"Alright,everybody line up." ordered Benson looking at his list.
Mordecai,Rigby and the other park empoloyees did as they were told.
"Muscle Man and Hi Five Ghost,i saw you did all the park work i told you to do."
"You know it bro."
"Good. Skips,did you make those little figurines of a baby Jesus,Mary and the three kings?"
"Mhm. I placed them under the fir."
"Thank you Skips. Pops,did you do all the Inner decorations?"
"Oh,why of course!With such joy,suck joy,such joy!" he laughed.
Benson frowned and looked up,"Did you eat anything sweet Pops?"
"I coulden't stay away from the strawberry pudding with cream on top!I eat 10 cups. Mostly the cream." he explained.
"No more sugar for you today Pops." decited Benson and looked back at his paper.
"Oh.." Pops made a sad face.
"Thomas,how's the food?" asked Benson,ignoring the almost crying Pops.
"I finished everything except for the turkey and potato salad. I figured it would be for the best if i.."
"WHAT?! You didn't do what i told you to do?!" Benson crushed the paper in his hand.
Rigby frowned,"Chill will ya?We still have lots of time before the guests arrive. Why do you have to be such a jerk?"
"Yeah. I'm with Rigby." said Mordecai,"You should just relax,it's Christmas dude!"
Benson sighed,"You're right. I'm sorry. I just really want this eve to be perfect."
"It will be." said Mordecai.
"Did you all invite your family over?"
"Yeah."
"Um. I still think it was a bad idea to call over both of my parents." pointed out Rigby.
"Rigby,we went over this." bellowed Benson,"I don't care if your parents are divorced,they should still both come visit you on Christmas. It's not like they're gonna kill each other or anything."
"Um."
Benson let out a loud sigh,annoyed. Rigby was not the sharpest tool in the shed,but even he knew when to shut up.
knock knock
"I'll get that." said Mordecai and opened the front door.
"Marry Christmas!"
He smiled once he saw Margaret and Eileen standing there with big presents in their hands.
"Heey." he greeted,"Come on in."
They walked insaid and as Eileen went to say 'Hi' to Rigby,Margaret stopped and smiled at Mordecai,"Nice sweater."
Mordecai smiled,"Thanks. My mom made it."
"That's cool. Is she coming?"
"Yeah..." Mordecai closed the door,"I just hope her and dad don't embarass me in front of you." he let out an awkward laugh but his smile went down once he realized what he just said,"I mean!I hope they don't embarass me in front of you..people...plural."
Margaret laughed,"Yeah. Parents can do that sometimes."
Mordecai smiled again and they were looking at each other,"Yeah..." he leaned towards her.
"I brought cupcakes!" they heared Eileen shout.
"You know who else will bring cupcakes?" asked Muscle Man,holding in his chuckle,"MY MOM!" he laughed then made a serious face,"No seriously,she's bringing cupcakes too."
"Enough with the mom jokes already." said Benson then looked over to Margaret,"Can you and Eileen help Mordecai and Rigby finish diner?"
"Aw,what!I thought that was Thomases job!" complained Rigby.
Margaret smiled at their boss,"Sure,i'd be glad to help."
"Me too!" agreed Eileen.
Benson smiled then went upstairs to finish some other work.
Rigby crossed his arms,"This blows."
Eileen put her hand on Rigbys shoulder,"Aww,don't worry Rigby. I'll do all your work. You won't have to cook anything.I promise."
"Good. Cause i don't even know how to."
Eileen giggled.
They four friends went to the kitchen. Rigby curled up on a chair,letting out a yawn,"Wake me up when it's done."
Mordecai usually woulden't let this slide,but he was so excited about cooking with Margaret that his friends laziness didn't bother him.
"So um..where do we start?"
"First we need to wash and dry the turkey. I can do that while you and Margaret chop some onions into quarters." suggested Eileen.
"Okay." said Mordecai then looked over to Margaret,"Ready to crrry Margaret?" he asked in a playful voice.
Margaret giggled,"Ready when you are."
"Alrighty." Mordecai took a box of onions off the shelf and placed it on the counter. He took two onions out and gave one to Margaret.
"Thanks for the present." joked Margaret and took a knife,she started chopping.
Mordecai did the same. He could feel his eyes burn the moment he cut into the onion,but he continued always.
"Mordecai?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?You're crying."
