A/N: This story is finally finished. Sorry to keep you waiting and thanks for being patient. I have plans for other stories in this universe, but I will be taking a brief hiatus from this universe to work on other things. I have plans for other OUAT stories that will not be in this universe, as well as stories for other fandoms. I'm hoping to do one last Christmas story for this universe next year, but I'm still working on my plans for the year. I will be posting a combined Behind The Story for this story and Flipped very soon. Thank you for keeping up with this series and I hope you enjoyed it.

After an evening of righting his wrongs, the no longer heartless Grinch was looking forward to going home. Jefferson, Emma, and Regina stood next to him. "Thanks for all of your assistance," said the Grinch, "I'll never forget your kindness and persistence."

Emma shrugged, "It's no problem really. Good luck with finding Cindy." Together, Emma and Regina used their magic to power the newly constructed hat. Jefferson grinned at finally being able to jump through worlds once again. He picked up the hat and threw it. The hat spun around and the portal to Monstropolis opened. He and the Grinch jumped into the hat, the Grinch holding on to the hatter in fear.

They landed in the heart of Monstropolis. Monsters were going about their normal day, but when they saw Jefferson they panicked and ran away screaming. Undeterred, the Grinch led Jefferson to the massive compound of Monsters Inc. They were surprised to find all of the employees standing outside as the CDA dragged a very angry Waternoose into the back of their truck and drove away. Jefferson remembered from his viewing of the movie the previous evening with Whale and Grace that this was the end of the movie.

Several monsters noticed the two, and their reactions matched the monsters they had already encountered. As the monsters scattered, only two remained: A tall one with blue fur and a short green one with one eye. Mike and Sully walked up to the two.

"How can we help you?" Sully asked. He looked sad and Jefferson knew that he had already said goodbye to Boo.

"We need to find a door that goes to Whoville," the Grinch said. He launched into the story of his ordeal. The monsters listened intently. As soon as the story was finished, Mike asked, "Did you say the door was white with a flower on it?" The Grinch nodded and he said, "Follow me. We have to hurry."

Mike and Sully lead the two through the factory into a room where the door in question was laid down next to the shredder. Jefferson was surprised that the door was still intact, but he surmised that the movie didn't get everything accurately. Sully picked up the door and placed it in the open doorway, activating it.

Sully took a deep breath and opened the door. He was greeted with a shout of, "Kitty!" and his eyes lit up. The Grinch saw a little girl in the arms of an older, blonde woman.

The woman looked up and locked eyes with the Grinch. Even though she was much older, the Grinch recognized her instantly, "Cindy?"

"Grinch," said Cindy, wiping tears from her eyes. The two ran to each other and hugged, "I've missed you."

"You have no idea how hard it was to get back to you," said the Grinch, "It was long and painful, too." Sully was playing with Boo while Jefferson and Mike watched the reunions. Mike cleared the tears from his eyes and wiped his hand on Jefferson's shirt.

"I don't know what we're going to do," said Mike, "the door's going to be destroyed. The company is in shambles."

Jefferson smiled, "You two could take over the company. Hide the door, make sure only you can access it."

Mike shook his head, "Sully and I don't know the first thing about running a company. We never even finished college."

"You know the secret," Jefferson replied, "Children's laughter is ten times more powerful than screams."

A light bulb seemed to go off in Mike's head, "You're right." He looked quizzically at Jefferson, "How do you know so much?"

Jefferson answered, "When you travel between worlds, you learn a lot." He looked over at the Grinch who was talking to Cindy, "Just give him his job back and let him visit as well."

Mike nodded, "Of course." Jefferson said goodbye to the monsters and used his hat to leave the world. He found himself back in the town square.

Emma, Regina and Henry came over to him. He put the hat back on his head and simply said, "It's done."

When the rest of the town woke up, they were pleased to find that their decorations had been returned during the night. Ruby ran to the stockings and reached inside, breathing a sigh of relief when her fingers closed on the ring box. Belle entered the room and Ruby quickly pocketed the ring.

They made their way to the diner where everyone was already there, opening presents and engaging in conversation. The Christmas tree shined brightly in the diner, the one thing that hadn't been stolen by the Grinch. Ruby and Belle waved to everyone in the diner as they slid into a booth next to Mulan and Aurora. Shouts of, "Merry Christmas," were called out as everyone greeted each other. They barely noticed Charming slip out of the diner.

After breakfast, everyone gathered around the tree. Charming, to everyone's surprise but Aurora's, reentered the diner carrying a crate. Aurora took the crate from him and thanked him before he left to rejoin his family.

Aurora brought the crate over to Mulan, who stared at her in confusion, "This is for me?"

