At Blackpaw Manor, its owner Anna Blackpaw was playing the piano. "Ms. Blackpaw, the feed is live." Josephus her butler said.

"Good. Is Davies ready?" Anna's question was quickly answered as her fiance came down the stairs wearing a Christmas sweater, and loudly humming 'Frosty the Snowman' as he danced to the ground floor. "Nevermind."

"Well hello there," Davies said to the webcam on the drone. "I didn't hear you come in! Welcome, to the Blackblack Manor Christmas Livestream Special! We've got a slew of wholesome holiday... holiday..." He tried to think of an alliteration for holiday. "Well, the point is, we've got a whole slew of things for tonight folks!"

"Is slew less than three?" Josephus said sarcastically.

Davies glared at Josephus, causing the Vampiric fruit bat to cringe. "Anyway, tonight on the piano. Is my lovely fiance, Anna Blackpaw. Say hi to the viewers' Anna."

"Hi to the viewers' Anna." Anna parroted.

Davies sniggered. "And tonight, we've also got some special guests." There was a knock at the front door. "And there's the first of our special guests!" Davies got the door.

At the door were his twin sister Judy Hopps, her husband Nick Wilde, and their children, Pandora and Olaf. "Merry Christmas Davies- what is going on here?" Judy asked as her twin brother hugged her.

"Well if it isn't my favorite sister!" Davies said. "Come on in, warm yourselves by the fireplace."

"Davies, it isn't even that cold outside. It just started snowing when we got here." Nick said. "And besides, we're basically neighbors- what are you doing with those?" He said as Davies got some Christmas sweaters. He then promptly forced them onto the fox and bunny couple. "Well... it's not ugly."

"Yeah, who knit these?" Judy asked.

"Oh, that was Josephus actually," Anna said. "Don't worry, there... quality wool." She said not wanting to say on a live stream that they could be cursed by her Vampire butler. "Yeah, he makes sweaters every Christmas for years."

"And I got them all out last month," Josephus said.

"And there's my little Pancake," Davies said to Pandora.

"No, no, no! Pandora, not Pancake." Pandora said.

"Yeah, she only likes that nickname when we call her that," Nick said.

"And Olaf, still giving warm hugs?" Davies said to the young Spirit Guardian.

"You tell me!" Olaf gave Davies a warm hug. "Everybody likes these."

"Did you remember the penguin costume?" Davies asked.

"Well... no we didn't- what is that drone doing up there?" Judy said, bewildered by the drone flying overhead.

"Wait... Davies, are you and Anna filming a Christmas special of some kind?" Nick asked.

"Don't be ridiculous Slick Nick... we're live streaming," Davies said.

"You're what?!" Nick and Judy said in unison.

"We'll be right back after this word from our sponsors," Josephus said to the webcam drone.

Davies took in a deep breath. "Look, I know I sprung this on you without any warning. But you need to work with me on this!" Davies said.

"Honestly, we hashed this thing on rather short notice," Anna said as she took a break from playing the piano. "Back when I was a Vampire I could play that thing literally non-stop, literally." She said as she stretched her hands.

"Okay... so you wanted to do an old-fashioned Christmas special," Judy said. "Why didn't you tell us about this before? We could work with you on this instead of... well being unprepared to be on the internet."

"I mean we just came over for Christmas," Nick said.

"Mommy and Daddy and Uncle Davies angry?" Pandora asked sweetly.

"No Pan, we're just really exasperated with each other," Davies said. "I just want to do something fun for Christmas with you, and some of my friends from work, and some of you're friends from work and some notable-"

"You invited our co-workers for this?" Nick said in disbelief. "How many people did you invite?!"

"I stopped him from inviting literally everyone we're on speaking terms with," Anna said. "Had to remind the poor fellow about his... social anxiety. And that, that many people would drive him mad."

"Point is I didn't invite literally everyone in Zootopia for this... and Josephus, how long have you been running commercials?" Davies asked.

"Maybe too long," Josephus said. "And we're back."

"Welcome back everyone. For those of you just tuning in, my sister and brother-in-law have just come over with their adorable kits." Davies said to the drone. "You think we could ever have kits someday Anna?"

Anna's piano playing abruptly stopped as she started blushing bright red, and started breathing heavily. "Davies... we'll be married within the next year and-"

"Thanks for breaking Ms. Blackpaw, Davies. I always knew you could do it." Josephus said sarcastically.

Davies laughed nervously as he went over to his niece and nephew. "So... this is you're second Christmas right?" The siblings nodded excitedly. "Would you like to get an early present?" Davies asked.

