Have a Merry Christmas everyone! See you next year!
Bendy woke up in the early morning with a grin on his face. While Bendy's nighttime actives usually led to him sleeping in late, today was Christmas and there was no way he was going to sleep in. He quickly, though quietly, got out of bed and tiptoed his way to Boris' bed. The wolf was still sleeping soundly, little Z's floating over him and everything.
"Boris… wake up!" Bendy whispered, shaking the wolf. Boris didn't wake up, rolling over instead to get away from Bendy's hand. Bendy just rolled his eyes and crawled onto the bed, shaking Boris harder and saying "Come, Boris! It's Christmas! Get up!"
Boris seemed to respond this time, letting out a yawn and sitting up. Once Bendy was sure Boris was up, Bendy slipped back to the floor and began making his way to Alice's room. He softly knocked on the angel's door while Boris followed, the wolf yawing again.
"Alice? Are you awake?" Bendy asked after he knocked. When he didn't get an answer, the toon devil opened the door a crack. Peering inside, Bendy saw that Alice was still asleep too, her halo glowing softy from where it rested on the nightstand. Bendy opened the door fully and walked inside. He was going to shake her awake as he did with Boris, but the wolf apparently Boris had other ideas. Boris just scooped her up and began walking out of the room. The sudden movement caused Alice to wake abruptly, letting out a surprised yelp that Bendy quickly shushed. Alice looked annoyed but soon realized what was going on once she woke up fully and a huge smile spread across her face.
The three toons went back into the hall to see Edgar leading a tired Charlie and Barely out of their room. The two groups joined up and snuck downstairs as quietly as they could, all of them freezing when a board let out a creek before moving on once they were sure they hadn't woken any of the adults. The group of toons finally spilled into the living room where they all stopped and stared at the sight.
The Christmas tree's lights were on, providing the only source of light and bathed the room in a soft glow. Piles of Christmas presents, all wrapped in shiny paper and several with large bows, rested underneath the tree. Stockings that were hanging from a shelf were stuffed with unknown treats, but a few candy wrappers and large candy canes could be seen poking out of the tops. The toons all smiled at all of this and eagerly gathering around the tree, starting to sort through the presents to see which ones had whose name on it.
Though it was hard for the toons to wait, they didn't wake the adults until the sun started to come up as Linda had instructed. The moment those first rays were shining on the horizon though, Henry and Linda were awakened by the toons piling on top of them, all of them chatting eagerly and telling them to hurry up. Henry and Linda just laughed at the toons antics and went downstairs to start making breakfast while the toons ambushed Sammy and Norman.
As breakfast cooked, the toons were allowed to take down their stockings and go through them. They were filled with all kinds of candy and a few small toys. They ate some of there and starting throwing their bouncy balls at each other until Sammy told them to knock it off before they broke something. Once breakfast was ready, the toons hurriedly ate it hoping to be able to start opening Christmas presents as soon as possible. To their disappointment though, the adults ate at a normal pace and didn't eat any faster, even when facing the combined puppy dog stares of all the toons.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity for the toons, the adults finished eating and they all went into the living room to open their presents. The next hour or so was a blur of torn wrapping paper, whistles and exclamations of excitement, and lots of hugs in thanks. The Butcher Gang got several books on plants, from helping to identify them to how to take care of them, which the eagerly started flipping to see which ones they recognized from helping Linda in the garden. Boris got lots of random parts and some tools he could use to help with his tinkering. He also got a large bone that he happily started chewing on. Alice was given a few songbooks and a small sewing kit, as she had occasionally expressed the desire to learn. Bendy was given lots of books of a wide variety and also a paint set of his own, which he couldn't wait to use on his statues. All of the toons also got a large variety of toys, several of which they started playing with while presents were still being opened.
Sammy was given some blank music sheets and a brand new banjo. He was so stunned by the gift that he didn't even pretend to be grumpy about this whole thing. Norman had been given a bunch of handmade picture frames, which confused him until he opened his gift from Mia. He stared in stunned silence at all the photos of his wife and daughters from the years he missed, only letting out a quiet "thank you." He then spent his time carefully look over each photo before finding the best frame to put it in.
Henry was giving some high-quality pens and pencils as well as a new sketchbook. Linda was given a new cookbook as well as some new gardening tools and handmade flower pots. Both of them received homemade thank you cards from all the toons, each expressing how much they loved Henry and Linda and they were so glad to have them as parents.
Once the presents were all unwrapped and the torn paper through away, the toons all began running around and playing with their various toys, even dragging Sammy and Norman in to play with them. Henry and Linda sat back and watched them with contented smiles on their faces. They were reminded of when their first kids were young and were so happy to see the toons have that same joy and wonder at their first Christmas, despite all the hardships and struggles they've been through both in and out of the Studio,
Everyone could agree, that it was the best Christmas ever.