Naruto loved Christmas but hated his apartment on this day. On this day he checked underneath his tree knowing nothing would be there, but he still did it anyways just out of hope. This year he left his apartment with a bag on his back. He handed out gifts to all his precious people: to Teuchi, his tab plus an extra 100 ryo; to Ayame, a noodle locket engraved with 'Thank You for your help'; to Lee, a new nun-chuk; to Tenten, a dagger with a secret poison compartment; to Neji, a hunting falcon; to Gai, a list of Kakashi's weaknessess; to Chouji, three 'All You Can Eat' voucher to his favorite restaurant; a set of flower earrings to Ino; to Shikamaru a marble Shougi board; to Asuma, imported cigars; to Shino, darker sun glasses; to Hinata a charm bracelet with a fox and a falcon charm; to Kurenai, purple kimono; to Kiba and Akamaru, dog-man combination jutsu, and to Kakashi, a promise that he'll get the next "Icha Icha" before it comes out; to Sakura, a promise ring; to Shizune, an alert jutsu while Tsunade got a sake making kit; he gave Iruka a kunai with a dragon on one side and a tiger on the other, while on the hilt was a fox and a dolphin on the finger ring.. All said thank you but none gave him a gift, he took it in stride and never dropped his smile.

He only had one gift left. He went to the abandoned Uchiha District and went into Sasuke's old house, where there was a small Christmas tree. He put a small note underneath it. As he left the area he started singing a sad song, and the people he gave the gift who were following him, listened intently.

"The shuriken are jingling
The streets are red with blood
The ninja clans are mingling
But there's no one that I know

I'm sure that you'll forgive me
If I don't enthuse
I guess I've got the Christmas blues

I've done my window shopping
There's not a store I've missed
But what's the use of stopping
When you're on no-one's list
You'll know the way I'm feeling
When you love and you lose
I guess I've got the Christmas blues

When somebody wants you
Somebody needs you
Christmas is a joy of joy
But friends when you're lonely
You'll find that it's only
A thing for little 'noichi and little nin

May all your days be merry
Your seasons full of cheer
But 'til it's January
I'll just go and disappear
Oh Haku may have brought you some stars for your jutsu
But Haku only brought me the blues
Those brightly packaged tinsel covered Christmas blues

Oh Haku may have brought you some stars for your jutsu

But Haku only brought me the blues
Those brightly packaged tinsel covered Christmas blues"

As he headed in for the day his doorbell rang and it was his teammates, then team 8, team Gai, team 10, and everyone else. Sakura gave him a kiss, Kakashi gave him a jutsu scroll, Neji, Tenten, and Lee gave him a crystal fox, Gai gave him a training schedule, team 10 gave him Ninja of Konoha Anthology, team 8 gave him a tracking jutsu, while Hinata also gave him a medicine that heals the body at a faster rate, the Ichiraku had free catering, Shizune and Tsunade gave him hangover pills, and Jiraiya sent him his invisibility jutsu. "Thank you all of you. This is the best Christmas ever.

FIN

AN: The sequel is Naruto Holiday a story spanning the whole year and focuses him during the holidays. And thnx to kodomoy and tk for their reviews