Here's the second one! This one is Artie and Sam decorating their house for Christmas - the song is 'We Need A Little Christmas."
Considering the fact that they had only been living together for a few years, it was quite amazing how many boxes of Christmas decorations they had procured between the two of them in that short amount of time. Sam had declared that weekend to be their "decorating weekend" and had gone out to buy a tree. Artie would have normally gone with him but Sam had certain specifications for the size, shape, and color of the tree and Artie didn't really feel like sitting around freezing while Sam checked every tree in the lot. So instead he stayed at home and got everything else ready. He started by shifting the furniture around so they could fit the tree in their living room and was now hauling all the boxes out of storage.
They had a box each of ornaments, most left over from their childhood. There were also lights and garland that would go on the tree, as well as the star for the top. Besides that, they had other decorations for the house itself. Fake snow, window clings, Santa Clause and snowmen figurines, more garland, electrical candles, and much more. Artie was pretty sure that his mother had stuffed some of their old decorations in there to try and get rid of them. He was half tempted to start putting stuff up but knew that he had to wait until Sam got back.
So while he was waiting, he got his iPod hooked up and started playing some Christmas music to set the mood. If he knew Sam as well as he thought he did, he knew that he would have a bit longer to wait so he settled back with a book.
Sure enough, Sam wasn't back for another half an hour, but he was quite pleased with himself and the tree that he had picked out. Together, the two of them managed to get it into the living room and standing up straight. As soon as that was done, Sam dove into the nearest box and started pulling out decorations. By this year, they had a system down and Sam started wrapping the lights around the tree as Artie began setting up a display on their entertainment center.
They worked well as a team – Sam doing the stuff that required someone reaching higher up while Artie spotted him and made sure he didn't fall off the chair or something in his excitement. Artie was better at the finer details and decided where everything went and how to set it up. After the lights, garland, and star were on the tree, they started hanging their ornaments. The crowning piece of the whole tree was Sam's Star Wars Nativity set that he proudly set up underneath it. He had placed a baby Jesus in the middle, surrounded by Luke Skywalker and C3PO. His mother hadn't been exactly pleased when she saw it last year, but just contented herself with rolling her eyes.
At one point, Sam found the tinsel and while it started off with them using it as decoration, it eventually turned into a tinsel war as they flung it at each other. They reached a truce by settling it with a kiss and then groaned when they looked around and realized what a mess they had made. The rest of the afternoon resulted in them cleaning up their mess and putting all the boxes and everything away. It was worth it though, later that night, when they plugged the tree in and it lit up. The electrical candles that Artie had placed on windowsills were glowing as well and it gave an ethereal feel to their house.
They sat back on the couch and admired their handiwork. "We should do this professionally," Sam remarked, slipping an arm around Artie.
"I'm not sure how many people consider R2D2 a proper part of Christmas though," Artie said.
"We do and that's what matters," Sam said firmly.