"Oh, I do hope Father Christmas comes soon." Annie hoped, using the British term for Santa Claus.
"Oh, trust me, he will be here on Christmas Day." Atticus smiled.
"You still believe in Santa Claus?" Hallie asked her twin.
"Well, of course," Annie shrugged. "Christmas is the most magical time of the year."
"Indeed it is." Atticus smiled.
"It is the most wonderful time of the year..." Annie swayed in her step. "Going to the opera with Grandfather to see a show... Trying out new Winter Wardrobes with Mum..."
"How about you, Hallie?" Darla smiled.
"Usually Dad and I just cozy up together and watch movies," Hallie shrugged with a small smile. "Of course with some hot chocolate and I have my favorite snack."
"Peanut butter and Oreos." Darla remembered.
"Yep." Hallie nodded.
"The classic." Annie agreed.
Darla took out a present. "What I like to do is open one present on Christmas Eve night."
"And then save the rest of the presents for Christmas Day." Atticus smiled.
"That is fun." Domino agreed as he stood between Annie and Hallie.
"It makes it a very special and Mele Kalikimaka." Darla smiled.
The others looked confused.
"Oh, sorry, that's Hawaiian for 'Merry Christmas'," Darla explained. "My friend Lilo taught it to me."
"Ohh." The twins said, now understanding.
"You spent Christmas in Hawaii, Darla?" Domino asked.
"Well, it was a temporary thing, but yeah," Darla replied. "Mostly to help Lilo and Stitch catch Experiment 025."
"Wasn't he that star top experiment?" Patch asked.
"Yeah, Topper." Darla nodded.
"Sounds like a nice guy." Hallie said.
"You guys sometimes remind me of Lilo's newest friend who moved to the island before our adventures ended, her name's Victoria." Darla smiled to the redheaded twins.
"Victoria?" Annie replied. "That name sounds familiar."
"She was so nice." Patch said.
"I just wish she came to Hawaii sooner..." Darla sighed.
"Did she have any pets?" Domino asked.
"Not until we introduced her to Snooty, right, Patch?" Darla smiled.
"That's right." Patch nodded.
Hallie and Annie were still curious, but decided to not let it bother them much.
"It's getting late, girls." Cherry looked at the time.
"Dang it, she's right." Oddball frowned.
"Aww..." Darla pouted.
"Well, I'm going home, see you guys tomorrow." Cherry waved as she left the Fudo house.
"I wonder what the Santa Pups are doing right now?" Patch said to himself.
Meanwhile at the North Pole...
"Have any of you seen Puppy Paws?" An older Noble asked his sisters.
"Puppy Paws?" the others asked.
"Yeah, you know, our little brother?" Noble asked them, hoping they would remember.
"Oh, yeah..." the sisters replied then.
"I dunno, maybe he needs help." Hope replied as she looked ready for anything.
"Now, now, let's not get crazy." Charity said to her.
"I found him." Jingle said as she looked out and saw their youngest sibling riding on Santa's sleigh.
"Where is he then?" Noble asked.
"He's on the sleigh." Jingle replied nonchalantly.
"THE SLEIGH?!" The Santa Pups soon yelped out together.
They all soon rushed out and where their crystals soon used Christmas magic to teleport onto the sleigh.
Puppy Paws turned to see his brother and sisters.
"There you are!" Noble scolded.
"Oh, hey, guys." Puppy Paws greeted before doing a loopdaloop.
"Puppy, get off of this sleigh, it's for Dad and Santa." Jingle scolded.
"Oh, come on, this is just for fun when it's not used for practice or the deliveries." Puppy Paws told them while having fun.
"Yeah, but what if something happens?" Hope asked.
"Aw, come on!" Puppy Paws replied. "What could possibly go wrong?"
"The sleigh could crash into something as hard as a rock." Charity said.
"Ah, stop worrying, nothing will happen." Puppy Paws smiled as he took control.
"Fine." The older Santa pups groaned.
"Thank you," Puppy Paws smiled as he then did his thing which would only end in disaster. "Hey, you guys ever wanna meet the Buddies? They sound perfect!"
"I don't know, Puppy Paws; one of them is on the naughty list." Noble said.
