"Why is there a red coat lying on the ground?" Regina asks calmly.

"Ask Emma." Henry says quickly. "This time I did nothing."

"Miss Swan..."

"I don't even know what I did." Emma defends herself. "I was just outside taking some air, thinking about Christmas and what Snow said during the dinner." both brunettes look down at that remark. "I mean, I was just thinking that over and then I remembered that we would have our own family dinner." she confesses and notices Henry and Regina giving her dashing smiles. "And I guess that in the middle of remembering my time as a kid and now having a family I thought that in order for this Christmas to be perfect there was only one more thing missing."

"Emma..." Henry admonishes her. "What did you do?"

"Emma what kid?!" the blonde complains. "The only thing I did was just wish to meet Santa Claus. I wasn't expecting the goddamn Blue Fairy to appear to me and tell me that she would grant my wish."

"YOU CAN'T ASK FOR WISHES YOU DON'T WANT IN A TOWN FULL OF FAIRIES!"

(Flashback)

"We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" Snow screamed from the karaoke machine dramatically and everyone clapped.

Everyone except Regina, who was doing her best to not bring any kind of attention to herself.

After murmuring the words of Deck the Halls to the amused looks of Snow's squad, the former Evil Queen was ready to call it quits and leave the premises. But, she had promised Emma to accompany her and Regina never went back on her word.

That didn't mean that she had to enjoy hearing her former nemesis destroy Christmas songs.

"I don't know what pains me more." she says to Emma who is standing next to her trying her best to not laugh. "That your parents are planning on using that machine more or that they're oblivious to Snow's horrible voice."

"She's not that bad." Emma replies amusedly.

"Dear, your mother is less like her Disney counterpart and more like Fiona from Shrek."

"It amuses me to know that you've watched both movies."

"You were with me when we watched them dear."

"I've heard worse singers." Emma tries to defend her mother.

"Even you don't believe that." Regina laughs and takes a sip from her mug.

"She's horrible Ma." Henry agrees with them while drinking hot cocoa. "I love grandma, but that woman can't sing to save her life."

"You sounded like your mother." the blonde says surprised. "So sassy."

"That's my boy." Regina agrees proudly. "Can't we just go?"

"No. We have to stay until the gift exchange."

"THE WHAT?!" the brunette asks loudly.

(End of Flashback)

"So fairies popping out of nowhere to grant your wishes is real?"

"Are you kidding me Miss Swan!" Regina huffs while moving around the coat. "Of course it's real! Especially if you're from a royal family!"

"Then why didn't anyone tell me this?!"

"Because it's common sense?" Henry sasses to her.

"But I just wished to see him. It's not like I meant for him to get killed." Emma murmurs.

"Well that's the thing dear, adults aren't supposed to see Santa. Only children can." Regina explains to her. "Everyone knows this."

"But he just disappeared. I didn't even touch him."

"But you saw him." Henry argues. "You went against the rules and forced him to reveal a secret only children could know. So I guess he was... what's that word you used the other day mom?"

"Demoted." Regina reminds him.

"Yes, he was demoted of his position as Santa."

"So what does that even mean?" Emma asks worriedly. "It won't be like the Nightmare Before Christmas where a lunatic becomes Santa and gives people horrible presents, right?"

"Most probably children won't get presents." the brunette murmured bitterly. "I don't think the forces of the universe have an 'extra Santa in case of an emergency'."

"Yes, well, I didn't know that this Santa was bound to the same rules of the children's stories written about him. I mean look at you..." Emma starts to argue. "If you were the Evil Queen you would be old and ugly."

(Flashback)

"So we're ready to make some toasts!" Snow exclaims excitedly while sitting at the center of the table. "I'll start if you don't mind."

"We don't." Regina whispers to her and Emma chuckles.

"I just want to say thank you to you all for coming this evening. We've gone through so many things over the last, well, I guess more than forty years..."

"And who's to blame for that, sister?" Leroy hisses drunkenly while staring at Regina.

"Sure, blame me..." the brunette witch says boringly. "It's not like I didn't save you from ogres and diseases and no plumbing."

"We're not blaming anyone tonight." the pixie haired woman interrupts them both before things escalate. "But I believe that we should all let go of the past and start moving forward. Together as the family we all are."

"We're not..." Regina starts to say but is stopped by Emma who pinches her leg.

"Just stay quiet." Emma warns her.

"And I guess that this should also be the time to tell you that Charming and I are expecting a baby."

"A baby?!" numerous people start asking and congratulating the woman.

"A baby..." the blonde whispers and quietly stands up from the table and leaves.

Emma, Regina thinks sadly and tries her best to not let her magic cause some deserved havoc to this dinner. She doesn't want to bring any attention to her friend's departure, and, leaving the table so quickly would surely make that happen. But, she won't wait long to chase after her.

Seriously, what the hell was the matter with Snow and her propensity to blurt out secrets at horrible times?

"Where's Ma?" Henry asks her after moving away from Snow's group of friends who are surrounding the pregnant woman.

"She just needed to take some air." Regina explains to him.

"It was because of what Grandma said, right?" her young boy asks her knowingly. "Isn't she happy about it?"

"I don't think she's unhappy about it." she tells him the truth. "But remember that Emma is also their daughter. And, when she was a baby they didn't keep her. They didn't choose her."

"So she's upset because this time they'll keep this baby?" Henry wants to confirm his suspicions.

"I think she's upset because she's feeling this way. Emma is too kind and good to wish any ill will towards anyone. Specially her parents."

"So she's hurt because she feels bad about being angry."

"More or less." Regina says warmly. "In fact, I think Emma will appreciate some company. Someone to be with her and remind her that she has a family of her own as well."

"Does that mean you and me?" the young boy asks her knowingly and Regina just can't lie to him.

"Yes Henry, but I'll let you go first because I need to have some words with Snow White." Henry must have seen the anger in her eyes because he gives her a knowing look. "I promise to just talk."

"Ok, because last time you were angry at her you enchanted her oven so that it would burn every single thing she tried to cook in it." Henry chuckles. "And it's Christmas."

"Fine, I promise." she gives him a soft kiss. "Now go find Emma."

(End of Flashback)

"Old and ugly..." the brunette murmurs menacingly. "Miss Swan..."

"I think what Ma is trying to say is that she wasn't even sure that Santa could be here in Storybrooke." Henry tries to help her birth mother. "And well, you can't really blame her for making a random wish that the Blue Fairy happened to hear."

"You're right Henry." Regina says softly. "That bug does have the annoying trait of appearing when she's not needed."

"I didn't want to kill Santa." Emma whispers sadly while trying to hide the red clothes in front of her. "Or at least I didn't mean to."

"Don't touch that coat!" Regina warns her but it's too late and Emma's hand is grabbing the coat.

"EMMA!" Regina screams and Henry and her both watch the blonde woman in front of them disappear.

"Shit." Henry whispers and his mother is too shocked to even scold him about it.