"Okay, folks. Here we have Rockefeller Center." Spider Man said, presenting one of New York's famous landmarks.
The Skellingtons were in such awe. They saw the amazing ice rink and the giant Christmas tree with all it's gorgeous lights lit up. It was a truly a breathtaking sight.
"It's glorious!" Jack cried out.
"Amazing!" Julie said, skating on the ice.
"And we have the whole place to ourselves!" Jenny and Judy said together.
"That's because you guys scared everyone away!" Kid Arachnid said.
And he was right. As soon as the Skellingtons came to the center, every person on the rink screamed and took off.
"Let us dance on the ice, Sally!" Jack said.
Sally giggled. She approached Scarlet Spider. "Could you hold on to Jackson for me?"
"Uh..." Scarlet Spider didn't have much to say. Sally placed her baby in his arms.
Jack took Sally's hand and they glided onto the ice. The children followed and began skating away.
"Wow! They're good." Agent Venom said. "And they're not even wearing skates!"
"See, guys? The Skellingtons are totally cool." Spider Man reminded his team. "They're just like everyone else...almost."
"The key word there is 'almost.'" Scarlet Spider said. He looked down at Jackson. The little monster was still sound asleep.
Spider Man noticed Sarah was sitting on a bench reading a book.
The Web Warriors decided to chat with her.
"Not joining your family?" asked Spider Man.
Sarah looked up at the hero. "No, I'm not much of a skater. I just like to sit down with a nice horror story."
"Yeah, nothing like sticking your nose in a horror story at Christmas time." Agent Venom said.
Sarah looked at her family skating and laughing together. "There's nothing like Christmas. Father was right, it truly is a special holiday.
"Speaking of which, how come your dad likes Christmas when he's the king of Halloween?" asked Spider Man.
Sarah smiled. "Actually, there's a funny story behind that." She placed a bookmark in her book and closed it.
"It all started a long time ago, before our parents were married. My father's job to bring fear to the world on Halloween is very important. However, he became bored and tiresome of his usual scare routines. Lamenting on this, he wandered into the woods of our land and came across the holiday doors."
"The...holiday doors?" Kid Arachnid inquired.
"Yes, the doorways to other holiday worlds. And my father instantly became fascinated with the door to Christmas. So he opened it and was transported to Christmas Town. And he became quite obsessed with the holiday."
The Web Warriors saw her smile dip. "However, he became too obsessed."
"I don't like where this is going." said Scarlet Spider.
"Indeed. As Father tried to find a logical way to explain Christmas to the citizens, he thought to himself why must they stalk the graveyards and frighten children instead of bringing them joy. Outraged that it's unfair for Christmas Town alone to enjoy the feeling of Christmas, Father decided that he and the citizens of Halloween Town will take over Christmas."
"Take over Christmas?!" Spider Man blurted out. "He can't do that!"
"But he did." Sarah continued. "By kidnapping Santa Clause, he-"
"HOLD IT!" Agent Venom shouted. "Santa Clause is real?!"
"Of course." said Sarah. "As I was saying, Father kidnapped Mr. Clause and put together a Santa costume of his own. He even built a coffin sleigh complete with skeletal reindeer."
"Okay, now I know you're making this up!" Scarlet Spider cut off.
"Oh, really?" Sarah took out her coffin-shaped backpack and brought out a book. It had a black leather cover. She opened it and the pages began to glow.
When the glow settled, it showed an actual showed Jack in his Santa costume, sitting in his skeleton-deer pulled sleigh flying through the night sky.
Jack flew from house to house, delivering Christmas presents to the children. But when the children opened their presents, they were horrified.
"As you can see, Father got the wrong idea and decided to give the children "improved" Christmas gifts."
The Web Warriors watched the scenes come to life on the pages, disturbed and appalled.
Children were screaming in horror when attacked by axe wielding puppets, vampire teddy bears, eyeball marbles, and man-eating plants disguised and wreaths.
"You're welcome! One and all!" Jack said from a rooftop.
"You're welcome?!" Spider Man said in bafflement.
"Yes, Father thought those screams were cries of joy, but he was sadly mistaken." Sarah turned the page and there was a scene of a police man answering dozens of phone calls from terror-stricken parents.
"So, Father learned that no one liked his Christmas...the hard way." Sarah turned the page.
The next scene was Jack soaring high up and search lights were being seen and gunfire was heard.
"They're celebrating!" Jack cried. "They're thanking us for doing a great job!"
But when a gunshot nearly struck one of his reindeer, Jack realized that something was very wrong.
The heroes watched the worst scene of the story. A missle came and hit the sleigh and destroyed it instantly.
And Jack was sent on a dizzying, rapid fall down to Earth.
"They...killed Jack?!" Spider Man breathed out.
"They thought they did, but he landed in the arms of a stone angel in a cemetery." Sarah said. "Father felt very foolish that night, he felt just awful. But he realized that Halloween truly was his specialty. And he can still make things right. So he found Santa and apologized. Then Mr. Clause fixed Christmas at a record pace."
Sarah closed the book.
"Wow, that's some story." Kid Arachnid said.
"And it gets better every time I tell it." Sarah said, closing the book. "I suppose I could skate for a little bit, maybe stretch my legs out."
Sarah got up, took out a different book, and began skating while reading.
"Man, I can't believe Jack would try to take over Christmas!" Spider Man said.
Right on cue, Jack came over and waved to the Web Warriors. "Come on, boys! Feel free to join in!"
"Oh, yeah!" Spider Man said, about to jump into the fun.
But Kid Arachnid stopped him.
"Uh, maybe later, guys!" said the young spider. "We'll catch up with you in a sec!"
Jack shrugged and shared away.
"What's up, Miles?" asked Spider Man.
"What's up is that those two skeleton twins are missing!" Miles sounded scared. "If we don't find them, who knows how scary mad their father will get?!"
"He's got a point." Spider Man said. "Okay, gang. Time to play hide and seek with the Skellington Twins."