"Naughty list?" Puppy Paws asked.
"Yeah, Budderball is on the naughty list." Noble told him.
"Well, I still wanna meet the Buddies." Puppy Paws replied.
"You are not going anywhere!" Charity told him. "The only one out of the North Pole right now is Eli!"
"But you guys got to go out into the world once." Puppy Paws pouted.
"Puppy Paws..." Noble sighed.
After a ride on the sleigh, they all landed. Puppy Paws hooted and hollered out of fun.
"I think I lost my lunch." Hope groaned from the ride.
"That surely was interesting..." Jingle shivered. "Now then, let's get back to the workshop before Dad notices we're missing."
"I agree." Noble said.
"That sounds good, besides, we need to take a rest after that last run." An older Rudolph panted.
"Oops, sorry, Rudy!" Puppy Paws chuckled sheepishly.
"Come on, Puppy Paws, let's get inside." Noble said to their younger brother.
"Yes, Noble." Puppy Paws pouted.
"Blitzen, Donner, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Rudolph," Charity checked out the reindeer. "All right, you're all here."
"You know, I heard in one universe, I don't exist." Rudolph pouted.
"Whoa." The Santa Pups gulped.
"I know..." Rudolph replied.
"Ah, don't think like that," Puppy Paws soothed. "We know you're real, I mean, you're famous with your red nose!"
"Thanks, little buddy." Rudolph smiled down.
The Santa Pups soon went inside where all of the elves were working.
"Now, we don't want you wandering off again." Noble warned.
"Yes, Noble." Puppy Paws replied.
Puppy Paws then saw the mechanism that made everything go from slow, medium, to fast and where he saw this as a way of having fun. The elves all sang together as they were getting to work as it was almost Christmas Eve.
"Now, Puppy Paws, please stay out of trouble," Noble said before he and his sisters looked down to see that he wasn't next to them anymore. "Where'd he go?"
The sisters looked all around.
"Now where is he?" Hope groaned.
They all soon gasped once they saw him at the machine.
"He wouldn't..." Charity said out of fear.
Puppy Paws looked eager.
"Puppy Paws, no!" Noble and his sisters called out.
Puppy Paws soon turned the machine onto fast.
"Oh, no..." Noble and his sisters gulped.
Puppy Paws smiled at what he was doing and where he even found what was going on fun for a little while.
"PUPPY PAWS!" Noble and the other Santa Pups yelled out.
"Uh-oh..." Puppy Paws frowned as he knew he was in trouble once everyone saw him at the machine after they all tried to keep up with the toy speed.
The Santa Pups went after their brother to stop him, but they appeared to be too late.
"Puppy Paws." Eli and Eddy said disappointed.
"Oops..." Noble pouted.
Later on, they were soon in a different room with Santa Claus and Santa Paws. Santa looked down and smiled to the puppies and they smiled back, but he was also disappointed in Puppy Paws as was Santa Paws. Puppy Paws pouted as he was in trouble. Santa Paws came over to his puppies.
"Hi, Dad..." The Santa Pups and Puppy Paws greeted.
"Hello, Pups." Santa Paws greeted.
The Santa Pups just knew that their younger brother would get a talking to.
"You may all go, Puppy Paws, we need to talk." Santa Paws replied.
"Yes, Dad." The Santa Pups replied, so Noble went off with his sisters while the youngest would stay behind.
Puppy Paws frowned as he knew that he was in trouble. Santa Paws then came into one room with Santa Claus and the others.
"Puppy Paws, I am very disappointed in what you did to the workshop and wasted a whole day of work." Santa Paws began.
"I was just trying to have some fun." Puppy Paws frowned.
"We're very upset with you and now we're another day behind schedule!" Eddy scolded.
"You know how hard they work, getting ready." Santa Paws added firmly.
"I didn't realize it would cause such havoc." Puppy Paws pouted.
The Santa Pups were listening in on what was going on so they wouldn't have to be kept in suspense of what was going to be said.
"You should be thinking about how important Christmas is to children and puppies all around the world," Santa Paws told his youngest. "It's our responsibility to deliver good puppies the gift they wished for the entire year."
