"There he is!" Hope, Jingle, and Charity beamed to see their little brother and he was safe and sound.
"Oh, thank goodness." Noble sighed.
"Guys, is that you?" Puppy Paws asked. "Oh, I'm so happy to see you all, even you, Eddy. I'm so sorry I messed everything up. From now on, I promise to be good for goodness sake."
"Sound like you've learned about the meaning of Christmas." Noble said.
"You better be great for greatness sake," Eddy told Puppy Paws. "Santa Claus and Santa Paws need you back! Your dad has gotten very worried!"
"Your dad is Santa Paws?" the puppy that Patch met before asked Puppy Paws. "There isn't going to be a Christmas?"
"Tiny?" Patch asked as he came to Tiny.
"Patch, hello!" Tiny greeted. "I prayed for your safety and to see you again."
"Tiny, when did Cruge catch you?" Patch frowned.
"Sometime after you left," Tiny replied. "It was like your magical protection wore down as soon as your human took you home."
"This is my fault..." Patch blamed himself. "I should've stayed and kept you safe."
"It's okay, you didn't know he would come back after you would leave." Tiny soothed him.
"I know a lot more about the true meaning of Christmas now," Puppy Paws said. "It's not just about presents, in fact, it's not about presents at all! It's about things you can't wrap in a box or tie with a bow. First, someone find my collar so we can get out of here!"
"Where is it?" Patch asked.
"I'll retrieve it." Buddha offered as he then went to do just that.
The others were looking for a key to help Puppy Paws out of the cell he was trapped in.
"The key's not over here, dawgs, maybe Patch can use his magic." B-Dawg suggested.
"Yeah." Oddball nodded.
"Guys, we gotta find Puppy Paws's collar!" Buddha told his brothers.
"Mind if we help?" Noble and his sisters volunteered.
"You could help us narrow it down, there's too many here!" B-Dawg agreed.
"I know!" Budderball said as he came in with a smile. "It looks like a candy cane!" And where with that help it was easy to find it.
The Santa Pups of course knew and memorized that and they soon got the collar down. Once they had the collar, they rushed out to go help out Puppy Paws. Patch had already used his magic to free not only Puppy Paws, but also the rest of the dogs that had been caught.
"You saved us..." Tiny smiled to Patch. "You're like a Guardian Angel."
"You could say that." Patch smiled.
Oddball yawned as she felt bored about keeping look-out all alone since Budderball went inside, but she then woke up instantly as Cruge's car was coming back and she let out barks to alert the others that he was there.
"Uh-oh, there's the signal!" Patch told them.
"Hurry, let's get out of here!" Noble told the others urgently.
Puppy Paws was soon given back his collar. Oddball whimpered nervously as Cruge was getting out of his car. Domino sensed his sister was in distress and then decided to come out to help her like a good big brother and where he came out just in time.
Oddball looked very frozen from fear.
"Oddy, it's okay, I'm right here." Domino soothed his sister.
"Oh, thank goodness." Oddball sighed.
"I'm right here." Domino soothed.
Oddball soon began to nuzzle up to her big brother. Domino smiled before growling and glaring to Cruge.
"Two dogs outside of my pound?" Cruge asked.
Domino growled as he stood protectively in front of Oddball and even came toward him in a threatening way that only Thunderbolt would like on TV. Patch and the others soon got out and ran off with Domino and Oddball. Cruge took out his net to grab Domino and Oddball.
"You guys go, I'll take care of him!" Eddy told the others.
"Same with us." Tiny and the other dogs said.
"You mean you'd be willing to do that for Christmas?" Puppy Paws asked.
"If it about receiving Christmas!" Tiny agreed.
"Bad, bad dogs!" Cruge shook his head as he held his net. "Back in your cages!"
"Quick, let's let them handle Cruge." Domino said.
"I'm ready to help!" Tiny agreed.
"Good girl." Patch smiled.
Tiny smiled back to Patch. The dogs all surrounded and ambushed Cruge which made him fall on the floor in distress until he then laughed and seemed to enjoy this now. Except he was only laughing because the dogs were licking him and where he hated being tickled. It was still a little nice for the dogs to see the grumpy old man smiling for a change.
The Santa Pups took the lead as they left the shelter with everyone else following after.
"You're a good brother." Patch smiled to his nephew after he heard that he was protecting Oddball.
"Well, I couldn't just let him catch Oddball." Domino said.
"I'm so proud of you." Patch smiled.
"Thanks, Uncle Patch." Domino smiled back.
"Where do we go?" Oddball asked.
"Is that Eli?" Puppy Paws looked over to the pretend sleigh and reindeer.
"It must be him." Noble smiled.
"Eli, wake up!" Jingle called out to the elf.
"Huh? Oh, Santa Pups!" Eli woke up and smiled to the puppies of Santa Paws.
"We need to get back to the North Pole right away!" Puppy Paws told him. "How'd you get here?"
"The mail truck, but it doesn't have enough power to get us back," Eli frowned. "I've been trying to figure out how to get this sleigh to work, but Dot and Lucky say it's just pretend."
"You've met my master's cousin and my father figure?" Patch smiled before he saw Dot writing something down and saw her also thinking of what else to write down.
Dot looked over and then smiled. "Patch!"
"Dot!" Patch smiled back and came to her. "Oh, it's nice to see you, um, what're you doing? I think you're a little too late of writing down your gift list for Santa Claus."
"It's not a list, it's a song." Dot said before showing them the lyrics of the emotional christmas song she was writing.
Patch took a look at the song. "Oh, this sounds so beautiful."
"It's about miracles and the Christmas spirit." Dot smiled.