"Oh.." Mordecai wiped off his tears,"Heh,sorry."
Margaret giggled,"It's alright."
The doorbell rang.
Eileen dropped the turey in the sink and opened the door from the kitchen to see who came.
It was Muscle Mom holding cupcakes,John, Hi five ghost's father and brother.
She closed the door and went back to washing the turkey. When she was done she dryed it off,"How are the onlions?"
"They'll be ready in a sec!" said Margaret.
The doorbell rang again and Eileen run to the door once more. This time Thomases mother,Sher walked in. She watched as she hugged her son then closed the door.
"What now?" asked Mordecai once they were done chopping the onions.
"I'll peel and chop two carrots,Margaret,you cut 2 garlic bulbs in halve and Mordecai,you cut one lemon into quarters."
"Hmm. This is not the first time you're making turkey,is it?" asked Margaret.
"I was in the cooking class. I always sighed up for a lot of things in school."
They started doing what Eileen told them to do. After a while it rang again.
Eileen grinned and run out of the kitchen. She frowned as she saw Bensons family and Audrey.
Benson started to hug his parents. Eileen let out a slight smile and got back into the kitchen.
Rigby set up and streched,his eyes were closed,"Fooooood." he opend his eyes and looked over to his friends,"Is the food ready yet?I'm starving!" he got up and walked to the counter.
"Not yet." said Mordecai,"You know. It would go faster if you did something."
"Nah,i'm good." the raccon stood there watching Eileen cook,he smiled,"You'll be a good wife to some lazy bum one day." he thought it was a compliment.
Eileen blushed and Mordecai and Margaret started laughing.
Rigby frowned,"What's so funny?"
"You..haha..you haha..nothing dude." Mordecai coulden't let the words out because he was too busy laughing.
Rigby keept frowning.
Ding-dong
"I'll get it!" said Eileen and run out of the kitchen and to the front door. She opened it and saw two blue jays and a male raccon at the door,"You must be Mordecai's parents." she turned to the male raccon,smiling,"And you must be Rigby's dad."
"Ello." greeted the raccon,he had a scottish accent"Where's me son?"
Rigby and Mordecai walked to them,"I'm right here dad." said Rigby smiling.
Rigby's father smiled and gave his son a pat on the back,he was much taller then Rigby.
"Mom." Mordecai hugged his mother,"My raining sunshine!" she said. Once they were done hugging,Mordecai looked over to his father,"dad." His father reached a hand out.
Mordecai smiled and was about to handshake but then his dad removed his hand,"Psych!" he laughed.
"Yeah..hah.." let out Mordecai,unsurely.
"They turkey is in the oven!" shouted Margaret.
"Awesome!" said Rigby.
They all went to sit by the table. All but Eileen who was looking trough the window,having her hopes up.
"You really miss your parents,ha?"
Eileen turned around and saw her best friend standing there. She smiled,"Yeah. Job is their number one priority so i don't get to see them much."
Margaret smiled,"I'm sure they'll be here soon."
The doorbell rang again.
"Maybe that's them!" said Margaret and Eileen grinned then opened the door.
"Hey!You're my brother's friend!" said Don and opened his arms,"Give me some sugar!"
"Umm.." Eileen was confused for a second but gave him a hug anyways.
It was a long lasting hug then Eileen feelt someone pulling her away. It was Rigby,frowning,"Hey.. Don." he said in an angry tone.
"Rigbone!Give me some sugar!"
Rigby glared at him.
Don frowned,"Did i do something?"
Rigby ignored his question and turned to his mother who was also standing there,"Mom."
His mother smiled and gave him a tight hug,"Aww..i missed you!"
"Ay bird!"
"Oh no..." said Rigby and they broke from the hug and turned. The male raccon was standing there,he was talking to Rigby's mother,"You looking quite fine,Phoebe."
The femail raccon narrowed her eyes,"Lesley.." she looked back at Rigby,"What is HE doing here?"
"Uhh..let's just go sit at the table." suggested Rigby and pushed his dad to his set then set down himself.
Thomas served the food that was already done.
"Oh yeah!Chicken wings!" shouted Muscle Mom and started to pig out on it. The sous was dripping down her mouth.
Rigby made a disgusted expression.
Mordecai's mother sighed.
"Is there anything wrong...umm.." Benson didn't know her name.
"Gaia."
"Gaia?"