"You mean yours, Noble's, Charity's, Hope's, and Jingle's responsibility; I just want to be a regular pup." Puppy Paws spoke up.
"You're grounded until further notice," Santa Paws decided. "That means no playing fetch with the elves, no flying with the reindeer..."
"I wish Christmas would just go away!" Puppy Paws angrily pouted.
"Puppy Paws!" Santa Paws gasped. "What a horrible thing to say!"
Puppy Paws just left without another word as he felt very heartbroken.
"Do you think I was too hard on him?" Santa Paws asked Santa Claus.
"Maybe just a smidge a bit, but I'm sure he'll get over it." Santa Claus replied as Eli nodded a little in agreement.
"And I think a group of pups need to learn not to listen into conversations." Eddy said before opening the door to show the Santa Pups.
The Santa Pups looked nervous then. Santa Paws sighed to them. The Santa Pups soon smiled nervously.
"I'll talk with you all later..." Santa Paws sighed to his other puppies. "You may all go now."
The Santa Pups soon left the room. Santa Paws sighed as he hoped that his puppies would all understand this someday. Puppy Paws was beginning to think about running away from home to be a normal puppy. Of course, the Santa Pups already understood this and where they followed Puppy Paws to the Christmas Icicle to see what he was going to do there.
"Santa Paws, Mr. Claus, we got the systems ready for a letter check." Eli walked over, dressed as a postman as the two were going over the naughty list and Budderball was in it for eating the Thanksgiving turkey and where it looked like he was in big trouble with the family.
Puppy Paws was on his way out as his father was with the jolly old elf that the humans looked up to and where he came to the Christmas Icicle, having a wish in mind. This could not be good for the North Pole and the Spirit of Christmas. The Santa Pups soon decided to overhear what Puppy Paws's wish would be.
"I don't wanna be responsible for Christmas," Puppy Paws spoke up as the icicle dripped sparkles. "I just wanna be an ordinary puppy. I wish Christmas would just disappear."
"No!" The Santa Pups whimpered.
There was then a crack in the Christmas Icicle.
"That's not good..." Hope whimpered.
"No, it's not." Noble shook his head to his sisters.
Puppy Paws then went back into the workshop.
"This naughty list gets thicker every year..." Santa Claus sighed.
"Puppy Paws just doesn't understand the true meaning of Christmas," Santa Paws replied. "How could we expect other puppies to?"
Puppy Paws soon made sure that he wasn't seen as he entered and where he was going to sneak a peak into the naughty list while his Dad and his father's master didn't notice. Santa Claus and Santa Paws looked at the naughty puppy list at first. Puppy Paws began to wait for the mention of one of the Buddies.
"Bubba, Destruction of Property, Chewing Shoes, 17 Cases..." Santa Claus read at first.
"Oh, my, that is naughty all right," Santa Paws nodded. "And how about our old friend Patch? I doubt he'd be in the naughty list, he's always been such a good young pup and will be a great grown dog in the future."
"And where you're right, I don't see his name anywhere in the naughty list." Santa Claus said.
"I didn't think so," Santa Paws replied. "Anything on the other dalmatians?"
"Um, let me narrow down the search..." Santa Claus said before going to Patch's niece and nephews from Dottie and Dipstick. "Oddball, looks up to her Uncle Patch a whole lot and wants to be like him when she grows up. The only offense so far is wetting the carpet by accident when Jessica had orientation that lasted longer than it should've."
"The life of a dog with a college student master." Santa Paws sighed.
"Well, I think we can let that one slide." Santa Claus smiled before he used the Christmas magic from his magic crystal and where Oddball's name was removed from the naughty list.
"Just a small offense..." Santa Paws agreed.
"Domino is much happier with those twins who were once separated at birth..." Santa Claus nodded. "We don't hear much from Little Dipper anymore."
Puppy Paws began to hope one of the Buddies would be mentioned soon.
"Budderball..." Santa Claus looked to the biggest of the Air Buddies. "Offense: Gluttony... Eating the Thanksgiving Turkey."
The book showed Budderball eating the whole turkey and was soon in the canister as the chef brought dinner for the rich family.
"Budderball!" Bartleby pouted to his puppy.
That was the one name Puppy Paws was waiting to hear.
