The snow starts to fall in the cold dark night sky. The days on the calendar start to get marked off, December 24th is circled with the “Ruby’s X-Mas Party” in the square. In the Ruby’s kitchen, Max and Tyson are baking cookies. Harvey is going through her CDs, sitting on the couch in the living room. Ivan sits in a recliner, chewing on a candy cane.
Harvey: This, and this.. Oh! I like this one too! Hey, these are some kick a** CDs! We should play them all tonight.
The doorbell rings, Ivan, wearing a Santa hat, goes to answer it. At the door is Biff and Chris. Biff starts to snicker.
Chris: Cute hat.
Ivan: Eh… come in…
Biff and Chris walk into the living room, Ivan shuts the door and follows. Ivan flops down on the couch and back to chewing on his candy cane.
Harvey: Hey ya.
Biff: Yo.
Chris: Mmmm, I love the smell of holiday baking.
Max sticks his head out of the kitchen with a spoon in his hand, he waves.
Max: Hi!
Biff: Hey Max, what are you two making?
Max: Uh, cookies, cakes, brownies, and drinks!
Harvey: And time for the holiday music!
Harvey turns on the music and is blown away. She goes back over there and turns the volume down. She spins around.
Harvey: The music is up!
Harvey falls down, eyes dizzy.
Harvey: But I am down…
Biff and Ivan rub their ears.
Biff: My ear drums…
Ivan: Ow…
Max: Hey Biff, you want to help with the cooking?
Biff: Sure!
Harvey jumps up and grins.
Harvey: I want to help with the cooking! I can make a fruitcake!
Max: Okay! What’s a fruitcake?
Harvey: I'm just going to have to make it for you to find out what it is!
Max: Okie Dokie!
Biff and Harvey go into the kitchen, Ivan and Chris are sitting on the couch. Ivan holds up an empty cup with a bottle of alcoholic eggnog.
Ivan: Want some?
Chris: Sure.
Ivan pours Chris a cup and hands it to her, Chris drinks some and smiles.
Chris: This is good.
Ivan nods taking a sip of his own cup.
Chris: So… anything you want for Christmas?
Ivan: Nope…
Chris: Well… you will get something from me…
Ivan: That so…
Chris: Mhmm, I think you’re going to have a wonderful Christmas Ivan…
Ivan: Hmm?
Chris: Well, with the bar’s business picking up and all these new friends – isn’t it great?
Ivan: I suppose…
The doorbell rings, Chris and Ivan both stand up.
Chris: Must be Alice.
Ivan: All here then…
Ivan opens the door, standing outside is Alice with her son Oliver.
Alice: Lila decided to stay with Gramps so she didn’t come but here’s my son Oliver.
Alice grins, Oliver with wide eyes stares at Ivan’s bunny ears.
Oliver: Momma… your boss is a bunny?
Alice and Chris start to giggle, Ivan gets a sweat drop.
Chris: Alice, your son is so cute!
Chris squats down to Oliver’s height and smiles.
Chris: You’re momma’s told me so much about you.
Oliver: You too! You must be Chris, momma really likes to work with you!
Chris smiles, inside Alice looks around at the house.
Alice: Nice place… hey ya’ll working in the kitchen.
Max: Hi!
Oliver tugs on Alice’s shirt.
Oliver: Who are these people, momma?
Alice: Well this is Max.
Max: Hello!
Biff: And I’m Biff.
Harvey: And I’m Harvey and this is Tyson.
Tyson: Cute son Alice.
Alice: Thanks.
In the living room, Max and Oliver are playing cards on the floor. Biff and Tyson are frosting cookies while Harvey admires her fruitcake.
Max: I like video games, do you?
Oliver: Mhmm! Got any here?
Max: Sure do, come on!
Max, on all fours, goes into his room with Oliver following him. Alice sits up from the couch.
Alice: I’ll see if any help is needed in the kitchen.
Alice walks into the kitchen, Ivan pours himself another cup of eggnog as Chris kicks up her feet on the coffee table. Ivan takes a sip of his drink.
Ivan: And we’re back to the original picture…
Chris: Yep…
In the kitchen, Harvey puts her arms around Biff.
Harvey: Looks great, huh?
Biff: Yeah, but I don’t even like fruitcake.
Harvey: You don’t have to like it – but you will eat it.
Alice: Well I will certainly have some Harvey.
Harvey: Great! You can tell me how my super fast recipe worked!
Tyson: I’m sure it’ll taste like the last one…
Biff: Hm?
Tyson: Like a rock.
After everyone gathers in the living room, Max hands Ivan a book.
Max: Please!
Ivan: Eh… only because Mom and Dad read this every Christmas Eve…
The room quiets down, Ivan opens up the book.
Ivan: “'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”
Ivan continues reading the story and then finishes the last line.
Ivan: “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Ivan closes the book; Biff, Chris, Alice, Harvey, Tyson, and Oliver start to chuckle. Max claps wagging his tail. Ivan gets a sweat drop.