"Yes..something is wrong.." she looked like she was about to cry. Her husband wraped his arm around her.
"It's just that.." she continued,"I think it's really really WRONG to kill another living being just so we can eat meet." she wiped her eyes which were filed with tears,"Do you know how many animals are pith every year just so you people can.." she buried her face in her husband's chest as she cryed,"I'm sorry."
Everyone started at her while Mordecai just facepalmed.
As his wife was not looking,Mordecai's dad took a chicken wing and started eating it.
"You know which animal i woulden't mind pithing?" asked Phoebe smiling. She grebbed a french frie with her fork,"My ex husband. I woulden't eat him though,because he stinks." she put it in her mouth.
"That's quite smart of ya Phoebe. I haven't taken a shower ever since we broke up."
"Because you missed me?"
"Because i love the smell you left on me."
Rigbys mother tryed to hide her blush,"You..you love the way i smell?"
"Of course bird. You know how much i love the smell of fresh garbage in the morning."
Phoebe started to grit her teeth.
"Uhh..alright. Hey! How about we change the subject?" asked Benson,smiling uncomfortably.
"You know who else wants to change the subject?" grinned Muscle Man then pointed a finger at his mother,"MY MOM!"
"It's true." said Muscle Mom.
Mordecai's dad took off his sunglasses,grinning,"I have a funny story to tell."
Mordecai looked at his dad with a scared,sad expression,"Please don't."
"When Mordecai was 7 yeras old,we went to the pool. Gaia told him to go to the bathroom before we head there. And he just woulden't listen." he chuckled,"After a three hour ride,du to the trafic, we finally got there. Me and my wife watched our son swim for a while when suddenly i noticed the water around him started to get red. You see,the water was programed to change color when someone pees in it. And Mordecai thought it was blood! He was swimming like crazy ,yelling 'Dad,help me!iI'm dying!' And everyone around him was either laughing or saying 'Ew'. Mordecai was terrified."
He laughed and pulled a few photos out of his pocket,"Here,i took pictures!"
Mordecai dropped his head on the table,in embarrassment.
Margaret looked at Mordecai,sadly.
Rigby,his father and Mich were grinning.
Rigby took the photos and started checking them out with Muscle Man,"Oh man!This is hilarious!" there were pictured of Mordecai trying to swim away from the red water,and even one of him accidentally getting some of it into his mouth."
Muscle Man laughed.
"You think that's funny?" asked Bensons dad,angrily.
"Oh no. Don't start dad." prayed Benson.
"No, i have to say this.. " he looked at Mordecai's dad,"What is the matter with you?!What kind of a father are you?! YOUR CHILD THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BLEED TO DEATH FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"
Mordecai's father laughed again,"I know!Hilarious right?"
"NO,IT'S NOT YOU IDIOT!" yelled Benson's mom.
Gaia frowned,"Don't say such mean things to my husband."
"YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY!" pointed out Benson's dad,ignoring Gaia.
The Muscle family was pigging out while listening to the argument. Phoebe was busy glaring at Lesley.
All of those things went trough Bensons head and he finally burst,"Everybody just SHUT UP!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"I wanted this evening to be perfect!But you!" he pointed to Rigby's mom,"And you!" finger on Rigby's dad. He countined pointing fingers,"You,you,you and..." he pointed at his family,"YOU! Ruined EVERYTHING!" Benson stood up,dropping his napkin. He walked outside to get some air.
He set on the stair letting out a frustraiding sigh.
Back at the house,things were pretty quiet. Some were eating while others were just sitting there,thinking about what they did.
Rigby looked around and noticed Eileen was missing,he stood up and went to the kitchen. He found here sitting on a chair with a very sad expression on her face.
Rigby set besides her,"What's wrong?"
Eileen looked at him and smiled slightly,"Oh,it's nothing..really..i mean my parents just called and said they can't make it because of work but it's cool. It's totally ...cool." her voice broke and she put her hands over her eyes as she started to cry. Rigby watched her,not sure how to comfort her.
Eileen continued crying into her hands.
"Hey Eileen."
She put her hands away and saw Rigby with a pan made out of metal on his head. He had a serious expression,"I'm not sure where my parents went wrong,but i'm a metalhead."
Eileen blinked and started at him for a few seconds then started to laugh a little.
Rigby grinned as the joke worked. He took the cup of salt and started spilling it over himself,"Don't laugh,you're insulting me!"
