The night was all merry, except for us. Well, it will all turn merry for us when you…strutted your stuff.
Lori, Leni and Luna get up to a nearby side table and stand on their feet to receive a full view of the party. Even from such a high viewpoint, they cannot find their brother.
"Literally…I knew this would go to jeopardy!" Lori rants. "Mom should have not let me watch over you, poopsicles, if you were that mindful of our baby brother!"
"Look sis, we failed, but it's no time to complain," Luna pleads. "Lincoln must be around here somewhere."
"But where could he be in this 'loud' party with that 'loud' song screeching my ears!"
"Tell that to that baby dancing," Leni explicitly points towards the baby in his diapers conveniently being dodged by the stomping crowd.
"LINCOLN!" the girls shriek.
Immediately, Lori's sisterly instincts kick in, and she asks from her sisters, "Alright girls, hang on to me, literally."
"What are you going to do, dude?" young Luna asks.
"We are gonna save our baby brother!" Lori implies as she takes off her scarf and prepares to lasso it to the chandelier above them. When she effectively ties the scarf to the hanging decoration, the sister prepares to swing. "Just hang on!"
And swoop they go like Tarzan as Lori swings to her brother, with Luna and Leni screaming. But Lori fails to grab baby Lincoln, and they end up hitting a nearby table serving four season punch.
"Literally…" Lori utters in cartoon pain.
But even with such a fail rescue, Lincoln innocently walks to the dance floor and witnesses the Abed and Troy clones duking it out together. Their moves are definitely awkward but plucky for them to strut. That is when the Abed Nadir lookalike spots Lincoln's moves.
"Hey, isn't this Lynn's kid?" he shares to his partying officemates. And Lincoln keeps going, raising his hands up high and swaying his hips.
"He's got your moves, bro," the Troy Barnes lookalike encourages.
As the song hits the refrain, baby Lincoln goes all Kevin James in Hitch that the crowd goes wild in encouraging him. They even holler out, "Heppp! Heppp! Heppp!" to fill up the atmosphere.
The ruckus grabs the attention of Lynn Sr. "Those guys looked so happy. Never seen them this wild on a dance-off."
Luan, riding on her father's back while Lynn is hanging on her father's arm, then recognizes a baby in the dance floor. "Hey dad, isn't that…?"
"What? No, it's not." To be completely sure, Lynn Sr. switches on the video camera and zooms in to that focal point. Gladly the camera features a resolution that is considered the sharpest of that era. So, with that view, the trio learn that is indeed Lincoln dancing with partying adults on his diaper. "Ooohh it is…"
"Tape it daddy! Tape it daddy!" Lynn insists.
"Okay, okay. Relax junior. Let daddy do the talking." Once he obtains the memory card for the camera and inserts it in, Lynn Sr. records this feat from his infant son. "I don't know if by the time he gets old, he will find this. Let's just see."
Meanwhile, Mrs. Loud rushes to the girls when she sees them landed to the punch bowl table. "Girls, what happened to you?" She pulls out a towel and proceeds to wipe off the juice stain on their dresses. The thought of performing a Christmas carol in the party has rubbed off from their faces.
"Just great mom!" Lori moans. "We're all trying our best to find rascal Lincoln. And we literally swung our way here, because we try to save him!"
"My lovely dress!" Leni mopes like a baby.
"Oh honey…" Rita comforts her as she wipes the juices on Lori's face and tears from Leni's eyes. "Don't do that ever again. You might get hurt. You can leave yourself out of this for a while. Your dad and I will find your brother, okay?"
"But I think dad's friends found something there," Luna points out to the huddled-up crowd.
Out of their curiosity, Rita, Lori, Leni and Luna squeeze in safely (for once) to see baby Lincoln dancing to the Usher song. His moves get wilder as he quickly picks up the dance moves demonstrated by the party men on the floor.
The stereo moves on to the next song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory. The crowd goes wild as the two dance leads teach Lincoln some moves, with others following suit. They even go to an homage to the giant piano scene in Big.
The dancing gets more ridiculous when a random officemate obtains a gallon of apple cider and sprays it to the dance floor, as if he is pouring out champagne.
The family is entirely speechless, even as the next song plays: it is "It's Tricky" by Run-DMC.