"What have I told you about spoiling our kids?" Nick said to his brother-in-law.

"Holidays and birthdays only, and unless I'm mistaken. This is a holiday, Nicky." Davies said as he got a pair of presents out of a closet.

"And now everyone knows that nickname," Nick said in annoyance.

"Now guys, you can open these early. But you have to sing a Christmas song." Davies said.

"Mom and dad say that taking bribes is wrong." Little Pandora said sweetly.

This caught Davies completely off guard. "I... this isn't a bribe. Judy does this look like a bribe?"

"Well... Duke did try to bribe us with Christmas gifts one year." Nick said. "But no, this isn't a bribe. You can take Uncle Davies gifts if you want to."

"And if you want to open them now, I'm going to need a song," Davies said.

Pandora and Olaf looked at each other.

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The first Noel the angels did say

Was to certain poor shepherds

In fields as they lay,

In fields where they,

Laying their sheep

On a cold winter's night

That was so deep.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

They looked up and saw a star

Shining in the East beyond them far,

And to the earth, it gave great light,

And so it continued both day and night.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

And by the light of that same star

Three wise men came from country far,

To seek for a King was their intent

And to follow the star

Wherever it went.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

This star drew nigh to the northwest

Over Bethlehem, it took its rest,

And there it did both stop and stay

Right over the place where Jesus lay.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

Then did they know assuredly

Within that house the King did lie:

One entered in then for to see,

And found the Babe in poverty:

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

Then entered in those wise men three

Full reverently upon their knee,

And offered there in His presence

Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

Then let us all with one accord

Sing praises to our heavenly Lord,

That hath made heaven

And earth of naught

And with His blood

Mankind hath bought.

Noel Noel Noel Noel!

Born is the King of Israel!

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Everyone was brought to tears by Olaf and Pandora's performance. "That... was wonderful," Anna said. "I'd give you two presents each. And you sang the song in its entirety to boot!"

There was a knock at the door. "I'll go get it," Davies said as he got the door. "Come on in! It's officers Harry Carrotson and Sawa Otocyon!"

The rabbit and bat-eared fox entered the manor. "Merry Christmas Davies... you sure it's a good idea to live stream this?" Harry said.

"Probably not, but I've made my bed and I'm going to sleep in it," Davies said.

"Hope that beds warm. It's snowing heavily out there." Sawa said.

Davies just rolled his eyes. "It's a metaphorical bed, sheesh... speaking of snow. I understand that you grew up in Kenya, Sawa."

"Yes... why aren't you talking about Christmas's with the Carrotsons? Surely you had a few." Sawa said.

"Yes. Exactly five." Davies said through clenched teeth.

"Not much to tell either way," Harry said. "Pretty much every Christmas we had with the Hopps... well at some point someone was assaulted by a chicken. Every year like clockwork, in and around Christmas Day. Somebody was attacked by one of the chickens." Harry said as he hung up his coat. Granted, he was Vampire and didn't strictly need it for warmth. "It didn't even matter if you were actually in the pens feeding the birds or. At some point, a chicken would attack someone."

"I was always afraid that I would be attacked... it never happened," Davies said as he stared off into the camera. "But I still have night terrors of being attacked by chickens... but enough about us. Tell us "

"Oh... well, in that case, Christmas for my family was nowhere near as eventful for my family," Sawa said. "We didn't decorate, not quite like this."

"Wrong climate for evergreens anyway," Davies said. "Now, I've heard a bit of a rumor that you've developed an... allergy to certain foods." He said, indirectly referring to the fact that both Harry and Sawa were turned into Vampires a few months ago. "But by sheer coincidence. Anna keeps quite a bit of this in the basement." He said as he produced a bottle of blood, obscuring the label from the camera.

"Well thank ya kindly," Harry said as he took the bottle. "Josephus, can you get some glasses?" Josephus promptly gave Harry and his partner a pair of sunglasses. "Oh you're a real comedian, do you know that?"

"We'll be right back," Davies said to the camera. "Seriously though officer Otocyon, NEVER bring up spending Christmas at the Carrotsons."

"Yeah, the Hopps's stopped spending Christmas at our place after Judy was attacked by one of the chickens," Harry said.

"But you've been eating chicken Carrots?" Nick asked his wife.

"Yep," Judy said pleasantly. "I'm hoping that one day, it'll be the same chicken that mauled me that Christmas night all those years ago." Everyone was disturbed by Judy's tirade... then as if on cue, a chicken burst into the living room. "You..." Judy recognized the chicken as the one that mauled her all those years ago.

"Chokabo?! How in tarnation did you get here!?" Harry said in confusion as Judy chased after the chicken. "I could've sworn he was back at the farm."

