Christmas lights. Henry however, didn't get the memo.
"Henry, why aren't you all dressed up?" Charles said. "We all agreed to dress up"
"Huh?" Henry said, looking up. "Sorry, I forgot"
"What's wrong Henry? You look upset" Charles said.
"Sorry, it's just" Henry said "I've been on the run for so long that I… Maybe… Kinda…Sorta… forgot about Christmas"
RECORD SCRATCH.
The entire bar went silent. Someone spilled their drink, someone else fainted. It was insane.
"You forgot about Christmas?" Charles said.
"I haven't celebrated for so long that I lost my holiday spirit" Henry says.
"Well that's not good," Charles said. "Looks like we gave to initiate Operation Dun Dun"
"Operation Dun Dun is when the General gets fired and we get executed by firing squad" Ellie said. "What we need is Operation Jingle Jingle Jangle"
Ellie whistles and a few people enter the scene: Dave, Rupert, Reginald, Right Hand Man, Sven, Burt, Clyde, Kyle, Wilson, a Blue Crewmate, Dmitri, and Galeforce. All of them were dressed all festive.
"Wait, since when did Operation Jingle Jingle Jangle involve the Toppats?" Charles said.
"It doesn't?" Ellie said. She looks left and right. "Where's Drake and Josh?"
The scene cuts to Drake and Josh tied up and duct taped in the closet.
"Never mind" Ellie said. "I don't wanna go in the closet and see them rocking around the Christmas tree"
"What did you call us for Ellie?" Rupert said. "Me and Dave had plans"
"We have some unfortunate news" Ellie said. "Henry's lost his Christmas spirit!"
Everyone gasps.
"So we have to help him" Charles said. "By doing what we do best: tell stories"
"Is this gonna be a contest like on Halloween?" Reginald asked. "Because I'll definitely kick your butts again"
"This isn't a contest" Charles said. "We're trying to help Henry"
"I'll go first" Ellie said. She clears her throat. "Long ago, on Christmas night…"