Yes, it's obvious we're speechless. The guests go louder and louder. Your dad was too focused on getting this on tape. At least you girls are having fun too, watching your brother do his moves.
Then, from out of the blue, Abed and Troy initiate a dance-off between the office and baby Lincoln, just to encourage him on his dance moves. It is obvious that they got so inspired by that showdown from White Chicks. Gladly, the dance moves are not that elaborate as Lincoln just uncontrollably jiggles his arms and shakes his body, even as the office show their moves. Nevertheless, in the end, they go along with his simplistic shaking.
However, that results on the diaper from your baby brother…falling down.
Everybody is shocked at this sight. Everybody.
Yes, your brother wore back his birthday suit.
But Lincoln is still jolly and excited, which somehow results in cheers from the guests. Immediately, Rita grabs her infant son and takes him back to the kitchen to get his diaper secured.
The family follows suit.
"Don't you ever walk out on me again, okay sweetie?" Rita pleads to baby Lincoln.
But his young mind does not perceive it totally, and he wishes to go back to dance as the next song, "Y.M.C.A." by The Village People, plays in the background.
"Oh Lincoln, we would love to. But we don't to lose you again, okay?"
Only chuckles come out of Lincoln's mouth.
Rita takes a deep sigh from this. "Lynn, we better wrap up the party now."
"Wrap it up?" Lynn Sr. questions her, "But we end at 10. We can't end it as early as 8:54."
"Your son was nearly crushed at your party."
"But he was having fun. Come on! Look at the bright side of that. Ahh?"
"Nope Lynn. I would not let my son dance in there, even if you have to drag us to that party with you," Rita insists.
You will never believe what happened. It was almost clichéd as a Hollywood animated movie.
Ironically, the whole family dances along for the entire night. This happens the entirety of their Christmas Eve party. But at least they have the party ended before the eve strikes.
In the meantime, they all partake in dancing to Smash Mouth's rendition to "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees.
Finally, Rita wraps up her story, "Well, that's the story of Lincoln dancing in his diapers."
After listening to the entire story, Lucy, Lola, Lana and Lisa cannot help holding their laughter from learning Lincoln being a diaper-clad infant party animal. That fact alone makes it more embarrassing for Lincoln.
"Guys, yes, you get the whole gist," Lincoln insists for them to stop.
"Sorry Lincoln," Lana says. "We can't help it. But can you shake your butt?" She then bursts in laugh. The resulting frown and annoyance on Lincoln's face says it all.
But Lisa gets off topic. "Hold on. There's pretty much a plot hole in this story. What happened to the bigger sisters' Christmas presentation? It seems kind of unresolved."
"Yeah, what happened to that by the way?" Lola agrees. "Did they had to shower in apple cider and got reindeer to chase them?"
"Actually…"
But as a hesitated Rita is about to answer, Lori pleads, "No mom. Don't. No one needs to know what happened." The embarrassed look on the faces of Leni, Luna, Luan and Lynn seem to sum up what they feel about that part of the tale.
"Come on please!" the younger ones plead.
"Yeah, what happened?" Lincoln goes along. "I mean I was there. But I was so young to remember. What happened?"
In a deep breath, Rita gives in to the request of her younger kids. "Alright, it happened like this."
After the party, Lori complained for not having to perform. I didn't want their efforts to be wasted. So, we took it to good use for the night.
"Are you sure this is literally a good idea, mom?" Lori asks as the entire family stands in front of Mr. Grouse's house.
"Just believe in yourself," Rita convinces her, "Mr. Grouse needs a little Christmas cheer. Ready?"
Lori then takes in that confidence. Luna and Lori take microphones and Lynn Sr. leads the family with a guitar. Luna starts off singing "O Holy Night". "O Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining…"
Then Lori comes next but her voice screeches. "It is the night of our dear…"
Exactly that point, Mr. Grouse hoses them with apple cider, soaking the entire family with that sweet fruit drink. "That's for being lousy carolers, Louds! Stop that singing!" He then closes his front door and locks it.
"Well, things couldn't get any worse from this," Lynn Sr. assures.
And ironically, two reindeer sniff the apple cider from a distance and stumble upon the Louds.
"Wooh! Reindeer!" Lynn squeals in delight. But the huff from their noses scare her. "Never mind."
From there, two reindeer chase the Louds.