"Pretty big appetite for a pup." Santa Paws commented.
"I have a feeling Budderball's tummy always leads to naughtiness." Santa Claus replied with a sigh.
"Now, where did that pup go?" Noble asked as him and his sisters came in.
"I thought I saw him by the dollhouse." Jingle looked ahead.
"Let's go to the dollhouse then." Hope said.
"Come on then." Charity nodded.
"Santa Paws, Mr. Claus, we got the truck ready for a system's check." Eli came over with Eddy.
The Santa Pups soon came over to the dollhouse to see if Puppy Paws was there.
As soon as the old man and his dog left, Puppy Paws came over to the book to check out Budderball's page. "Hmm... 'Budderball: One of the five Air Buddies, he has three brothers: MudBud, B-Dawg, and Buddha. And a little sis Rosebud, and has a girlfriend named Oddball who is the niece of the original 101 Dalmatians. They live in Fernfield, Washington. Each with their own families'. Regular, ordinary, fun-loving pups! They sound perfect!" he then bit the page out of the book and ran off with it.
"We're going to follow him, aren't we?" Hope asked Noble.
"Would you like to come with me?" Noble asked his sisters since he was going to be doing that anyway.
"Sure, besides, it could be an adventure." Charity said.
"I do like adventure, and this is our brother we're talking about." Hope added.
"Besides, we might meet Patch again along the way." Jingle said.
"All right, then we'll do it, not just saving our brother, but also saving Christmas." Noble nodded to his sisters.
"Yeah!" Charity, Hope, and Jingle smiled.
Noble then walked with his sisters to get to Puppy Paws.
Santa Claus was talking with Eli the elf as he was about to go out of the North Pole with his mail truck which gave Puppy Paws an idea how to get out of the North Pole and where the Santa Pups knew what that idea was going to be. Eli loaded up as Puppy Paws was secretly going into the trucks, only to be followed by his brother and sisters and where they would all soon end up in Fernfield. No one seemed to notice except all of the Santa Pups.
"Guys?" Puppy Paws muffled as he held Budderball's paper in his mouth.
"We know what you are up to, Puppy Paws." Noble whispered.
"I-I can explain..." Puppy Paws whimpered, fearing he would get in trouble with them.
"And we're coming with you." Charity whispered.
"You are?" Puppy Paws asked.
"Keep it down," Jingle told him. "We don't want Eli or Eddy to hear us."
Soon enough, the doors closed and the truck was now moving out of the North Pole and with some Christmas spirit, they were soon in Fernfield. The lights appeared to go out in Santa's workshop along with some machines powering down.
"Oh, no!" Santa Claus cried out.
And where that happened after the Christmas Icicle broke.
Eli appeared in Washington once it was morning and luckily for him, no one seemed to notice the van magically appearing.
"Fernfield: Where everything is possible," Eli sighed with a smile after he entered. "My kind of place." He then decided to get letters that were to be sent to Santa Claus. When he grabbed a bag, the Santa Pups emerged from the bags as he went into the post office.
"Well, we're here." Noble smiled.
"Hurry, before Eli gets back!" Puppy Paws said before rushing out of the truck to go down the block.
The Santa Pups soon rushed out with him. They hid in the bushes as Eli came back with a full bag and where he soon left with the bag. Eli grunted as he lifted the bag back into the truck and locked it up, he then came to the driver's seat and looked to the meter to see it had gone down somehow. "Holy Christmas spirit!" he then tapped at it and then frowned. "We're almost out of power." He soon drove off.
"This way, guys!" Puppy Paws said as he got out of the bushes and walked down the block.
The Santa Pups soon followed their younger brother. They came down as someone was painting for a Christmas Sale in town. Puppy Paws heard rockabilly music on the radio and used his Christmas magic to turn it into Christmas music.
"Puppy Paws, did you do that?" Charity smiled.
"Yep, isn't it beautiful?" Puppy Paws replied as he smiled back.
The woman tried to turn her radio back to her music, but all she got was a Christmas orchestra.
"Looks like she doesn't want Christmas music." Jingle said.
They then kept walking along.
"This place seems to love Christmas as much as Pineville." Hope said.