Danny was dressed in his winter clothes as he pulled a sled with Rover riding on it. Patch, Colette, Ellie May, and Maisy decided to join in.
"Slow down!" Rover gasped as he tried to catch up with the blonde boy. "Whatya think I am, a reindeer?" he then hitched a ride on the sled.
"That's one way to keep up." Patch smiled.
"Hey, Dad, how 'bout this one?" Danny stopped at a very large tree.
"It's a nice tree, son, but it's too big for our home." Farmer Hill chuckled.
Danny then came to another tree. "This one looks pretty good."
Rover pouted as the family were focused on each other and he looked left out.
"What's wrong?" Daisy asked.
"Well, they should ask my opinion," Rover replied, sounding insulted. "I mean, with trees, I'm an expert. Why, that's where I do my business."
"Dad! Dad! I found one! I found one!" Danny called and ran to his father who had the axe.
Rover came up to the tree and sniffed it.
"Rover, what do you think you're doing?" Colette asked.
"Rover, no!" Daisy rushed over to the hound dog. "It's a Christmas tree!"
"Hey, guys, take it easy, will ya?" Rover stood up on his hind legs. "You got me wrong, when it comes to Christmas, I have feelings too."
"That's a relief." Ellie May sighed.
"No way, I'd never do it on a Christmas tree!" Rover replied. "What would Santa think?"
"Good point." Colette nodded.
Farmer Hill was now chopping down the tree for his family this holiday season. And during that, Rover was starting to sing. Patch and Colette slightly rolled their eyes about the song. Danny and his father then pushed the tree down once it was cut enough. Patch began to come over to the farmer and his son so he could pull the tree for them. The farmer and Danny smiled as Patch came to help them.
"He's so dreamy." Colette smiled dreamily.
"Yes..." Daisy agreed, though she seemed to be looking at Rover and not Patch.
"Do you even know who she's talking about?" Ellie May asked Daisy.
Daisy kept her eyes on the hound dog as she seemed to be in a whole other world right now.
Rover continued his song as he stood on top of the tree as the tree was pulled into the farmer's house and he then danced on top of the stair railing, passing a snowman as the family then decorated their tree.
"She is so in love." Colette smiled.
Patch then came out of the house as the family decorated it.
"That was so kind of you." Colette smiled.
"I have a big heart." Patch smiled back.
"Just like your muscles." Colette smiled dreamily.
Patch blushed to that. "Oh, Collie..."
Colette soon came up to him nuzzling up to him. Patch blushed and nuzzled back to her.
"How long have you two known each other?" Daisy smiled at the puppy couple.
"Months." The puppy couple smiled.
"Well, congratulations." Daisy smiled back.
"Thanks." Colette smiled.
"Do you like Rover, Miss Daisy?" Patch asked.
Daisy blushed slightly. "I think I do."
"Aw!" Ellie May smiled.
"So, how's Raffles?" Patch smirked.
"He's still super handsome, I mean strong, I meant to say super strong and amazing, wait, what was the question again?" Ellie May asked blushing.
This only made Patch, Colette, and Daisy smirk. This even caused Raffles to blush.
Ellie May smiled nervously, then turned around and her eyes widened once she saw the sheepdog had heard every word. "Ooh, Raffles!"
"H-Hey Ellie May." Raffles blushed while trying to sound cool.
Patch and Colette looked to each other.
"Seems like everybody's being bitten by the love bug lately." Colette commented.
"Boy, you can say that again." Patch agreed.
"Hey, folks, I'll never dampen your holidays." Rover kicked open the farmer's door.
Farmer Hill then shut the door in his face since he was a dog.
"No respect," Rover frowned. "No respect at all."
"Well, they just didn't want to let any cold inside." Patch said.
"Hmph..." Rover pouted.
Later that night, the family began to roast marshmallows.
The others decided to give Rover and Daisy some privacy as they watched the family share a sweet bond over the crackling fire. Atticus sighed a little on Roger and Anita's window and drew a heart on it with his finger and wrote his and Mo's initials on it as he felt not only homesick, but missing his girl back home.
Atlas could tell of how Atticus was feeling because he was feeling the same thing. "You missing someone back home?" he then asked the boy.
"What else is new?" Atticus sighed. "I still remember when I had a hard time deciding whether to stay with my parents or chose Cherry before her mother got a new job in London."
"It must have been a hard choice." Atlas said.
"Oh, man, you have no idea..." Atticus said to him. "I don't know what I'd do if Cherry's mother hadn't gotten that job offer," He soon saw Atlas looking like he was someplace else. "Uh, Atlas?"
Atlas sighed as he had his mind elsewhere and he started to daydream about spending more and more time with Connie as his own girlfriend.
"Hello, Earth to Atlas?" Atticus said.
"Huh? Oh, yes, very interesting..." Atlas woke up then.
Atticus soon has an idea of who Atlas was thinking about. "This isn't about Connie, is it?" he then smirked.
Atlas's face turned red at the mention of the woman. "What about Connie?"
"You love her, don't you?" Atticus asked.
Atlas blushed again. "She's really beautiful..."
"Yeah, she is..." Atticus had to agree there.
"I just was that she wasn't with that jerk." Atlas said.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, that guy's totally not for her..." Atticus agreed.
"I just wish Connie could see that." Atlas sighed.
"Don't worry, Atlas, I'm sure something will give Rocky a big taste of karma." Atticus soothed.
There was then a howl heard.
Atticus's eyes widened and he put his hand to his ear. "Wolf..." he whispered.
"We better take a look and see if the wolves are attacking Farmer Hill's farm." Atlas whispered.
Atticus nodded. They then snuck downstairs so they wouldn't disturb Roger, Anita, or Nanny while they would sleep and then ran out the door to check out to see if there were in fact wolves out on the farm next-door.