The man who owned the shop was just about to lock up for the holidays.

"Oh, excuse me," Mickey came over to him. "Uh, I was just hoping you'd trade this for a gift for my girl..." he then held out his golden harmonica.

"And I was hoping you'd trade this book for a gift for my girl as well..." Patrick said as he came over to the man, holding out his spell book.

"Oh, Patrick, your father gave you that book." Mickey replied.

"I know, but anything to give Emily a Merry Christmas." Patrick said to him.

The man soon looked over both the harmonica and book. "I'm sorry, guys, that harmonica isn't worth much, but do my eyes deceive me as this as a spell book?" he then asked Patrick. "A little late for Halloween, aren't you?"

"That book is the real deal and yes, it can be read and recited any day and any month." Patrick said.

"Hmm..." the man hummed about spell books being real.

"These are worth a lot to us..." Patrick replied. "Can't you see it in your heart?"

Bud soon came over to the man as he seemed to have worked for the man that owned the store.

"Evening, Bud." the man greeted.

"Evening, sir." Bud greeted back. He soon saw Patrick and Mickey wanting to trade their stuff for two necklaces from the store.

"I thought you were with 'Shell." the man told Bud.

"Oh, I was, but I forgot something in the shop," Bud replied, then looked to Mickey and Patrick. "Could you open it up for me?"

The man could see what Bud was doing and where he found it thoughtful. He then took out his keys and unlocked the door. Bud smiled to Patrick and Mickey. Patrick smiled back as he saw Bud was a lot nicer than he seemed.

"You can take the prices out of my next few year's raises." Bud whispered to the man.

"You have a heart of gold, Butler." the man replied.

"I just love to see friends and family happy." Bud nodded.

The man soon smiled before giving Mickey and Patrick the two necklaces for free. It was then getting very dark.

"We better get going." Patrick decided.

"Oh, you're right." Mickey said.

Pluto followed Patrick and Mickey as it got quite late.

Once it was very late, they were all soon at Minnie's house. They dressed their best as they came with their presents. Pluto and Figaro were so excited. Mickey gave Pluto a bone and Minnie gave Figaro a ball of yarn and where both pets enjoyed their presents.

"Oh, I love Christmas so much!" Minnie beamed. "Speaking of which, Mickey, why don't you play some music?" she then suggested while batting her eyelashes.

"Oh, music can wait until after presents." Patrick smiled.

"For another time," Mickey chuckled sheepishly as he held out his gift for Minnie. "Oh, uh, speaking of time... What time is it?"

"Well, uh, I think it's time you opened your gift." Minnie replied as she handed her gift for Mickey.

"This is for you." Emily smiled as she gave Patrick her gift for him.

"Oh, Emily, you should've have..." Patrick smiled back as he gave her his present.

"It's the least I can do." Emily smiled.

The four then sat down together and opened up their presents.

Mickey was the first. "Oh, a case for my harmonica." he then replied.

"Oh, my! A chain for my watch." Minnie then saw her present.

"Oh, a gold necklace." Emily then saw her present.

"A new spell book." Patrick then saw his present.

The two looked to each other and hugged. Emily then kissed Patrick right on the lips. Patrick soon kissed her back. The two giggled together as this was their best Christmas together so far.

"And the lesson of the story?" Darla's voice asked.

"It's better to give than to receive." Patrick replied.

"I still remember that one Christmas I was with that obsessed family..." Casper shuddered. "The Jollimores."

"You mean the family that never become sad or scared or angry?" Emily asked.

Casper shuddered in memory. "I ended up in Holly's snowman and she thought I was a snowman for a while."

"With how white you were as a ghost, that would be understandable." Darla smiled.

"Yeah, I guess..." Casper said before groaning. "Aw, man, now I got that song in my head again..."

Atticus couldn't help but chuckle with Patch. This was sure going to be a Christmas none of them would forget since it included their own flashbacks of Christmas.

The End