"Odds are good it's either Josephus or Clancy being weird," Davies said in aggravation. Then there was another knock at the door. "And now someone comes right when we're in the middle of a commercial break... and Nick could you please keep Judy from killing a chicken on a live stream? And I cannot believe I just said that." The door kept knocking. "Are we getting back from commercials?"

"Yep," Josephus said.

"I was wondering when you were getting back. Some more people came while you were out." Davies opened the door. "Come on in guys." Outside were Aka, Ursula, and Gerald. "It's so good to see-"

"Do you have any idea how cold it is out there Hopps?" Ursula said, throwing her coat at Davies.

"Sorry about that sir," Gerald said as he took the coat. "It took longer than we thought to get here. And zero luck staying warm the entire way here."

"It's an honor that you invited us to your party Mr. Hopps-sama," Aka said, bowing to Davies.

"Ms. Gekido, we've talked about this. It feels weird when you address people like this." Davies then held out his hand for a handshake. "And welcome to the party."

"Piano... not my style, but after that miserable ride, I'm not going to complain," Ursula said as she warmed herself by the fireplace.

"On the subject of music... I hear you're a bit of a singer yourself." Davies said to Aka.

"Well... I do like karaoke. And I certain you remember Catharsis, you were there when we agreed on the name of the band." Aka said nervously.

"Davies, I don't think that's such a good idea," Harry said. "She sings death metal." He whispered.

"Well, I figure that her childhood Christmas's would be... kind of depressing I'm not going to lie," Davies whispered. "I figured that at least with singing a song it would be interesting."

"Okay. I've thought it over, I'll try to sing something. Do you have a karaoke machine?" Aka asked.

"Funny that you should mention that Ms. Gekido." Anna then got out a karaoke machine. "Got this online. I even got it loaded with a song... appropriate for you're talents."

The first song that Aka saw was Carol of the Bells... by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

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HARJ! HOW THE BELLS

SWEET SILVER BLES

ALL SEEM TO SAY,

"THROW CARES AWAY."

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

BRINGING GOOD CHEER

TO YOUNG AND OLD

MEEK AND THE BOLD

DING, DONG, DING, DONG

THAT IS THEIR SONG

WITH JOYFUL RING

ALL CAROLING

ONE SEEMS TO HEAR

WORDS OF GOOD CHEER

FROM EV'RYWHERE

FILLING THE AIR

OH, HOW THEY POUND,

RAISING THE SOUND,

O'ER HILL AND DALE,

TELLING THEIR TALE,

FAILY THEY RING

WHILE PEOPLE SING

SONGS OF GOOD CHEER

CHRISTMAS IS HERE

MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS

ON, ON TEY SEND

ONE WITHOUT END

TO EV'RY HOME

XXXX

"So... how was that?" Aka asked when she finished.

Anna had her fingers stuck in Davies's ears. "It... was... rather intence. But I'm certain some people enjoyed it." Anna said tactfully.

"You were awesome Aka," Ursula said.

"Too loud!" Pandora complained as she and her brother shook from the force of Aka's singing.

Meanwhile upstairs, Judy was stalking the chicken Chocobo. "Where are you? You stupid pillow. I had nightmares for months because of you." She muttered to herself as she stalked her prey. Then she heard a clucking noise. "There you are." She said as she followed the noise. "We're having chicken tonight."

Meanwhile, at the front door, Davies answered it, and to his dismay it was is Professor Wily Iatrans. Nick and Judy's next-door neighbor. "Well... let's, let's check in on the Christmas dinner." Davies took the drone into the kitchen as Professor Iatrans kept rambling.

Davies went into the kitchen and saw Loki cooking. "Davies, I'm happy to report that dinner is progressing marvelously."

"Can I get a better look?" Davies asked as he walked up a stool to the biggest counter. All around him was a vast spread of baked and cooked foods. "Oh... oh you've outdone yourself Loki. If the smell alone is any indication, we're going to be feasting like kings tonight. What's the catch?"

"That's what I adore about you Hopps, you're butt naked cynicism," Loki said.

Davies then looked straight at the camera on the drone. "Josephus put it on commercial now." The drone beeped. "Okay Loki, I only invited you to make the Christmas dinner as a favor to Nick's sister. But I will not abide being teased like this."

"He is right Loki." Sue, the robot duplicate of Judy also known as Sierra Ultima said. "It's unnecessary to antagonize him like this."

"Sue, just keep chopping the produce," Loki said.

