It was Christmas Day, and the pups were just now opening their presents. "Wow! Check out this new skateboard I got!" said Rubble as he showed the pus a bright yellow skateboard with a lightning pattern on it. "Coool dude!" Zuma said in awe. "It looks amazing!" he added. "Thanks Zuma! I'll try it out later" Rubble said as he placed the skateboard up against a wall. Rocky was next to open his present. "Oh wow! Look at this you guys!" he called out to the other pups as he showed them a green an white toolbox "It's just what I always wanted" Rocky said. "That looks great Rocky! Now you have something to put your tools that you aren't using at the time in" said Marshall. "Yep!" Rocky replied as he put his toolbox aside. The next pup to see what he got for Christmas was Herbie. When he saw what he got, he gasped and wagged his tail happily. "Guys! Guys! Guys! Look! Look! Look!" he cheered as he showed them a squeaky bone toy. Skye giggled at Herbie's excitement. "It looks wonderful Herbie. You must really be happy the Santa got you your favorite toy huh?" she said. Herbie nodded and immediately started playing with it. The other pups got exciting presents as well. Chase got a teddy bear dressed as a cop. Marshall gets a water sprinkler that looks like a fire hydrant. Skye received a pink heart pillow. Fauna's present is a wind up cat toy. Zuma is gifted with a new windsurfer board. Aid earns a miniature dance pad. And Roader finds a new motor scooter inside his present, and then a feather with a small note attached to it saying "Be gentle and kind with this, and Merry Christmas." Roader looked Aid who was still observing his present, then smiled and left the feather inside his present. "These are great gifts huh guys?" said Chase. The other pups nodded in agreement. "So, now that we're done unwrapping our gifts, what should we do now?" Fauna asked. "I don't know, maybe play a game or something?" Rocky suggested. "That sounds like a gweat idea!" Zuma replied. "Ok! What game should we play?" asked Herbie. "How about, hide and seek, jingle bell version!" Roader suggested to the other pups. "Jingle bell version? What's that?" Skye asked. "While one pup counts to twenty, the others have to hide. But, you have to wear a bell on your tail. This can make it easy for the seeker to find you if you're not standing still enough" Roader explains. "That sounds like fun!" Marshall said. "Y-yeah, I like the sound of that game." Aid agreed. "Alright, I'll go and get some bells, you guys can head outside." Rocky said as he went to go and get some small jingle bells. The other pups howled as they ran outside.


The other pups waited outside for Rocky. He then raced up to the with small red jingle bells. "Here you go!" said Rocky as he placed them on the ground. "Perfect!" said Skye. "Let's go ahead and attach these to our tails." All the pup then wrapped the green ribbon on the bells around their tails. "Alright, who wants to seek first?" Chase asked. "I will!" Rubble stated. "Ok then. Let's go hide everyone" said Roader, and he and the other pups went to find hiding places, with their bells jingling from their running. Rocky and Marshall hid inside a bush, Skye hid up under the trampoline, Chase and Fauna hid behind Rubble's pup house, Herbie hides in a hole in the ground, Aid hides in a Herbie's little greenhouse where Roader is hiding as well, and finally Zuma hides inside a box. "Twenty! Ready or not, here I come!" Rubble calls out and begins searching for where the other pups are. Rubble first searches around the pup houses. Chase and Fauna giggle quietly. "Don't move, or our bells will give us away." giggled Fauna. Chase nodded, and watched Rubble sniff around the area. Then, Rubble sees two shadows on the lookout that looked familiar. "Huh?" he remarked and walked over to where they appeared from, spotting Chase and Fauna behind his pup house. The two giggled and wagged their tails, and jingled their bells. "Found you!" said Rubble happily. "Maybe we should pick a pup house to hide behind that doesn't belong to the seeker." Fauna kidded, earning a laugh from Chase and Rubble, as the latter began searching for the rest of his friends. Rubble checked around the grassy area. Herbie peeked up from his hole, and slowly, to avoid jingling his bell, ducked back in when he saw Rubble coming. Rubble sniffed out the ground for a while, then spots a hole. "Maybe I should try digging for a friend!" he said before digging away at the hole, making it bigger and revealing Herbie. "I found you Herbie!" Rubble said. "Herbie emerged from the hole, and shook off some of the dirt. "You sure did! I should know