Nightshade: Welcome back.
Ash: You're still here?
Nightshade: Ha. Funny. I've got a question. How do you deal with you-know-who?


Ash: Who?
Nightshade: You know, the fat man.
Ash: Oh Santa? I don't. He tends to stay away with all the mines and lasers I've got rigged up around here.


Nightshade: Well he'll have to come this year. With her? He'd have to.
Ash: Valentine?


Valentine: Hi guys!
Ash: Hey. Where did you go?


Valentine: Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't tell you? I went down to the homeless shelter to cook for their christmas eve dinner! I just love helping people, I wish I could do it all the time!


Valentine: Oh I forgot! Tomorrow I'm going to be giving out gifts to orphans! But it won't be until afternoon so we can spend Christmas morning together! I'll make a big breakfast!
Ash: I'm sure it will be fine.


Nightshade: Right then. So I figure while he's unloading about a half ton of presents under the tree we go up to the roof and grab whatever loot is in the sleigh.
Ash: I have a better idea.


Valentine: I'm going to set out some cookies and cocoa and go to bed! Merry Christmas!
Ash: *giggle*


Nightshade: Did you just smile?
Ash: No. Anyway, this is what we're going to do...

 

 

 

 

Later that Night...
Ash: It's been a long time, Santa. The presents, please. Slowly.
Santa: YOU?! Not again!
Nightshade: You've done this before?


Ash: When I was 7. I wanted to see what made the reindeer fly. He should have thanked me. The nose-glowing thing was just a story before I came along.
Santa: Take the presents! Just let the reindeer be!
Nightshade: We will, thanks.

 

 

 

The Next Morning

Nightshade: I love Christmas.


Commentary:
Under the influence of the holiday season, even Ash and Nightshade get along. This is just a basic story centering around the good children get lots of gifts and naughty children get coal equation. Except when you get really, really naughty kids they probably won't settle for coal.

Looking back, I'm always surprised that this is Valentine's first appearance, seeing as how she arrived at the same time as Ash, who were both my 'first doll' (Nightshade showed up 2 days later). The first pic-fics can get a little choppy like that. I didn't always take pictures of the stories that were going on in my head, and I didn't have much in the way of props to facilitate storytelling. That all ended when I began making dollhouses.