Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, but I do own Sophie, baby Lily, and Echo the puppy :)

AN: In this chapter, our Christmas-saving heroes must visit the apartment of a certain one-eyed friend, his former demon girlfriend, and their newborn son. Can they avoid being busted? Read on to find out!

Thankfully, Faith managed to get through a great deal of houses without any further trouble, but soon they landed on the roof of a very familiar apartment building.

"Uh-oh" said Faith, looking around, "Um, are we where I think we are?"

"You mean Xander and Anya's apartment block?" asked Tara.

"Uh-huh."

"Then yes, we are exactly where you think we are."

"Crap" Faith muttered to herself.

As an apartment block obviously didn't have a chimney, Faith got into the building through an open window, and used a little of the 'Christmas magic' Santa had entrusted her with for the night to get through the locked doors. She left Xander and Anya's place until last due to the embarrassment she would undoubtedly face if they caught her. But it couldn't be put off any longer. All the other children in the building had had their presents delivered, and now baby Jesse was the only one left.

"Why couldn't they have had their kid after Christmas?" Faith grumbled to herself as she approached the door. Then, just as she was about to open it, she thought of a plan, and grinned, rushing back up to the others on the roof.

"What happened?" asked Tara as soon as Faith reappeared.

"Did they sees you?" asked Sophie, worried.

"Nah, I haven't been there yet" said Faith.

"Why not?" frowned Tara, confused.

"Well, I had this idea.."

In their apartment, Xander and Anya were watching T.V when they heard a knock at the door.

"I'll get it" said Xander, standing up.

"I'm coming with you" said Anya, grabbing his arm. "If it's a demon here to kill us, you'll need back-up to make sure you don't die. There's no way I'm raising our tiny human by myself."

"Whatever you think, Ahn" Xander chuckled. They headed to the door, opening it to find Tara, Sophie, and Lily in their elf outfits.

"Hi!" said Tara cheerily.

"Hello!" Sophie smiled.

"Xan, Ahn!" Lily giggled happily, reaching her little arms out towards them.

"Uh.. hi guys" said Xander, who was understandably quite confused.

"Why are you dressed like those big-eared midgets in all the Christmas movies?" Anya frowned.

"Elves, Ahn, they're called elves" Xander sighed.

"Well why are they dressed like them? And why are they here?"

"That is actually a good question" Xander admitted.

"Uh.." said Tara, trying to keep her eyes on her friends and not the Santa-costumed Faith currently climbing through their window.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!" Sophie began singing at the top of her lungs.

"Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!" Tara continued, chuckling, while blessing her daughter's quick thinking. "The girl's were having trouble getting to sleep, so I decided to take them out carolling to tire them out" she grinned, before she and Sophie continued to sing.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!" While her 'elves' kept Xander and Anya distracted, Santa-Faith crept over to the tree and began tucking Jesse's presents underneath it. "Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, over fields we go, laughing all the way! Ha, ha, ha!" Faith finished her delivery, and had begun creeping back to the window.. "Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright, what fun it is to.." When baby Jesse began to cry. Anya turned to go tend to him, and saw Faith, her telltale mop of dark hair hidden behind the sack of presents.

"Oh my God!" she screamed. "It's the evil Santa Claus, here to disembowel our tiny human!" The former demon ran over and tackled Faith to the ground, while Xander ran into the nursery to protect his son from the 'threat'.

"Anya!" cried Tara. "Stop, it's.."

"Die, you fiend!" cried Anya, ignoring Tara while keeping the struggling Faith pinned to the ground.

"Anya, get off me!" Faith yelled, annoyed, but not wanting to use her Slayer strength for fear of accidently hurting her friend.

"Faith?" Anya frowned, confused. "You're the evil Santa Claus?"

"Okay guys" said Xander as he emerged from the nursery protectively clutching the screaming Jesse to his chest, "I want to know what the hell is going on here!"

"It's a very, very, long story Uncle Xander" Sophie sighed.