better than to pick a hiding spot where a great digger like you can dig at." Herbie said while chuckling. Rubble smiled and resumed his seeking. The next spot where he check had the trampoline in it. Skye quietly giggled when she saw Rubble coming. "You're getting warmer." she whispered. Rubble looks at the trampoline, but resumes sniffing the ground. Skye's small size added with the pink color of the trampoline made it easier for her to hide. "Oh well, next time." she said to herself. Then Rubble turns back around and looks at the trampoline again. He walks over to it and inspects it. Skye backed up a bit, but did so a little quickly, thus jingled her bell. Rubble heard this and looked up under the trampoline. "You found me Rubble! Wasn't paying attention on how fast I moved back." Skye giggled as Rubble smiled. Now Rubble was searching around Herbie's greenhouse. Aid and Roader ducked as low as they could. Rubble looks inside the greenhouse for a while. The fertilizer sacks hid Aid and Roader from his sight. But then, Rubble notices a familiar tail sticking out from behind one of the sacks. Roader giggled lightly before feeling a paw tap his tail. "I know who's tail this belongs to!" said Rubble. "You got me, nice searching Rubble." Roader said. "Thanks!" said Rubble and headed out the greenhouse. Roader stayed behind and smiled a little as he looked at Aid's hiding spot. He then went outside to grab his feather he got for Christmas, then returned. "Ok Aid. Let's see if you got what it takes not to move." Roader said as he crept up to Aid's right side and started tickling it. Aid gasped and struggled not to laugh. He looked back and saw Roader tickling him. "Heeeeey, Roadeeeer, dooooon't!" he whispered while trying not to laugh, nor wag his tail. "Just having a little fun. I would do this to any pup I'd be hiding with." Roader stated and continued tickling Aid. Elsewhere, Rubble was checking around the play area. "I wonder where Rocky, Marshall, Aid, and Zuma are" he said. As he walked around, he noticed a box. "I think I know where one of them is." he stated and run up to the box. "Knock knock." he said while tapping the box with his right paw. "Nobody's hewe dude." Zuma whispered while smiling. "I think someone's home!" Rubble said, and then lifted up the box. "Found Zuma!" Rubble declared. "Nice job dude! How many pups do you have to find now?" asked Zuma. "Just three more to go!" Rubble replied and went to go search for them. He went passed the greenhouse again, only to hear giggling. "I thought I already found someone in there." he thought. "Maybe I'm just hearing things." So Rubble just kept searching around for the last three pups. Aid saw Rubble leave. "Okay Roader, caaaan you stooooop now?" he said while straining to hold his laughter. "Almost." Roader replied as he started to stroke the feather against Aid's hind paws next. "Geeeek! Noooo, doooon't!" Aid squealed as silently as he could. Meanwhile, Rubble came across a bush. "Anyone in there?" Rubble asked with a smile. Rocky and Marshall quietly giggled. "Let's see." Rubble said as he extended his paw into the bush. Marshall giggled more as he moved away from Rubble's paw. Eventually, Rubble touched Marshall's nose. "Found someone!" he said. Marshall walked out from behind the bush. "Heheh, you sure did!" he stated. "Now, only Rocky and Aid are left." Rubble said and searched elsewhere for them. He walked pass the greenhouse again, and thought for a moment. "Maybe another pup is inside." he thought and walked inside. Roader saw Rubble coming and stopped tickling Aid and stood up. "Roader? What are you doing in here?" Rubble asked. "Just havin' some fun, around Herbie's greenhouse." Roader replied, not trying to give away Aid's hiding spot that easily. "Hmmm, ok! I'll see you later!" Rubble said as he left the greenhouse. "See ya!" Roader called, then resumed to tickling Aid. "Geeeek! Stooooop Roaderrrrrrr!" Aid mumbled as he tried to prevent himself from bursting out in laughter. Rubble walked around the area, he then walked up to the bush without even looking, and went inside and bumped into Rocky. At the same time he did, he heard a loud burst of laughter come from the greenhouse. Rubble laughed. "Found Rocky, and Aid!" he said. "So that means we both won huh?" Rocky wondered. "Heheh, yep!" replied Rubble. The other pups came up to Rubble and Rocky. Then Aid and Roader approached them as well. "Roader finally got to me with those tickles!" Aid giggled. "And Rubble just happened to walk into my hiding spot!" giggled Rocky. "That was quite the fun game!" Zuma said. "Shall we play something else?" asked Fauna.