"Where did you hear it?" Patch asked.
"I'm not sure, but I feel like it came to me in a dream." Dot shrugged, but kept the smile.
Eli took a look at the lyrics and smiled. "This song just might do the trick." He smiled.
Dot then smiled back and hugged Eli and he hugged her back.
"Thank you so much for your help, Dot." Eli smiled to the little girl.
"It's the least I can do to get the Christmas spirit back to this town." Dot smiled.
"You would be a wonderful helper elf." Eli smiled back. He soon saw the Santa Pups crystals still filled with plenty of magic.
"Too bad there aren't any reindeer around here." Patch sighed as he sat with Domino and Oddball.
"Why don't we pull the sleigh like in that story you taught us once about the dog who wanted to be a reindeer?" Oddball suggested.
"That just might work." Patch smiled.
"Wait, are you saying all we have to do is pull the sleigh and the Santa Pups' magic collars will help it fly?" MudBud asked.
"That's what he's saying." Atticus nodded as he arrived at the area, hearing everything.
Cherry walked with Atticus, wearing a Santa hat that had a bow on it with a jingle bell in the middle.
"Atticus!" Dot beamed and ran to her big cousin.
"Ooh, you're getting so big!" Atticus laughed and picked her up into a hug.
"Well, aging can do that to you." Lucky smiled.
Patch chuckled as he smiled up to Lucky who smiled back down and patted him on the head.
"Let's do it!" The Santa Pups cheered.
"Oh, Uncle Patch, would you and Lucky mind coming with?" Oddball asked.
"Not at all, right, Lucky?" Patch smiled.
"That's right, Patch." Lucky smiled back.
"When you all get back, my song will be spreading the Christmas spirit." Dot smiled.
"Good girl." Lucky smiled up to his girl.
Patch soon used his magic to make the sleigh slightly bigger.
"Now we're cookin'!" Dot smiled at that.
"Dibs on being Santa!" Atticus volunteered.
"Weirdo..." Cherry muttered.
"Cherry, you're starting to act like your normal self already." Atticus smiled.
"Hey... You're right." Cherry then realized.
Atticus soon got into the sleigh. "You're my elf!" he then told Cherry.
"Get bent." Cherry replied.
Patch then touched Domino and Budderball on he shoulders and where that would give them super strength just for that night.
"I feel different..." Budderball said.
"Hungry?" the others guessed.'
"No... Strong." Budderball replied.
"Try lifting me up." Atticus said as he came over to Budderball.
Budderball looked up to Atticus, he gulped slightly and then held out his front paw and tried to lift up Atticus right off the ground and where he was able to do just that. He looked up in shock and then laughed. "Hey, I did it!"
"Ooh, my hero~" Oddball smiled.
Budderball soon set Atticus back on the ground. Atticus smiled down to the puppy and Budderball smiled back.
"Just for tonight now." Patch told the chubby Buddy.
"Oh, well, at least I'll be super-strong for one night." Budderball shrugged.
Oddball smiled to him.
"Me too! Me too!" Domino giggled.
Everyone soon go to their places. Atticus put on a Santa hat as he was going to be Santa and picked up Dot as he gave her an elf hat.
"Wait, if Dot is going with you, then who is going to sing her song?" Cherry asked.
"Why don't you sing?" Atticus asked.
"Heck, no." Cherry glared.
"You can take my place as Atticus's elf, Cherry." Dot said as she gave her the hat.
"Oh, joy." Cherry deadpanned as Dot put the elf hat on her head. She soon got on the sleigh as Dot got off.
"This is very important, Dot," Atticus told his little cousin. "Do you understand, Dot? It's a big job!"
"Yes, I understand." Dot nodded to him.
"That's a good girl." Atticus smiled.
Dot then gave a salute which made Atticus laugh. Atticus patted her on the head.
"We're ready to when you guys are." Domino said.
"You ready, Cherry?" Atticus asked.
"Might as well be." Cherry shrugged.
"Ready!" Atticus called out.
"Alright, Pups, let's do this." Domino said.
The pups then all got into position.
"Here goes nothing..." Atticus said to himself as he then took the reigns.
Cherry began to cross her fingers hoping this would work and that they wouldn't crash.
"Ho, ho, ho, let's get flying!" Atticus announced as he then slapped the reigns to make the sleigh go with their puppy reindeer.
The pups that were pulling the sleigh soon started to run. Cherry looked down and the sleigh seemed to move slightly before beginning to slide. And where they were soon up in the air due to magic.
"We're flying!" Cherry called out.
"Yep, we're airborn!" Atticus cheered.
Cherry then took out some gum and chewed it so her ears wouldn't pop since Atticus said that.
"They're flying!" the not real elf called out before waving in surprise.
"They most certainly are." Eli smiled proudly.
Dot knew what she had to do now, but didn't know where she could sing the song. "What to do? What to do?" she asked herself as she felt hopelessly lost.
Drell decided to send some help so Dot would have a way for her song to spread. Skippy was there and was drinking from a bottle.
"It's not the holidays yet!" Drell scolded.
Skippy gulped with wide eyes. Drell soon used his magic and where an idea came to Dot's mind.
"I got it!" Dot then cheered. "I know what to do!"
Skippy wondered how Dot would be able to get her song to be heard by everyone until he saw a stage appear. Dot helped herself up and climbed up to the stage and then pushed everything around on it to decorate it properly and where soon she started to try to set up the speakers and where she soon got some help from her parents and family as well as Eli.
"You have a very special girl there." Eli smiled to the Henderson couple.
"We know." Howard and Gretchen smiled back proudly.
After everything was set up and the microphone sound system was on, it was time for Dot to sing her song.