"Loki." Angela Wilde said, causing the ancient trickster gods Ichor to run cold. "You are not going to embarrass one of my brothers-in-law like this. Because if you insist on keeping this up. You're not getting a crumb of food tonight. Am I clear Loki Foxfeyson?"

Loki sighed. "I'm sorry Davies." He said, now feeling sick.

"Was that so hard Loki? Here, have a cookie." Angela gave Loki a Christmas cookie.

"Where's Elsa anyway? Haven't seen her all night." Davies said.

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Meanwhile upstairs. Elsa, Anna's sister was staring out the window as it snowed outside. The young rabbit girl barely even acknowledged Chokabo running by her bedroom door. "I'll get you! You stupid bird!" Judy then noticed Elsa. "Elsa? What are you doing up here?"

"Just... watching the snow," Elsa said, not even looking at Judy.

"Kid, you're ears are drooping," Judy said as she went into Elsa's bedroom, completely ignoring her crusade against Chocobo. "I understand not wanting to talk about things. But Elsa, if you ever do. You only need to ask."

"You're hoping that I talk about what's bothering me now so that you can go back to chasing that chicken that just ran past," Elsa said.

"He can wait. It's Christmas, you're upset about something." Judy said.

"And there's the thing... Christmas." Elsa said sadly. "It was around that time that I... I died." She admitted.

"Oh, Elsa," Judy said, hugging the formally undead rabbit kit. "I'm so sorry you're reminded of that."

"I can still remember how it happened... the cold overwhelmed me. The feeling of betrayal... and he's not helping!" Elsa pointed at the ghost of Jonathan.

"My intention was not to unsettle you, Elsa... I'm sorry." Jonathan apologized.

"Jonathan... Elsa, Christmas is a time for families to come together. I know that it all feels weird, but Elsa... you're sister loves you, Davies loves you. We all love you." Judy said earnestly. "You've led a hard life... sort of, you spent the last thousand years as an Ice Revenant, and up until recently you has to stay in Forrestvale to protect you from Anna's enemies... that's a lot for anyone, regardless whether there five or fifty or older to go through."

"It's... a lot to take in that's true," Elsa said.

"I... have not seen Elsa in over a thousand years. I was bound to haunt Anna... and I imagine you were not in the temperament for social calls then anyway. Forgive me, for reminding you of time lost." Jonathan said.

"Look... let's just go downstairs, if you're not comfortable. You can go back upstairs, okay?" Judy said.

"What about that chicken?" Elsa asked. "How did it get in the house?"

"Chokabo can wait... and as for the how, I have a sneaking suspicion that Clancy is directly involved somehow," Judy said, and she led Elsa downstairs.

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"Oh thank goodness. It's Cheif Bogo and his family everyone!" Davies said as Bogo and his family came inside. "Come on inside, and let me tell you. You're a welcome respite from Dr. Know-It-All."

Professor Wily Iatrans gasped in disbelief. "How dare you! I am not a mere doctor! You've seen my inventions, Mr. Hopps!" Wily ranted.

Davies rolled his eyes. "Josephus, deploy the subtitles." He said sardonically to the drone.

On the bottom of the screen of the live stream read. "This is what a bad person looks like, try your best to avoid ending up like Professor Wily Iatrans. If only because this kind of behavior is extremely annoying, and nobody likes being subjected to this sort of thing."

"I wouldn't have invited him, but deliberately snubbing him felt like a betrayal of the spirit of Christmas... that and he was doing nothing for the holidays," Davies said.

"Not true!" Wily spoke up. "I was by myself planning for a lovely-"

"As I said, you were doing nothing for the holidays." Davies then heard another knock at the door. "Well that was quick, I didn't think the next guests would be here for a while." He said as he went to answer the door. "It's Jack Savage and Skye Winter!"

"Merry Christmas!" Skye gave Davies a giant hug, followed by agent Savage following after her, his hands filled with presents. "Sorry we're late, we did some last-minute Christmas shopping and lost track of time."

"Specifically she lost track of time. I reminded her that we were running late for almost an entire." Jack grumbled. "I'm pretty sure she went over your recommended price limit."

"Let me help you with those," Bogo said, taking the gifts off of Jack.

"Well, have a Merry Christmas," Davies said.

"I'm Jewish," Jack said.

Davies looked perplexed for a moment. "Well... enjoy the party anyway." He said as he gave Jack a sweater. "Have you met Josephus? He knitted these."

"This... looks, and feels almost identical to the sweaters my grandmother made for Hanukkah," Jack said in surprise.

"Well, I was confused why it had little Stars of David on it," Davies said. "And you're certain you never met Josephus? Fruit bat, randomly shouts weird things, doesn't smell like fruit residue like you'd expect a fruit bat to smell. Trust me you'd remember him if you met him."