The other pups pondered for a second. "I think I got a good idea. How about Christmas Names?" Chase suggested. "What's that about?" Skye asked. "You have to think of names that relate to Christmas, if you can't think of one in five seconds, you're out. And you can't say the same name twice, or you're also out." explains Chase. "Sounds fun to me!" Herbie said while wagging his tail. "I'll go first, then Marshall, then Aid, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, Roader, Skye, Herbie, and then Fauna." Chase instructed. "Why do I have to be last?" Fauna asked in a droopy tone. "Oh, s-sorry Fauna. If you want, you can go-" Chase was about to say before Fauna spoke out. "I'm just teasing you Chase!" she said with a smile. "As long as I get to play, I don't mind going last." she added. Chase and the others giggled, the they got into a circle. "Ok, we're starting...now!" Chase said before giving out the first name. "Santa Claus!" Marshall thought for a moment. "Elves!" he said. "U-umm, snow?" Aid said, feeling unsure, but he was good. "Jingle bells!" Rubble said. "Frosty the Snowman!" Rocky called. "Pwesents!" Zuma said. The star of Christmas!" called Roader. "Santa's sleigh!" Skye said. "Bells!" Herbie said, knowing that jingle bells and regular bells are different. "Reindeer!" said Fauna. It all went back to Chase. After a while, it started getting harder as the names got called out. "Umm snow?" Rubble wondered. "Aid already said snow. Sorry Rubble." Chase said. "Oh right. Oh well, good luck you guys!" Rubble said as he moved back from the circle. When it got to Herbie again, he had a hard time thinking. "What's another one?" he thought. "Time's up Herbie, you're out!" said Rocky. Herbie giggled. "I need to brush up on my Christmas names!" he said and backed out of the circle. "Mistletoe!" Fauna said before sighing in relief. "Snowflakes!" Chase called. "Oh boy." Marshall mumbled. "Ummmm, I don't know anymore." he said as his five seconds were up. "Sorry Marshall, you're out!" Roader said. "Oh well. Maybe next time." said Marshall. When it got back to Zuma. "Pwesents?" he thought. "You already said presents." Skye giggled. "Wight." Zuma said before backing up. It was down to Chase, Aid, Rocky, Roader, Skye, Herbie, and Fauna. "How about Christmas....tree?" Fauna said. "Uhhhh, I think Rubble said that a while back." Chase replied. "Ohhh, I forgot he said that." Fauna said as she backed up. "Uhh, umm, uhh, hot...chocolate?" Chase wondered. "That works!" Skye said. "Phew!" sighed Chase. Aid was looking a bit frantic. He knew that his short term memory loss wouldn't help him in this game. "How.....about......snowballs?" he asked, knowing that it would be futile. "Good enough!" Herbie said to him. Aid slumped down in relief. "Carol of the Bells!" Skye said. It went back to Chase again. "I don't know. Maybe Christmas cookies?" he thought. "Nope!" Roader said. "Bummer." murmured Chase. "Just kidding! That's good!" Roader kidded. Chase giggled. "Ok! Your turn Aid!" he said while turning to him. Aid quivered. "Uhhhhh Christmas Eve?" he asked. "You said that two rounds ago buddy." Roader said. "Oh, okay. I did good though, right?" Aid asked the other pups, who nodded at their friend. Aid smiled lightly and back up, leaving only, Chase, Rocky, Roader, and Skye left. "Stockings!" said Chase. "Ice!" Rocky called. "Icicles!" Roader said. "Marshmallows!" said Skye. "It's down to you guys." Chase uttered. "What?" Rocky, Roader, and Skye said in surprise. "I got nothing. You guys are left." Chase explains. "Ok!" answered Skye. "It's your turn Rocky." Rocky thought about what name hasn't been called yet. "Christmas wreath." he said. "Good one. Uhhhh, oh I was going to say that." Roader said. "Sorry Roader, but you'll have to think of something else." Rocky said. Roader tried to remember a good Christmas related name. "Jingle bell....rock!" he answered. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!" Skye called. Now Rocky was at a blank. "Ummm, oh I give up." he said. "Sorry Rocky." Roader said. "That's okay. I had fun!" Rocky replied. "Well, you're not alone." Roader said while backing up after Rocky did. "What? You lost?" Rocky pondered. "Yep! Can't think of a thing anymore." Roader said. "So that means...." Roader adds while looking at Skye, who was the only pup in the middle. "You won Skye!" he declared. "I did it! I won!" Skye cheers as she does a back flip. "Nice going Skye!" Chase said. "That was pretty tough at the end." Marshall stated. "But it was fun to play!" Rubble said. The other pups nodded in agreement.


