One week later, it is Christmas Eve.
Riley wakes up and goes downstairs to the living room to see her parents decorating the house. They're hanging lights around the corners of the ceiling.
"Good morning, monkey!" Bill greeted her.
"Are you hanging decorations?" Riley asked as she got herself a bowl of cereal.
"Yes. Your mom and I thought the atmosphere could use some holiday spirit since we're having company over tonight and tomorrow."
"Perfect timing because we need your help to set everything up." Jill said.
"See that box over there?" Bill asked.
"I see it." Riley replied.
"Open it and see what we got."
Riley sees an unopened box labeled "X-Mas decorations" and goes towards it. She opens the flaps and sees tons of decorations from lights, to bells, to stockings, even a mistletoe.
After decorating the house, Riley and her parents admired all that they put up.
In Headquarters, the emotions are watching the monitor.
"It's perfect!" Joy exclaimed with delight.
"Looks just right for Christmas Eve." Anger agreed.
"I agree." Sadness said.
Later that evening, the Andersons finished making dinner. They were having spaghetti and meatballs and made sure there was plenty enough for everyone.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
Riley answers the door and her grandparents are there.
"Hi, Riley!" her grandfather greeted her, who greeted them in return.
Amy, Susan and Jordan followed.
"Hi, guys!" Riley greeted him with a bright smile. "I'm so glad you could make it!"
"We'll be spending every Christmas with you." Amy said as they walked in.
Riley's parents hugged their parents in as if they haven't seen each other for a long time.
Meanwhile, inside headquarters, which is also decorated from top to bottom for Christmas, Riley's emotions are excited for Christmas.
"I'll bet you all that this is going to be a great Christmas like last year!" Joy said brightly.
"Yes, but, unlike last year, she almost skipped out on Christmas since she barely had any friends to celebrate the holiday with." Sadness commented.
"No need to worry about that. She has just enough friends to hang out with."
For dinner, Riley, her parents, grandparents and friends were having the spaghetti and meatballs for the main course. Riley sat between Jordan and Susan.
"Mm." Susan said delightedly after she swallowed her food. "This is really good!"
"This is amazing!" Amy complimented.
"I wish my mouth was bigger." Grandpa spoke up.
After Riley and Jordan finished their spaghetti, they had pasta sauce all around their mouths. They wiped the sauce off with napkins.
Later on, Riley, her friends and family gathered in the living room for the gift exchange. They were given card numbers for who will go first and then next. Riley got #5.
"Alright! Gift exchanging, here we come!" Joy announced happily.
Since Bill got the first card, he went first and looked through the gifts until he found one that he wants to open. He opens it to reveal a box containing a mobile power outlet.
"A mobile power outlet!" he exclaimed amazedly. "Now, when I'm away from home, I can plug in my laptop and my portable DVD player!"
Everyone smiled at that statement.
When it was Riley's turn, she opened a gift, which was a portable radio which plays DVDs and music. When her emotions saw this, Joy presses the button on the console.
"Wow!" Riley said with a grin. "A radio that plays music on stations and DVDs! Now I have my own DVD player!"
"My aunt helped me buy it for you." Jordan said to her.
For the next few hours, Riley and her friends and family hung out together, playing games like Go Fish and Pictionary, listening to Christmas music and having cookies and brownies for dessert.
When it was time for bed, Bill and Jill slept in their bed. Grandma and Grandpa slept on an inflatable mattress right next to the bed. Amy and Susan slept on the couch in the living room.
Riley and Jordan changed into their sleeping clothes. While Jordan brushes his teeth in the bathroom, Riley climbs into bed. Jordan enters the room, climbs into bed beside her and wraps his arm around her.
The 12-year-old girl smiled once she felt her soon-to-be-boyfriend's arm around her.
"You excited for Christmas morning?" Jordan asked.
Riley smiled and nodded in response before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
The two future lovebirds slept peacefully with Jordan's arm around Riley, all snug and warm under the blanket and ready to open their presents in the morning.
"Aaaaand, we are out!" Joy announced triumphantly. "Nice job, Team Happy! This Christmas Eve is a huge success! Okay, off to bed now so we'll look our best for Christmas morning!"
With that, the other emotions went to bed while Joy did Dream Duty.
This Christmas Eve for Riley is a huge success! Every year, on Christmas Eve, my aunts, uncles and cousins come over to my place for visits. We have gift exchanges and Christmas Eve dinner. For Christmas Eve dinner, I have ham, turkey, macaroni, mashed potatoes, rolls, and brownies and cookies for dessert. At the gift exchange for this year, I got a box full of goody snacks and a Wal-Mart gift card.
I planned to upload this on New Year's Day yesterday, but I had big plans to celebrate the new year that it got so late that I didn't have time to finish it.
Now, there's only one chapter left, and that chapter will be on Christmas! See you later!