Lumière soon led Belle, Chip, Ron W, Hermione, and the team and I to a door of a tower. When we opened the door we saw a very long staircase leading up the tower. To pass the time, Chip started counting the stairs that led to the top of the tower.

"1001, 1002, 1003" Chip continued. "Are we there yet?"

"Not yet." Belle sighed.

"Oh boy there sure are a lot of stairs here." Chip commented before continuing: "1007, 1008, 1009, 1010…."

After many more stairs, we reached the attic where we saw countless boxes and other items.

"Hello?" Belle said. "Hello?"

"Anyone home?" Patrick said.

Hearing the slight sound of bells, I looked around but couldn't see anyone.

"Do not be afraid mes ami, it is I Lumière." Lumière said. "We have come to pay you a little visit."

Hearing the creaking of a trunk door opening, Chip and I turned around, causing Ron W, Hermione, and the team to turn around too, and we saw an angel decoration looking out. Startled, Chip ducked around Belle's leg.

"Lumière?" The angel said.

"Angelique." Lumière said to the angel.

"Ah, Lumière finally." Angelique the angel said as she left the trunk.

A group of ball ornaments, a candy cane ornament, and a tree ornament followed her with excited chattering. Ron W, Hermione, and the team and I were surprised, Beast still has Christmas decorations? If he hates Christmas so much why did he keep them? Guess he forgot about them. Or maybe Harry secretly kept them.

"I though we were to be locked away in this dusty attic forever." Angelique added.

"Ah Angelique mon amour." Lumière sighed as he dipped her and kissed her on the face. "Your eyes are still so lovely after all these years."

"Lumière please, you'll tarnish the halo." Angelique said as she broke away with a smile.

Belle cleared her throat.

"Oh yes," Lumière said, remembering his manners. "This is Belle and Miranda and her friends, our guests."

"Hello Belle; Hello Miranda." The ornaments said one-by-one.

"Pleased to meet you." Belle said.

"Hi; Hello." Ron W, Hermione, and the team and I said, one-by-one.

"And this is Angelique," Lumière continued. "She is the castle decorator."

"You mean was the castle decorator." Angelique corrected. "I am not responsible for this Baroque atrocity. When I was in charge, the castle was full of light and beauty."

"But cherie, that is why we have come." Lumière explained. "Gather around mes enfants, we are planning the greatest Christmas celebration ever!"

All the ornaments cheered, but Angelique didn't look happy.

"No, stop!" Angelique ordered.

Startled, the ornaments did.

"What is it cherie?" Lumière asked.

"Why do you raise my hopes – I, I mean their hopes, only to have them dashed?" Angelique said. "Well, no more."

Angelique started to leave. Disappointed, the ornaments started following her.

"But it's Christmas Eve." Belle said. "Without you we'll never get the castle decorated in time."

"Ha! Christmas? *Hmph!*" Angelique scoffed. "I refuse to hope for it anymore. I will not be disappointed again."

"What is wrong with everyone around here?" Kirsten muttered to the others.

They only shrugged back.

"But this is to be the greatest celebration ever." Lumière pleaded. "We cannot do it without you."

"But of course you cannot." Angelique said smugly. "Christmas takes planning and organization. No, no, I won't do it! It won't change anything!"

"I believe it will." Belle and I said, preparing to sing.

One detail you should keep in mind: I believe hope and love are equally strong.

BELLE AND I:

There is more to this time of year
Than sleigh bells and holly
Mistletoe and snow
Those things come and go
Much deeper than snow
Stronger than the strongest love we'll know
We'll ever know

Belle and I then pulled on the rope that opens the door to the only window in the whole attic. The ornaments gasped at the light, obviously not having seen it for years. A wind-full of snow then blew in and swirled around a couple of the ornaments, causing them to laugh.

As long as there's Christmas
I truly believe
That hope is the greatest
Of the gifts we'll receive

As long as there's Christmas
We'll all be just fine
A star shines above us
Lighting your way and mine

Belle and I led everyone to the door and down the stairs. The tree ornament tripped, so Belle lowered her hands so that it could hop into them. She then carried it until we reached the bottom of the stairs. When we all left the tower, we went through the hallways to the ballroom where the party was being set up. We did have to stop at one point to hide though when we saw Beast and Harry going down a hallway parallel to ours. Belle had just finished her last line at this point, and Harry heard it and decided to investigate…fortunately without Beast noticing.

"Hey guys, what are you up to…oh, planning a Christmas celebration?" Harry said as he caught up with us.

We all just looked nervous for a few moments….

"It's all right!" Harry laughed. "I was only silent during the previous Christmases because you guys weren't here. It didn't seem worth it to celebrate because of that, but now it is. Come on, let's go!"

He ran ahead, and we followed with relief. Cogsworth however was a bit surprised when he found Harry joining in on the decorating, but the other servants were happy that Harry had finally gotten the Christmas spirit. Apparently whatever made Beast and Angelique extra-unhappy during the Christmas season wasn't going to hold Harry back from the celebrations now that we're here to help him celebrate. I guess Lumière's long ago statement about things being dull until we arrived was true.