Just then, Ryder came out with news for the pups. "Hey pups! Guess what? It's going to snow later on today!" he said. The other pups howled in excitement. "That sounds great Ryder!" Herbie exclaimed. "Do you guys have anything planned for it?" Ryder asked. "Well, not weally." Zuma replied. "Until now! How about a snowball fight? Capture the flag style!" Fauna said to the other pups. "Really?" Chase asked. "How would you play?" Fauna smiled and sat down to explain. "We each divide into two teams of five. One team on the left, the other on the right! And we each have a flag, that one of the team members has to try and capture and bring it back to the other teams base. If you get your opponents flag,you win! But you can throw snowballs at your opponents. If you hit them, they have to sit out. Anyone who is hit with a snowball can be brought back in, their teammates at least grab the other players flag.One pup, at a time." Fauna explains. "That sounds cool!" Zuma said. "Alright! You pups have fun!" Ryder said as he walked back into the lookout. "Thanks Ryder!" all the pups said happily. Soon it started to snow, and when enough of it fell on the ground, they set to work on getting their bases set up. After a while, a they were all set, with one flag each representing their teams. The red team consisted of Chase, Marshall, Aid, Herbie, and Skye. The blue team consisted if Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, Roader, and Fauna. "You guys ready?" Chase called out to the blue team. "We're ready!" Roader responded. "Play snowball!" Herbie called out, and the two teams began working on making snowballs. "Ok when I look over the base and bring out my snowballs, you try to head over to the other side." Chase instructed to Herbie. "Gotcha!" Herbie said. On the other side. " When we got enough snowballs weady, you sneak out ovew to theiw side." Zuma told Fauna. "Sure thing Zuma!" Fauna said. Then Skye and Marshall finished with a good supply of snowballs. "We're ready!" Skye said. "Good! You ready Herbie?" Chase asked the young corgi. "Sure am!" Herbie replies while wagging his tail. Chase looked over his base and spotted Fauna trying to sneak over to their side. "Go Herbie! Fauna's trying to get over here!" Chase called. Herbie charged to the other side while Chase called Marshall up. The dalmatian pup took a couple of tosses at Fauna. "Guess I'd better wait!" Fauna confirms ad she turns around and runs back. Herbie was doing the same when Rocky spotted him try to take their flag. "Skye! I may need back up!" Herbie called. Skye pushed the snowballs over to Aid and ran out to help Herbie. Marshall saw Fauna trying to run and get their flag with Roader. "It's gonna be pretty hard to hit Roader." Marshall said. "I'll go down there and take Herbie's place. I'm fast just like Roader." Chase said, and called out to Herbie and told him to switch places. Herbie did so as Roader managed to get into their base. "I got the flag!" he said before a familiar shadow stood in front of him. "You got something alright, but it's not the flag." said Aid as he tossed a snowball at Roader, successfully hitting him on his side. Roader giggled. "Nice shot Aid. I guess I'd better go sit out until I can come back in the game." Roader said and walked away. Aid smiled before looking back at the flag, and realizing that it's gone. "*gasp* Where'd it go?!" he exclaimed, and then saw Fauna running away with it. "Come back in Roader! I got the flag!" Fauna called out. Roader smiled and went back in the game. Then all of a sudden, Fauna got a snowball on her head. She looked back and saw Marshall giggling. "Sorry Fauna, but you'll have to return that flag back." he said. Fauna smiled slightly and returned the flag before going to sit out. She looked over to the other side and saw Skye sitting out as well. "What happened to you?" she asked her. "Rubble is what happened." Skye giggled. "I tried to take their flag, but before I could get away, their he was, ready to throw a snowball at me." she explained. "Well, like they always say, ladies first!" Fauna giggled before she and Skye shared a laugh. Zuma was keeping watch over the area. Herbie saw Zuma and tried to sneak out. But before he knew it, he was running back when he saw Roader and Rubble running at him and throwing snowballs. "Sorry