Eileen laughed harder.
Meanwhile,Audrey opened the front door and saw Benson sitting on the stairs. She closed the door and set by him,gaving him a smile,"Hey."
"Hey." said Benson,not turning to her.
"What's up?"
He sighed and looked down,"Just..uncluttering my mind."
"Oh,that's cool."
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"I wanted this evening to be perfect..but i failed. It's a disaster."
Audrey frowned and touched his chin,"Hey. Look at me."
Benson looked at her.
"It's not your fault."
He took her hand and put it down,"It is. I'm the host." he walked to the door,"Go home Audrey,i'll tell everyone else to leave as well. This so called 'party' is over."
Just as he was about to go back insaid,the door hit him in the face and he fell down. All of the guests run out.
Benson got back up,"What is going on?!"
Mordecai and Rigby pointed at the house. Benson turned and saw the red,orange flames coming out of the windows. He gasped and breathed,"What the.."
"Sorry,we forgot about the turkey." apologized Eileen.
"You're ...sorry.." Benson turned around,his head turned red as he started shouting,"YOU JUST MADE THE WHOLE HOUSE GO ON FIRE! AND IT'S GONNA BURN DOWN!"
"Hey!Don't talk to her like that!" said Rigby with a huge frown on his face.
"AND YOU!" Benson pointed at Rigby,"YOU'RE FIRED!" he put his finger down and looked at Moredaci,"You too Mordecai. You can go back to living with your psycho parents because I'M GIVING YOU A RESTRAINING ORDER!"
Phoebe rolled her eyes and held Rigbys and Dons hands like they were little kids,"Let's go." she started pulling them to the car.
Lesley frowned,"No you don't." he pulled them back,"Rigby,Don." he smiled,"How about we go back to me place,eh? Have some guy time,eh?"
The femail raccon glared at her ex husband and pulled her sons back,"No. They are coming with me!"
Lesley pulled them away again,"No. they are coming with me."
Rigby held back his tears as his arms were stretched ,"Too much love hurts..i know that now."
Everyone started to walk to their car.
"That's right. LEAVE!" snarled Benson.
"The car won't open." pointed out Muscle Mom.
"Hey,mine won't either!" said Sher.
They all noticed that their car was stuck.
"I'm not surprised." said Skips,"It's really cold. The handles must had froze. We need to get help."
"No we don't." said Mordecai's dad and started to pull the handle with all his strength.
"Daniel,stop that!" ordered Gaia ,"I'm with the big,harry,white guy. We should go get help." she joined her hands and grinned,"Together."
No one except Don and Pops seemed excited about it,but they didn't have much of a choice.
Phoebe sighed,"Alright."
"I'm with them.." said Bensons mother,crossing her arms,"I guess."
"Good. But i only have 3 flashlights so some of you will have to stay here."
"I don't mind staying here." said Thomas.
"Yeah. I don't mind either." said Hi five ghost.
"Guess we're staying here then." said Hi five ghost's brother.
"Alright." Skips threw one flashlight to Daniel and one to Muscle Man,"The rest of you,follow me." he started to walk,or rather 'skip' away.
Everyone except Thomas,Sher, the Ghost family and Benson,went after him.
Audrey turned around,"You coming Benson?"
Benson looked at the burning house,his angry expression turned into a sad one,he sighed.
Audrey watched him for a while then turned away.
"Audrey.." Benson sighed again,"Wait."
Audrey smiled as Benson walked to her and they followed the others.
They walked into the forest when they started to hear the 'Oh Christmas Tree' song coming from the distance.
"That's strange." said Rigby,"Why would anyone sing this song in the forest,in the middle of a night?"
"I bet it's just some kids,trying to scare people." suspected Mordecai.
As they keept walking,the song started getting louder.
Pops started to shiver in fear.
"This is creeping me out,dude." said Rigby.
"Just ignore it." suggested his best friend when suddenly he bumped into his mother.
He noticed everyone stopped,"What gives?"
Gaia pointed to the Santa Claus like Ghost,it was glaring at them. And had sharp teeth.
Now everyone was either gasping or shaking,or both.
"You have upset the Christmas spirit!" shouted the ghost and everyone screamed.
The ghost flew above their heads,expand then turned into something that seemed like snow. Once it fell on them,they all stopped screaming and fell onto the snow covered ground. After that,everything went blank.