Handing over the crate, Aurora said excitedly, "Open it." Mulan opened the crate and an adorable brown puppy ran out. Everyone stopped their conversation and looked in awe at the puppy. Aurora explained, "Remember when you told me about your dog when we were reversing the body swap spell? The one that died to save you during the war? I know that he won't replace him, but I think we can give him a good home."

Mulan was touched by Aurora's thoughtfulness and hugged her. "I love him. Thank you."

"What are you going to name him?" Ariel asked.

Mulan looked to Aurora who nodded at her with encouragement. After moments of careful deliberation, Mulan announced, "Mushu."

Mushu seemed to like his name immediately, wagging his tail. Mulan laughed as she pet him. She pulled a present out of her pocket and handed it to Aurora who eagerly opened it. Inside was a diamond heart-shaped necklace. "I had a little trouble figuring out what to get you, but then I realized that all I wanted to give you was my heart, not literally though," Mulan said, thinking of the time that she had to return Aurora's heart to her chest.

Aurora swooned as Mulan put the necklace around her neck. As soon at the clasp was secure, Aurora turned around and kissed Mulan, "Thank you, I love it."

Ruby watched as the couple had their moment, her nerves reaching an all time high. Mulan looked at Ruby and gave her an encouraging smile. Ruby cleared her throat and the diner turned their attention to her.

Turning to Belle, Ruby started to speak, "Belle. We've been together for over a year now and I am so thankful that you took a chance on me. You lift me up on my bad days and send me soaring even higher on my good days. You are the beauty to my beast; you helped me believe in love again. I've never been as clever as you, but I know that I want to spend the rest of my life by your side." She got down on one knee and pulled out the ring box, seeing Belle's eyes light up. "Belle French, will you marry me?"

Belle's eyes shined with tears as she said, "Yes, of course I will." The room cheered as Ruby slipped the ring on her finger. Belle pulled Ruby in for a kiss and her arms wrapped around her. As Belle pulled away, she said, "This is a little awkward though."

"Why's that?" Ruby asked.

Belle pulled a small box from her pocket. She opened the box to reveal a diamond ring inside, "You beat me to the punch."

Ruby laughed, "Of course I will accept." Belle smiled and slid the ring on her finger. Ruby grinned at her girlfriend, no her fiancé, and thanked the universe for her good fortune. The two were pulled away as their friends came up to congratulate them.

The Blue Fairy came over to Tink and Nova. Grumpy stepped protectively in front of Nova. "Relax dwarf," said Blue.

"What do you want?" Tink snapped.

Blue pulled out her wand, and waved it in front of the two, Tink and Nova sprouted their wings. They both grinned at each other and then looked suspiciously at Blue, "Why now?"

"Let's just say, I had a change of heart," said Blue, "Merry Christmas". Tink could sense that there was more to it, but she knew better than to press the issue.

"Merry Christmas," Nova said. She quickly kissed Grumpy before her and Tink ran outside to try their returned wings.

Jefferson asked Whale to accompany him outside, as Grace played with the other kids. "What are we doing?" Whale asked as he shivered at the cold air.

Pulling the hat off of his head, Jefferson said, "Keeping my promise."

Whale looked thrilled that he would finally be able to look for his brother, "Thank you."

"Merry Christmas, love," said Jefferson. He threw the hat and both of them held hands as they jumped through the portal to the land without color.

Back in the diner, Emma, Regina, Henry, Charming, and Snow, cradling Lancelot in her arms, were sitting in a booth. "Merry Christmas," Emma said to her family and Regina, "I still can't believe that we're all together this year."

Charming nodded, "We've come a long way."

A small cry of, "Ma," came from Snow's arms and the family looked over at Lancelot.

Snow squealed, "He said his first word!" Charming beamed at his son and Regina and Snow smiled at each other, years of pain and misery finally put behind them.

Regina turned to Emma and Henry, "I need you to come with me, your gift is outside."

"It's not Disney World tickets, is it?" Charming joked, "That didn't work so well last time."

Regina shook her head and Emma and Henry followed her outside. They walked over to a bench where a fancy carpet was rolled up.

Emma stared at it, "It's a nice rug. What's it for?"

"It's not an ordinary rug," Regina replied. She waved her hand and the carpet unrolled coming to life. Emma and Henry looked so excited.

"You got us a magic carpet," Henry shouted. Regina nodded with a smile. "Can we ride it?"

Regina, Emma, and Henry stepped onto the carpet. The carpet levitated into the air and the three of them rose above the town taking in the sights below. They waved at Tink and Nova as they flew by and Henry said, "Thanks Moms."

"Thanks Regina," said Emma. She pecked her on the lips before Regina steered the carpet around town. This year would go down in town history as one of the most interesting, but also one of the best Christmases ever.