Herbie, but our flag is off limits!" Roader said, before a snowball hit him on the side again. "Then that means ours is off limits!" Chase said and giggled. "You'd might wanna run back Rubble." Roader said. "Okay." Rubble said as he ran back to his base. "Look out dude!" called Zuma as he pointed to Marshall. Rubble looked behind him and saw Marshall throwing a snowball. Rubble barely misses getting hit by it. "Phew! That was close." Rubble sighed. Aid had managed to get over to their side and take their flag. He made a dash for his base and called Skye to run back in the game. "Oh no yo don't!" Rocky said and hurled a snowball in the air. Aid jumped when he felt the snow come in contact with his back. "Come on in Skye. I'll take your place." Aid said as Skye walked in, and Aid walked out. Herbie and Chase tried to run over and take the flag again. Rocky and Rubble tried to do the same. Then Skye and Marshall chucked snowballs at them. They see the oncoming attack and run back. Zuma tries to do the same with Chase and Herbie. Chase manages to evade the balls of snow, but Herbie gets his tail struck by one. "Avenge meeee!" he said while smiling. Chase gets back to safety, just in time to see Rocky trying to take the flag again. "Hello buddy. This is snow time for flag stealing!" Chase laughed and picked up a snowball and took a shot. Rocky got snowballed right on his head. "Alright, you got me." he said before leaving. Skye saw that it was three on two. "We have the advantage guys!" she said to Marshall and Chase. "But we don't have Herbie and Aid to make it easier." Marshall sighed. "It's okay, we can still win!" Chase said. "I'll go and try and take their flag." Marshall frowned a bit. "Okay, but be careful." he says to Chase. Then the German shepherd ran towards his rival's base. But before he could even touch their flag and release Herbie and Aid, Zuma jumps down a tosses a snowball at him. "You'we out dude!" he said. Chase sighed and walked out to where Aid and Herbie are sitting. "Oh no! Chase is out! It's just you and me Marshall." Skye said. Marshall gulped. "What should we do?" he asked Skye. "You can try to go and get the flag, I'll keep watch." Skye answered. Marshall gulped again, and ran towards their base. Zuma just got through explaining his plan to Rubble. Then, he saw Marshall grab the blue flag and dash away. "You try and take the flag. I'll try and stop Mawshall." he said. "Alright!" Rubble replied and ran for the other side. Zuma tossed as many snowballs as he could at Marshall. The snowballs landed all around the dalmatian as he dodged them. "Hurry Marshall!" Aid called as he ran back to base with Herbie and Chase. Fauna, Rocky, and Roader did the same as Rubble grabbed the red flag. Marshall jumped over one of the incoming snowballs, then accidentally tripped and tumbled towards his base. Just before Rubble got to his base with the red flag. The red team shouted, "WE WIN!!" as Marshall held the blue flag in his mouth. "Nice game dudes!" Zuma complemented. "That was pretty tough!" Roader said. "Tough, but fun!" said Marshall. "I'd say this was a pretty fun day we had." Chase stated. "Yeah, playing hide and go seek, remembering Christmas related names, and playing a game of snowball fighting and capture the flag at the same time!" Fauna said. "Yeah, what a day." sighed Rocky.


It was nighttime, and all the pups went inside and layed down on some pillows. Aid yawned. "I'm tired." he said. "Yeah, after a day like today, I could use some rest." Rubble said, then instantly fell asleep, earning giggles from the other pups. "Well you guys, I sure had fun!" Fauna said as she laid down. "Me too! We should do something like this again some time." Marshall stated. "Yeah, we should." Skye said before yawning. "Well, I'm off to sleep." Roader said as he laid on Aid's back and dozed off. "I'll see you guys when I wake up." said Rocky. "Good night dudes." said Zuma. Herbie yawned lightly and snuggled in his pillow. "Good night." he peeped. "Nighty night!" said Skye, and she went to sleep as well. "This..*yawn*....was a great.....*yawn*....day." Chase yawns, then he, Marshall and Aid fell asleep. Ryder looked at the snoozing pups a chuckled lightly. "Good night pups. I'm glad you had a fun Christmas Day." he whispered and shut then lights off.