"Nora, I really hope you got us normal presents." Pyrrha eyed the three large boxes under Jaune's bed. They didn't have room for a Christmas tree in their room, so the team had taken to decorating their leader's bed.

Ren looked over at the boxes in question as well. "I hope they're at least appropriate."

Nora appeared between them, smiling like there was no tomorrow. "No to the first, but yes to the second so long as it's appropriate for people to wear underwear."

Pyrrha shrugged. "Actually, underwear's pretty normal. I mean, I haven't gotten any for Christmas before, but apparently a lot of people do."

Nora leaned back against the windowsill. "You say that now, but just you wait and see what it looks like."

Ren went pale. "What have you done, Nora?"

She just smiled innocently, filling Ren with a sense of dread. "Nothing life-threatening."

Ren looked at Pyrrha. "Well... I suppose that's the best I can hope for."

The door opened and Jaune walked in, seeing his teammates waiting for him. "Oh... hi guys!"

Nora jumped up and pointed at his face. "You're late!"

Jaune laughed nervously. "Uh, yeah, I was occupied a bit longer than I expected to be..."

Ren rolled his eyes. "No you weren't. You forgot how to unlock the door again."

Jaune slumped over, ashamed. "Yeah..." He looked over at his bed. "So, are we gonna open presents?"

"YES!" Nora vaulted over the two beds in the way, somersaulting through the air and landing beside Jaune's bed. She reached under the bed and pulled out three presents, all addressed to her. "These ones are mine!" A moment later, they were all open. A Rubik's cube, a stuffed Pikachu, and a stack of Dr. Seuss books.

Jaune and Pyrrha looked at each other. Pyrrha smirked. "Well, that went quickly enough."

Ren sighed. "Nora, do you have any idea who got you which present?"

But Nora was silent, intensely focused on Great Day For Up and holding the Pikachu close to her body.

Pyrrha sat down beside Nora, noticing her wide-eyed expression. "Is it okay if we open the presents you got us next?" Nora barely nodded, but Pyrrha caught the slight movement. Jaune handed the gifts out, and they sat down and started to open them.

Jaune, true to Nora's promise, got underwear. It was blue and decorated with red rocket ships. To Pyrrha and Ren's surprise, he didn't seem displeased. He simply put it back in the box and set it aside. Pyrrha opened her box, only to find quite the opposite of what she expected. Pulling the square object out, she stared at it for a long time before turning it so the others could see.

Pyrrha looked down at Nora. "Is... this a portrait of... me?"

Nora nodded, not looking away from her book. "Yup."

"Where did you get it?"

Still not looking up, Nora barely moved. "I made it. With my fingers."

The three stared at the painting. Jaune blinked in confusion. "This is... like... extremely detailed."

Ren looked down at his friend. "Nora... this is amazing. How did you...?"

"Finger paint."

Ren shook his head. "Why does that make it more believable?"

Pyrrha looked over to him. "What did she get you?"

Ren reached into the box and pulled out... "It's... a jar of dirt."

Nora looked up. "Yes."

"Is the jar of dirt going to help?"

"If you don't want it, give it back."

Ren groaned. "Nora, why did you give me a jar of dirt?"

"Open it."

Ren opened the jar, only to have something launch out and attach itself to the ceiling. Ren looked up to see green leaves and red berries. "Nora, what...?"

Nora jumped up. "We're under the mistletoe!" She launched herself at Ren, kissing him and quelling his protests. Jaune and Pyrrha just turned red at the sight.

While Ren and Nora were occupied, Pyrrha and Jaune decided to trade gifts. A moment later, Pyrrha was holding up a knitted sweater and Jaune was looking over the back of a box containing a card game. Both seemed to be genuinely happy with their gifts.

Jaune looked over to Pyrrha. "What is Cards Against Humanity?"

Ren finally managed to get Nora off of him. "You got what?"

Pyrrha held up her hands. "We can get into that some other time. For now... Ren, why don't you open your gifts from us."

A minute later, Ren was musing over the purposes for a Christmas Cactus and a snow globe. "I think we all need to learn a bit about Christmas presents..."

Jaune picked up one of the last two presents. "So what did you get me, Ren?"

Pyrrha picked up the last one. "I wonder what this is..."

Jaune's was a stuffed Charmander, and Pyrrha's was a stuffed Vulpix.

Ren sighed. "I got stuck in a shop that was full of stuffed Pokemon. That's all I'm gonna say about it."

Pyrrha smiled. "Well, I think it's cute."

Suddenly, Nora appeared between Jaune and Pyrrha, dangling the mistletoe from her mouth. "Go on, you two! Now's the time!"

Pyrrha looked at Jaune and blushed. "Jaune..."

Jaune blushed back. "Pyrrha?"

Nora was about to join in and yell her name, when Ren covered her mouth with his hand. "Don't you think reading some more Dr. Seuss would be nice right about now?" Nora nodded. "Good girl."

Nora and Ren moved to the side, letting Jaune and Pyrrha have their moment. They moved closer, getting ready to kiss, and...

The power in the entire building went out.

Cardin stood in the dark, his hands on the cords of a massive string of Christmas lights. Things sizzled and sparked around him. He had accidentally burnt out every single light in the school, and killed Beacon's power grid. Russel shook his head. Dove and Sky just stood, dumbfounded.

Velvet popped her head in the room. "Epic Christmas Time didn't work out for you, did it?"

Author's Notes: What? Did you expect any different? We about to get festive up in this place! Oh, for the record, I'm not a supporter of any one pairing in particular. I just thought Ren/Nora and Jaune/Pyrrha would work for this chapter.

Feel free to give suggestions in your reviews, and remember! Something... Remember something. Oh, yeah, Merry Christmas! If you don't celebrate Christmas, well... Merry Christmas anyway!