Max: That was great Ivan!
Biff: Fantastic.
Oliver: I really liked that!
Alice: Amazing, you're actually a good reader.
Chris: Ivan, you’re so cute with you hat and how you read a Christmas story.
Ivan sighs and takes a sip of eggnog.
Ivan: Let’s just open the presents…
Harvey and Tyson hand everyone their presents.
Tyson: All right, Harvey and I got everyone –
Harvey: Coffee mugs! Ivan you get the bunny, Max you get the wolfy, Biff you get the foxy, and…
Tyson: You, Alice and Chris, got mugs from Veronica Secrets!
Oliver: I got one too from the Gisney store!
Alice: Aww, Beauty and the Beef is one of his favorite movies!
Oliver: Thank-you!
Ivan: I’ll be sure to use it at the bar…
Max: We can make hot chocolate Biff!
Biff: Heh-heh, yeah!
Chris: Great… now if only had a coffee pot…
Biff picks up a shopping bag and hands all the girls goodie bags from Veronica Secrets.
Harvey: Dang Biff! What’s in here?
Biff: Perfumes, lotions, bath salts, and a $20 gift card.
Tyson: I feel so special!
Alice: Every woman wants something nice from Veronica’s Secrets – I can’t wait to take a bath!
Chris: If only I had a bath…
Biff hands Oliver a goodie bag full of toys and sweets.
Oliver: Wow! Thank-you Biff!
Biff: You’re welcome and now for you Ivan…
Biff grins and takes out a wrapped salami. He hands it to Ivan, Ivan gets a sweat drop. The girls start to giggle.
Ivan: Th…thanks…
Ivan puts the salami to the side, Biff hands Max a hand held video game system with game in it. Max’s eyes widen as he looks at the game.
Max: THE ORIGINAL OMEGA BLOCK BUST! THANK YOU BIFFY!
Max tackle hugs Biff and wags his tail. Biff laughs.
Biff: And you’ll get your other present later tonight…
Max: Yay!
Max’s gets off Biff and Biff sits down. Max sits in Biff’s lap grinning. Chris hands Oliver a present box.
Oliver: Oh! I wonder what it is!
Chris: Hope you like it.
Oliver unwraps the gift, it’s Llama Limbo. Alice giggles looking at the board game.
Alice: Oh, he’ll have a riot with that.
Harvey: He’ll? You mean we will!
Oliver: Thanks Chris!
Chris: You’re welcome! And Max, I got your favorite board game.
Max: Really! The one Ivan tossed into the water in Rivershire?
Chris nods, Ivan gets a sweat drop. Chris hands Max his gift and he unwraps Laissez Faire.
Max: Cool! I can be the banker!
Ivan: I hate that game… lasts for six hours.
Chris: You’re the one who got it for him in the first place so he could learn business.
Ivan: Instead he learned to whine every time he looses…
Max: Did not!
Ivan: Santa’s not going to give you any presents if you lie, Max.
Max gasps, putting his hands over his mouth. Chris and Alice start to giggle. Max gets teary eyed and looks at Biff.
Max: Santa will still give me presents, right Biff?
Biff: Well if he didn’t, the man’s a hack.
Max: Is not! Biff say that about Santa and he won’t give you anything but a lump of coal!
Biff: I actually get visited by Saikoro every Christmas who has a rivalry against Santa so Santa doesn’t like to visit me to much.
Oliver: Who would have a rivalry with Santa?
Biff: An angel who does over time compared to Santa…
Chris: Hmmm, well before we go into Mr. Saikoro’s personal business – why not I finish giving out my gifts?
Biff: Good idea.
Chris hands glass candles to Harvey, Tyson, Alice, Biff, and Ivan. Harvey takes a sniff of candle as Tyson admires hers.
Harvey: Mmmm, Mango Mania.
Tyson: Strawberries and Champaign – sounds like a long night of sex.
Biff: Kind of like my Midnight Passion Fruit?
Tyson: Heh, yeah – Chris is trying to get us laid.
Chris: Heh-heh, not really…
Alice: This will be good to burn while I use that bath salt Biff gave me.
Ivan: A carrot scented candle?
Chris: Amazing what you find…
Ivan: Thanks.
Chris blushes; Max grins and wags his tail. Alice takes out her gift bag.
Alice: Well, I didn’t really have time to wrap your presents and as Oliver knows, anything I wrap is generally in a cereal box…
Alice gets a sweat drop and hands everyone a hand knitted clothing article.
Alice: Knitted myself.
Biff: Whoa! No time to wrap because of this hobby – thanks, I needed a scarf.
Harvey: Yay, mittens!
Tyson: Just what Harvey and I needed.
Chris: Oh, nice hat – I can keep my head warm now.
Ivan: A sweater… thanks Alice.
Max: I got a sweater too! Thank you Alice!
Alice: You’re welcome all.
Oliver: Momma, what about me?