As we continued making our way to the ballroom we got into an excited discussion about how we were going to help Belle and the servants decorate. Fortunately, Rip and the others somehow became solid enough to hang decorations and things like that. It was decided that we should just use our talents for whatever was needed, flyers hanging ceiling decorations for example.

Most of the rest of the castle soon got into the song:

COGSWORTH:
Just as long as there's Christmas
There will be Christmas pud
Tons of turkey

MRS. POTTS:
And cranberry sauce
And mince pies if we're good

Cogsworth was on the stairs carrying some of the wine glasses on a tray. The ornaments went down the stairs past him and soon passed Mrs. Potts, a creamer, a sugar jar, and a coffeepot. The ornaments then reached the table where the rest of us were.

LUMIÈRE:
Lots of logs on the fire

ORNAMENTS:
Lots of gifts on the tree
All wrapped up in red ribbons

"Wonder if there's one for me." Chip said, looking through some empty boxes.

COGSWORTH:
We're due for a party
Where on earth do we start?

Lumière was tending to the fireplace in the room along with a couple of fire pokers. When the song got to the ribbons part, a couple of ornaments wrapped Angelique in a ribbon – complete with a bow – which she did not look happy about. Cogsworth was coming back down the stairs with some more wine glasses, but they all ended up covered in a red carpet that was rolling down the stairs. They managed to make it out fortunately.

FEATHER DUSTER:
I may wear my tiara
You bought me in Monmarte

COGSWORTH:
All the silver will sparkle

MRS. POTTS:
And the china will gleam

LUMIÈRE:
And we'll be all shiny as
A brand new centime

CHIP:
After dinner we'll play games

MRS. POTTS:
'Til the morning
Right through

LUMIÈRE:
Then we'll meet in the garden
This is what we shall do

ORNAMENTS:
We will build

CHIP AND ORNAMENTS:
We'll build a snowman
That'll reach to the sky

BELLE AND I:
It will stay up, until July

The feather duster was overseeing the position of a moving chandelier that was being controlled by the coffeepot via lever. Cogsworth was overseeing the silverware, which was flying out of their containers, while Mrs. Potts was overseeing the china dishes as they flew out of the cabinet. The silverware and china then landed on the table after Penny S used her wand to lay a tablecloth down. Chip was riding a wreath that Snap used his wand to hang while Mrs. Potts was helping to make a gingerbread house. Lumière circled around in the middle of some dancing poinsettias, plates, and gift boxes. Chip then rode in the pocket of one of the stockings that Hermione was hanging.

Lumière started using a burnt match to draw picture decorations on the walls…but was soon out of that job thanks to Rudy and Sagwa's better drawing skills. Rudy was actually very impressed with Sagwa's drawings despite his professional talent for drawing. Sagwa, even though she appreciated his compliments, took them humbly since drawing with tails runs in her family. She also highly complimented Rudy's drawing skills, which he humbly brushed off as being the result of practice.

The ornaments and Chip at first admired the drawings, and then the ornaments went back to work. Nutcracker soldiers came to life and marched around the table to go to their positions as decorations. Angelique, who had already escaped the ribbon that was tied around her, was suddenly carried high into the air by an already-tied bow.

"What are you doing?" Angelique asked the bow with an annoyed tone. "Stop, stop, stop. Put me down, put me down. *Uh*, this is ridiculous. Everyone knows that the lights go on first."

Gift boxes, mini containers of logs, plates, and other various items started stacking themselves on top of each other. The bow started carrying Angelique higher up.

"I don't want to go all the way up there on the top." Angelique complained in a calm tone.

Ornaments then started hanging themselves onto the stack of items and Belle and I helped them. The rest of the team joined in the singing at this point.

ALL:
As long as there's Christmas
I truly believe
That hope is the greatest
Of the gifts we'll receive

As long as there's Christmas
We'll all be just fine
There'll always be Christmas

BELLE AND I:
So there always will be a time
When the world is filled with peace and love

The chandelier finally got into the right position – on top of the stack – and that's where Angelique was put. Reluctantly that is. Ron W, Hermione and the team then realized that the stack was supposed to represent a Christmas tree.

"We're gonna have the greatest Christmas ever!" Chip declared excitedly.

"Oh I hope so Chip." Belle replied.

"Of course we will." I smiled.

Suddenly, the stack of items clattered to the floor, causing most of us to flinch. Lumière soon appeared out of the pile.

"You on the left! You on the right!" Lumière ordered excitedly. "Follow me, there is decorating to be done!"

Cogsworth then came up with muffled shouts before he managed to pull a green sock off his head.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Cogsworth agreed quickly. "But keep in mind: the master mustn't find out."

That caused Harry to realize that he should check on Beast, and Camera followed him.