One evening, when Randall came down to hang in the lair, he noticed how chilly it was there. He had his coat on for good measure. When he got on the couch to watch TV, he grabbed a blanket for his lower body to keep it warm too.

Mikey was in his room, doing something else. Usually this would be their hang out night, but Mikey was busy tonight. Randall didn't mind though. He could use some TV down time.

But later on, Mikey came out of his room to ask for some measurements from him.

"What do you need measurements for?"

"It's something special I'm making." Mikey said. "But I can't tell."

Randall rolled his eyes. The things that people did around this holiday for the surprises.

They went to Mikey's room and they took Randall's measurements. Mikey just wanted to be precise about what he was making for his friend.

Leo, Splinter, and Don all knew what they were going to do for Randall. As he had done incredible things for them, though they did wonder what he was going to do for them for the holiday.

After the measurements had been taken, Raph went to talk to Mikey after Randall had left the room.

Randall looked over his shoulder. His friends were all being very secretive. He knew how he could find out what they were doing behind his back, but then, maybe it was better to wait. They were going to wait for his surprise.

The turtles were all busy for the next two weeks and the closer it got to Christmas, the more antsy everyone got. They knew of Randall's talent for sneaking around and were worried about if he would find out before the gifts for him were ready.

Randall on the other hand, just kept to himself. He went over with April what he was going to make. She would make sure to get him all the ingredients he needed for it to be something special.

"You haven't eavesdropped on the guys, have you, with your invisibility?" April had to ask.

"No, why?"

"They all have their ideas about what they're doing for you, and they don't want you finding out. Please, let it stay as surprises."

"I haven't done anything to spoil their surprises. I've let them do their things." Randall said.

"You're sure?"

Randall folded his arms behind his back. Then he held up his upper right arm with the thumb folded in. "Scout's honor." He replied. "I saw it in a movie." He had a huge, but sincere smile on his face.

"Alright. Keep it that way. I know people like to know what they get for Christmas ahead of time. But we like to keep it special until the holiday arrives." She said.

"And I am, I swear. I can be impatient on many things, but this, I can wait on it." He said.

The guys continued to watch out for him. Leo and Splinter could sense things more than the others, but they never did sense him around when they were planning their gifts. He was keeping his promise on giving them the privacy needed for the gifts.

….

The night of Christmas Eve arrived a week later. This was the night Randall had planned to give his gift to the family. Tomorrow would be for the other guests that would come and visit.

April and Randall arrived in the warehouse above and went down to the lair. She had shopped for the ingredients the day before for him.

When they got down there, Randall made an announcement.

"Everyone, I'm making the dinner for everyone, and I want no help with this whatsoever. And I ask that you stay out of the kitchen until dinner is ready."

"Sure." Leo said.

"That's fine with me." Don said.

"Whatever you want." Raph said.

"Can I help?" Mikey asked.

"No! Not his time, Mike. Sorry." Randall said.

Mikey felt a little hurt that his friend had snapped at him. He wanted to help him.

Randall then turned to the kitchen with the bags in his hands.

April went over to him. "Don't take it personally, Mikey. This is something he wants to do for all of you. It's a surprise."

"Oh, okay."

"Come on. Let's go prepare your gift for him." April said.

"Yeah, it should be done by tomorrow, but the extra help would be nice." Mikey said, and they went to go get it finished.

In the kitchen, Randall began taking all he needed out of the bags and spreading them out. He wanted to make this the best meal for them after all they had done for him, as this was really the best he could think of for a Christmas gift. And he would much rather cook for ones that he knew and a smaller group. But he would be here for the gathering tomorrow too. He had taken his coat off before dealing with the supplies too.

From the others' perspective, they wondered what it was that Randall was cooking for dinner. They hoped it was all good. They would know soon enough when the scent began wafting around the lair. The smells made their stomachs growl for the dinner even more.

April knew what the ingredients were, but even she was in the dark about what Randall had planned.

…..

An hour later, Casey and Leatherhead came over for the evening meal, but it still wasn't quite done yet. But it was smelling good.

Casey had brought over a fake tree this year so there wouldn't be any prickly spines on it like last year. They all began decorating the tree. Mikey was taking a break from his gift.

"What's for dinner?" Casey asked.

"We don't know yet, Casey. It's a surprise for us all." Raph said.

"Randall's cooking it for us." Mikey said. "But I'll be cooking tomorrow's."

"I'll help." April said. She loved to cook the Christmas dinner.

Randall could hear a lot of babbling going on outside of the kitchen, but he had his hands full. But he was making sure no one peeked in to see what he was making. He knew making the food for more than one could have it's stresses, but this was just for more than an average dinner. But for the number of people he had cooked for before.

Mikey was probably the most anxious to get his hands on that delicious food.

"I'm hungry." He whined.

"I'm sure it will be done in just a little bit." Splinter said.

It took a total of another hour and a half for all the food to get done. In that time, Mikey and April finally finished his gift for Randall too.

"It's ready!" Randall finally called.

They all came into the kitchen to see what had been put on the table. What they all saw astounded them.

A big turkey, sushi trays, ham, some mixed vegetables and a fruit salad for ones that ate them, some brownies for dessert, cottage cheese, and two pizzas. One pizza was a meat lover's, and the other was a Hawaiian. Randall had eaten enough of this dimension's food to not make what monsters would make back in his world that these guys might consider gross.

"So, what do you think?" He asked.

"This is incredible, Randall." April said.

"I'll say. That's the most you've ever made for us." Raph said.

"This is my Christmas gift for all of you." Randall said. "Enjoy. Now you can help me."

They all began to get food they wanted on the plates provided.

"Thank you for making this for us, Randall." Don said.

"Yeah, it all looks so good." Leo said.

"It smells good." Casey said.

"You must have lots of practice cooking." LH said.

"Yeah. Mike's taught me a lot about Earth food cooking. And April."

"Thank you for this amazing meal, Randall." Splinter said.

Randall was the last to get food, as this was his gift to them all. He was hungry for it though.

The family just used the ordinary kitchen table tonight. Tomorrow, they would have a bigger table for their extra guests.

At dinner, Randall watched everyone eat the food he had made and they all were eating it, so he must have done it all just right. He and Leatherhead were the only ones that didn't eat the fruit and veggies. Everyone else had grabbed a piece of nearly everything.

After eating their first rounds, then they all went back for seconds. That meant that they did indeed like the food he had made.

The food was next to gone when it was all over. The brownies had remained for dessert. Randall passed them out. Everyone got two of them. Even the brownies were next to gone when they were all passed out.

After they were done eating, many of them were rubbing their stomachs, they were so full.

"That was real awesome food, Randall. Thanks for making it." Leo said.

"I've never felt so full." Raph said, "Aside from some of Mikey's cooking." He laughed.

"It was very wonderful." Splinter said.

"Thanks. This was the best gift I could give you all after what you've done for me." Randall said.

After dinner, they all went and watched a few movies in the living room. It was a great Christmas Eve for the family and friends.

The humans and crocodile went home later in the evening. Randall was going to stay overnight tonight. He just didn't want to go out into that cold overnight air. He also ended up putting his coat back on when the cold air got to him again.

Tomorrow would be when he would get gifts from the others.