Buddha, Rosebud, B-Dawg, and MudBud waited in their usual meeting place and then looked over as Budderball was coming.

"Whoa, when did Budderball get so popular?" B-Dawg asked as he saw several other puppies with their chubby brother.

"Hey, Buddies." Patch smiled.

"Hey, Budderball, glad to see you're not fashionably late this time." Rosebud commented.

"Hey, it's Domino!" MudBud noticed.

"Hey, Buddies." Domino smiled before blushing as he smiled at Rosebud.

"Hi, Domino." Rosebud smiled back to the dalmatian puppy.

"We remember Domino and Oddball, but who're these white fluffy dudes?" MudBud asked.

"Puppy Paws, Noble, Jingle, Charity, Hope," Budderball looked to the Santa Pups before looking to his siblings. "These are the Buddies: The mucky pup is MudBud, the blinged out one is B-Dawg, Buddha usually falls asleep, but he calls it meditation, oh, and Rosebud is our little sis. Don't let the pink bow fool ya, she's feistier than she looks, and these are the Santa Pups, they claim to be Santa Paws's pups from the North Pole."

"Because we are." Noble said.

"If my Uncle Patch says they're from the North Pole, then I believe them!" Oddball defended.

"Yo, you be straight out trippin'!" B-Dawg scoffed. "We ain't fallin' for that!"

"I apologize for my brother," Buddha spoke up. "We've just grown a little skeptical about Christmas."

"Which means they've outgrown believing in Santa Paws if I'm understanding Buddha correctly." Domino said.

"You are correct." Buddha nodded to him.

"They're not alone," Noble sighed. "No one believes in Christmas spirit anymore."

"That's why we're here," Puppy Paws added. "To learn how to be ordinary pups."

"Actually, we're here to keep an eye on Puppy Paws." Charity said.

"I still think it's sad that Christmas spirit is going down for some..." Oddball pouted.

"Don't worry, Oddball, it'll be okay," Patch soothed his niece. "B-Dawg, how about we go to your place to learn how to be 'normal puppies'?"

"Way ahead of ya!" B-Dawg nodded. "Follow me to my crib!"

They all then went to follow after B-Dawg.

"I hope Christmas spirit doesn't affect the humans too much." Oddball whimpered.

At the Butler house...

Cherry rang bells loudly in her parents' bedroom to wake them up.

"Morning, sweetheart." Michelle yawned.

"What's all this loudness about?" Bud groaned slightly.

"Wake up, wake up!" Cherry told her parents. "It's Christmas Eve Eve!"

"You sure are in a happy mood." Michelle smiled.

Cherry then blew a horn which made her parents yelp out.

"I'm not sure if I'm happy or horrified." Bud whispered to his wife.

"Something must be wrong with the Christmas spirit." Michelle whispered back.

Cherry blew a horn as she went out of her room.

"Cherry does care about Christmas, but usually her sister would act this way." Bud replied.

They then decided to check on what was going on at the North Pole through Michelle's crystal ball. Bud went to get dressed while Michelle went into her home office and came back with the crystal ball she had inherited from her mother despite not being a witch herself biologically. After he got dressed, Bud soon came back to his wife to look into the crystal ball. Michelle polished the crystal ball and put in the coordinates to the North Pole.

"So, you believe in Christmas magic, do you?" Bud asked his wife.

"But of course," Michelle smiled. "Especially Rudolph."

It soon showed the state the North Pole was in. Michelle then swayed her fingertips closer to the North Pole.

"I never knew Santa Claus had a dog?" Bud replied.

"I believe they call him Santa Paws," Michelle replied back. "We better check the Christmas Icicle." she then suggested.

"Christmas Icicle?" Bud asked.

"Boy, you have a lot to learn about the magical realm," Michelle told her husband. "My mother is good friends with Jasmine Lee, she's a Te Xuan Ze."

They were soon shown what was left of the Christmas Icicle.

"It looks like it's breaking." Bud frowned.

"Something must be terribly wrong." Michelle pouted.

"Can your crystal ball rewind to show what happened to make it like this?" Bud asked his wife.

"Sure, it's a new feature." Michelle nodded as she then decided to do just that.

And where it rewound to where it showed Puppy Paws.

"Stop it right there." Bud decided.

Michelle then stopped the crystal ball to show Puppy Paws as he was planning on leaving the North Pole.

"I don't wanna be responsible for Christmas," Puppy Paws in the crystal ball spoke up as the icicle dripped sparkles. "I just wanna be an ordinary puppy. I wish Christmas would just disappear."

"No..." Bud and Michelle frowned.

"Teresa won't like that..." Bud said to his wife. "Christmas cheer gets her through the year..."

"Her Christmas Spirit must be in Cherry now," Michelle replied. "What if Teresa decides not to have Cherry over because of her spirit?"

Bud held his wife in concern, that seemed to be possible, after all, it was almost Christmas and Cherry would expect a call from Teresa about them visiting each other.

"Should we call her to be sure?" Michelle asked Bud.

"I'll call her." Bud decided since Michelle and Teresa had a rough relationship with each other, Christmas magic or not.

"Good idea." Michelle agreed.

Bud soon grabbed the phone and began to dial Teresa's number. Cherry was skipping around merrily as she was filled with endless Christmas spirit. The ringing went on for a while until Teresa answered.

"Hello?" Teresa replied.

"Ah, yes, hello, Teresa," Bud smiled. "Good to hear your voice. We were just wondering when you'd like Cherry to come over?"

"I'm almost there." Teresa said.

"Oh, okay, great!" Bud smiled. "Glad to hear you haven't lost your Christmas Spirit."

"Daddy, it's me." Teresa giggled.

"True." Bud nodded.

"Why, is something wrong?" Teresa asked.

"No, um, but your sister's just anxious to see you." Bud smiled.

"Well, it has been a while since we've seen each other." Teresa smiled back.

"It'll be great to have you." Bud smiled.

Michelle smiled as she then put the crystal ball away, though she was still worried about what was going on at the North Pole. Teresa was soon in front of the house. Cherry had gone out to see her friends, but she would be in for a treat once she would come back home for dinner.