"No, I cannot say that I have ever met this specific Josephus," Jack said, looking just as confused as Davies about this situation.

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"-Anyway, that's pretty much how we celebrated Christmas back in the 990s." Elsa finished as she and Judy got to the ground floor.

"Wow... I complained when I got a homemade dollhouse when I was your age." Judy said in disbelief. "So, is dinner ready?" She asked Nick.

"It's just about Carrots, and how's the Ice Princess doing?" Nick said to the white rabbit.

"Better Mr. Wilde," Elsa said, hugging the fox cop.

"Dinners just about ready!" Angela shouted from the kitchen.

There was another knock at the door. "Sweat glory there cutting it close." Davies opened the door. "It's Sally and Selene Samuel! What took you guys so long?"

"We got held up in traffic," Selene said. "Are we too late for dinner?"

"You're just in time," Davies said with relief. "Now is there anyone missing?" He said as he went over a list. "Anyone else we should wait for before we start?"

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Eventually, everyone sat down for Christmas dinner... that was when calamity struck. In the form of a chicken. It was pandemonium and by the end. Everyone was covered in food, and the entire dinner was ruined. "Sue," Loki said to the robotic rabbit. "Order some takeout food to replace what was destroyed. Charge it to Blackpaws account."

"Understood. What of the mess?" Sierra Ultima asked.

"You and Josephus will clean up... meanwhile, that chicken is as good as an appetizer," Loki said with barred teeth.

"I WANT THE NECK!" Angela roared.

As everyone went to pursue Chokabo the chicken. Davies looked dazed, with only Anna sitting beside him. "Davies... I'm so sorry."

Davies hyperventilated. "I just... WHERE DID THAT INFERNAL CHICKEN EVEN COME FROM?!" He shouted.

"Easy, easy," Anna said. "Calm down... let the rest of them hunt the chicken. Just breathe, we can try a dinner like this again next year."

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"Well... for those of you just joining us. Right as we were about to eat dinner." Davies said a few minutes later, after taking a shower. "A chicken ran amok. Turning a dinner that took roughly six hours or so to make, into an inedible mess. Rest assured everyone, the offending foul has been dealt with." He said, showing the Predator guests trying to divvy up the cooked chicken. "And I'm half tempted to join them, because I'm starving, and it's snowing pretty heavily outside, so I'm not confident that anything that was ordered will get here soon."

Elsa then approached Davies. "Uncle Davies... we're all here. That's what's important."

"I know Elsa... I just really wanted to do something nice for everyone. It's been a crazy few years... I just wanted something relatively normal." Davies said.

"I was looking forward to that dinner too... but still, it's good to meet everyone," Elsa said. "The Samuel sisters are quite pleasant, as are most of the people you invited... with the notable exception of a certain blathering coyote. Everyone has been quite nice."

There was then another knock at the door. "What?" Davies said in disbelief. "There's no way that could be dinner. The snows too deep for anyone to get through in less than an hour." Davies went to open the door. And to his surprise.

"Who ordered pizza?" Said the First Among Equals, better known to the rest of Zootopia as Jerry Jumbeaux Jr. Followed by the rest of the leadership of the Cabal of the Unseen Eyes leadership bringing in various orders of take out food.

"Well, I'll be..." Anna said in disbelief. "I thought you guys would be working."

"We were," Umbra said. "But then we saw the mess that chicken caused on you're live stream. So we tracked down the orders you're sis' doppelganger put in, and got them all here as soon as we could." She said as she shook Davies's hand.

"I... thank you! This is such- I mean I was expecting the meal to come..." Davies then hugged the Vampiric ocelot assassin.

Umbra awkwardly returned the hug. "Is... is that camera rolling?" She said as she noticed the drone.

"Yes, just mind you're P's and Q's. And everything will work out." Davies said.

XXXX

At the end of the night. "Well, aside from a few hiccups. I say we've had a wonderful Christmas." Davies said as he and the rest of the guests sat around the fireplace.

"From all of us here at Blackpaw Manor. We wish you and yours, a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday, and a Happy New Year." Anna said as she lovingly held her fiance's hand in hers. She then kissed him on the cheek.

"And God bless us, everyone!" Elsa said.

"Indeed Elsa." Anna said tenderly to her 'younger' sister.

XXXX

Clancy stood alone beneath a light. "If you're wondering who brought Chokabo the chicken to Blackpaw Manor, causing all of the mayhem that happened... it was me. As if you couldn't have guessed. As well as every instance of the Carrotson chickens attacking people during Christmas, that was also me."