Holly gasped "What are those?"

But Jingles and Snowflake didn't answer, instead they grabbed Holly and hid around the corner of the stone wall. Once the three ugly creatures past, Jingles whispered something to Snowflake and Holly. They both silently nodded in agreement, so Holly was hoisted up on Snowflakes shoulders, and Jingles carefully crawled up the two. Jingles looked over the wall and saw the three strange little things.

They were in costumes. Jingles tried to remember his monsters, the one in red with a pointed tail and a devious grin on his mask, was a dressed as a devil. The one with the tall and point hat with a purple dress and green mask was a witch. Lastly the one with green hair with a rib cage shirt and toothy smile on his mask was a skeleton. They were human children in a Halloween costume, and in a walking bathtub? Do they have walking bathtubs in the real world? Jingles asked himself. Then the sound of the doorbell caught his attention. The children had a big bag in their strange little hands, and once Santa opened the door, the three children yelled "Trick or treat!" Santa didn't even had time to respond. Then the trick or treater's bagged Santa and began to run off with him!

Jingles whispered to Holly who was below him "Quick! Get me down!"

"Ok." she said quickly, but then asked "Wait, why?"

"Santa's getting kidnapped! Let me down!" Jingles said it louder this time, but still said it in a whisper.

Snowflake looked up and said shocked "Santa's getting kidnapped!?" he whispered loudly.

"Let me down!" Jingles bent over and told the other two. But when he bent over, the three started to fall.

Slowly, like a tree being chopped down they all fell in the blanket of snow around them. Jingles got up and rubbed his numb face. He looked up to see the trick or treater's running away in their bathtub. Jingles had this feeling inside him, he wanted so bad to run up to those naughty children and demand Santa back that instant!

He turned to his sibling and said in a voice coated in rage "We need to get Santa now!"

Snowflake jumped up and said triumphantly "To save Christmas!"

Jingles ignored the comment that Snowflake made "Holly, you're coming with us." then without asking how Holly felt, he ran down the streets following the tracks made by the tub.

The other two quickly followed. Jingles didn't know where he was going, all he knew was that the tub had been there. His feet, like a blur beneath his body. When his stomach ached from the running, Jingles ran faster. He didn't want to stop, he couldn't stop. Santa's life might be at stake, he couldn't stop to sit. But then, in front of him was a circle of trees. The tracks lead up to a tree with a jack-o-lantern painted on it. To the left was a tree with a firecracker on it, and a few little firecrackers laying at the foot of the tree. Then to the right was a Christmas tree painted on one of the trees, and by it's trunks, a present. All around him, a circle of trees.

Holly and Snowflake ran inside the circle and Snowflake managed to say through his deep breathing "Did you lose them?"

Jingles was still in awe as the slowly turned around to see every tree.

Holly looked up and said in awe as well "What is this?"

There was a long silence and during it magical bells seemed to be playing in the background, making the experience more exciting. Jingles saw that on every tree was a symbol of a different holiday, with another object associated with that holiday laying before the, what Jingles could now see was a door. Jingles looked at the Halloween tree, then looked down. Almost like a warning, two skulls lay on the ground, propped up by the tree.

Just then Holly turned around and saw the skulls "Ahh!" she screamed "We're going in there!?"

Jingles nodded "If it's the way the trick or treaters went."

Snowflake walked up to Jingles, they were just about to open the door when Holly piped up "We can't do this! We could get hurt!"

Snowflake turned to Holly "Come on, were saving Christmas and you wanted to go."

Jingles grumbled.

Holly nodded "Ok," she agreed "I'm only going because I haven't the fainted idea as to were I'm at."

Jingles began to get antsy "We don't have much time."

The three held hands as Jingle reached for the doorknob, that also served at the jack-o-lanterns nose. To Jingles's surprise the tree was empty and hallowed out.

"Huh?" Jingles stuck his head inside, but then a million red and orange leaves fluttered out of the door. A giant wind began to suck them in and all three screamed in horror as they began to fall. Then they began to spin around and around till the three could barely stand it.

They stopped spinning and the leaves fell to the ground. The three of them were sitting on a hill, to one side was an eerie pumpkin patch and to the other side was a graveyard covered with tomb stones. But no sign of Santa.

Jingles got up and looked around some more. Past the graveyard was a small city that looked ugly and horrid. The houses were dark and crooked, and a green glowing well stood in the center. To one side of the city was a giant house that stood out from the others. It was big and hanged on the end of a long stairway and a tower was attached to the side of the house. Jingles shivered at the sight of it. He turned around and saw a tree house that looked like it too was barely standing. Then walking up to it was a walking tub!

"Quick! Santa's this way!" Jingles turned to the edge of the hill and the strangest thing happened. The hill began to unroll. It did this till it was safe to walk down. Without giving any notice to the strange event, Jingles ran down the hill. For fear of being left behind, Snowflake and Holly ran after him.

They ran till they found Jingles looking threw a hole in a small bridge, that lead to the tree house. Holly was about to ask a question when they heard a someone from inside the hole.

"Oh, the so-und of the di-ce, is mu-sic in the ai-r! 'Cause I'm a gam-bling boogie ma-n, although I don't play fair." The voice was deep and frighting, thought it was funny to Jingles that he was singing "It's much more fun, I must confess, with li-ves on the line. Not mine, of course, but yours, oh boy, now that'll be just fine."

Then a familiar voice echoed threw the hole "Release me fast or you will have to answer for this heinous act!" It was Santa, he was being held captive by a gambling boogie man. Sadly, Jingles had no idea what a 'gambling boogie man' was.

"Oh brother, your something, you put me in a spin. You aren't comprehending, the position, they you're in. It's hopeless, you're finished, you haven't got a prayer! 'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie, and you ain't going, no-where." Then a thunder of evil laughter emerged from the depths of the abyss.

Jingles jumped back in fright. He turned to see Snowflake holding Holly, who had passed out. Just great! He thought. Then he shook his head and said "Come on we have to get Santa!"

"No, " Snowflake was holding Holly tight "I'm staying, someone has to look after Holly."

"I can't go in there be myself, Mr. Oogie Boogie sounds huge!" Jingles threw his arms up in the air and then he began to think "We need help."

"What!?" Snowflake was so surprised that he almost dropped Holly.

Jingles ignored Snowflake and kept on talking "There's a town on the other side of the hill. We can try and ask for some help."

"Are you different!?" Snowflake yelled, not knowing that word 'crazy' exists.

With a serious face Jingles answered "Yes I am." he grabbed Snowflakes arm and started to run.

They ran past the hill and threw the graveyard. The two (and a half) began to slow down as a fog enveloped them. They started to wander around, not knowing where they were going. Then a whip was heard, followed by a clattering sound and laughter. The two looked up to see skeleton deer pulling a coffin sleigh threw the sky. They were lead by a something with a red light and being steered by a skeleton dressed like Santa.

Jingles gasped "That's the snowman! He's pretending to be Santa!"

Snowflake looked up and gasped as well "It is him! Follow him!"

"We can't he's too far away." Jingles then sighed sadly as he held on to Snowflake.

Snowflake sat down and cried "It's too late! Christmas is ruined!"

By then Jingles had enough of this Christmas saving thing "It's impossible!" Jingles yelled angrily.

Snowflake didn't notice the tone in his brother's voice "I know, that's what I'm trying to say!"

"No!" Jingles stopped his foot "Christmas is a day of celebration! Not something that Santa Claus brings! You can't stop a day from coming! Get it right!"

"Then what are we doing?" Snowflake asked as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

Jingles helped his brother up and said "Where going to save Santa."