Alice: I have to finish knitting your hat and scarf.
Oliver: Oh, okay.
Max: So now for our presents?
Ivan: Yeah…
Max: I’ll go get them!
Max runs out of the room and brings back a huge box. He sets it down with a thud and pulls out the first gift.
Max: For you Harvey!
Max hands Harvey the box, she unwraps it and browses through the collection of CDs.
Harvey: Sweet! Angry Girl bands rock!
Max: Picked out by me and Ivan, here you go Tyson!
Max carefully hands Tyson a bottle of Champaign with a bow around the neck of the bottle.
Tyson: Wow, thanks!
Harvey: Tyson…
Tyson: No.
Harvey: But-but –
Tyson: You get too goofy.
Max pulls out a gift box and hands it to Alice.
Max: Because your last one was ruined…
Alice opens up the box and her eyes shine. She takes out a Xelor watch and tries it on.
Alice: Whoa… why-why thank-you.
Max: You’re welcome!
Max hands a gift box to Oliver, Oliver rips off the wrapping paper and holds up a hand held game system.
Oliver: Wow! The new Elite Gamer!
Max: Heh-heh, ordered one for myself too.
Max takes out a red bow from the box and puts it on his head. He walks up to Biff and smiles.
Max: See? I’m your Christmas present!
Biff smiles and pulls Max into his lap, Max starts to giggle.
Max: Actually Ivan got your gift –
Biff: Aww, does that mean I don’t get my Maxy?
Max: No, Biffy can have Maxy all he wants.
Biff: Sweet –
Biff is hit in the head with a gift box, Ivan has a pressure point.
Ivan: Merry Christmas.
Max: Ivan!
Max jumps off Biff’s lap and goes over to Ivan.
Max: Why did you do that?
Ivan: Meh, my hand slipped…
Max: Hmph, and you say I won’t be getting any presents! Santa’s going to give you a big fat lump of coal!
Ivan: Well, considering coal is worth something…
Max: You make Santa angry…
Max turns away from Ivan and swishes his tail at him, he then sits down next to Biff.
Biff: Cigars, thanks long ears.
Ivan rolls his eyes, Chris glimpses at Ivan.
Chris: Weren’t those from –
Ivan: What? Am I going to get a deed to coal mine now because I re-gift?
Chris: Well if you do, you’ll certainly have a whole new business to work with.
Ivan: Mhmph, here…
Ivan hands Chris a gift box, Max giggles.
Max: He picked it out himself.
Chris opens up the box, inside is an emerald bracelet. She blushes.
Chris: Wow…
Ivan smirks, he sighs sitting down.
Ivan: Better than that cheap one I gave you in high school.
Chris: I still have that…
Max grins, he takes out a gift box from the bigger box.
Max: Here you go Ivan!
Ivan: You open yours first…
Max: Yay!
Ivan takes the gift from Max, Max takes out his gift and opens it. Pink bunny slippers are in the box. Max’s tail wags as he puts on the slippers.
Max: JUST WHAT I WANTED! THANK YOU IVAN!
Ivan nods and opens up his present, it’s a set of shot glasses.
Ivan: Awesome, shot glasses.
Harvey: Wohoo! Let’s do some shots right now!
Alice: I’ll make the drinks, want to help Chris?
Chris: Sure Alice.
Alice: Oh, and Max, would it be all right if Oliver plays his game in your room?
Max: Sure!
Oliver goes into Max’s room; Ivan comes out of the kitchen carrying a tray of bottles and sets it on the coffee table. Biff grins.
Biff: Nothing like the holiday spirit…
Chris: Yeah, and waking up with a hang over on Christmas…
In Max’s room, Oliver plays his Elite Gamer. He hears a bunch of giggling from the living room.
Oliver: Yep, it’s Christmas all right when the adults get all goofy… Wonder what momma is going to do for New Years?
Oliver yawns and the clock is panned on. It displays 10:58 PM, Oliver doses off to sleep and the clocks shows 11:32 PM when Alice walks into Max’s room.
Alice: Better get you in bed for Santa.
Alice picks up Oliver. Biff stumbles to get up and makes it to the phone. He dials a number, Alice comes out of Max’s room carrying Oliver.
Biff: No, I’m totally sober! Merry Christmas…
Biff hangs up the phone and falls back onto the couch. Tyson pulls up Harvey and Harvey stumbles a bit.
Alice: Hic, thank-you.
Harvey: Santa’s coming! Lets go home TYSON!
Tyson: Ah, yes… Happy holidays all.
Harvey and Tyson walk towards the door, Tyson opens it and Harvey points at the taxi.
Harvey: ALICE! Your taxi is here…
Alice: Hic, that was fast… night.
Max waves sliding slightly off the couch; Alice, Harvey, and Tyson leave. Biff scratches his ears.
Biff: Cold air…
Max: Sleep time Biffy…
Biff: No…
Max: Come on…
Max drags Biff to his room and kicks the door shut.
