"Time to get in the Christmas spirit...?" John read aloud.

Sherlock stiffened and glanced up. "Pardon?"

"Someone posted me that to my blog..." John said slowly, clicking through a few screens to get the correct page. "It's another Christmas carol."

"Oh, God. It's barely two weeks into November!" Sherlock said.

"And yet the shops are already playing Christmas music," John muttered. "Here," he added, tilting the laptop screen as Sherlock came up behind his shoulder.

Christmas Caroler: Bet your Christmas goes something like this. ;)

John: Deck 221B with a tree.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: There's no place for it to be.
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Okay, no tree, but we need lights.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: No, we don't; take my advice.
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Shut up, Sherlock, yes, we do.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: Then I'll leave that stupid stuff to you.
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Sherlock, here's a Santa hat.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: Have you seen this dissected cat?
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Get rid of those kidneys now!
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: No more decorations and I shall.
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Just the lights, then; is that alright?
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: No, John, now the flat is too bright!
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Have you ever had eggnog?
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: No, I- John, what's on that skull?!
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Homemade sugar cookies rule
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: John, this reaction is so cool
Fa la la la la la la la la
John: Get away from the poinsettia!
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: This case involves a dull vendetta...
Fa la la la la la la la la
Mrs Hudson: Boys, I bought extra mistletoe!
Fa la la la la la la la la
Sherlock: Missile-what?
John: Take it away, just no!
Fa la la la la la la la la
Fa la la la la la la la la...

Sherlock frowned and leaned away. "Clearly, it's someone who knows us making up these heinous rhymes."

John glanced up. "Why's that?"

"They know us well enough to have our personalities somewhat realistic and they know that our landlady is Mrs Hudson. And taking into consideration the fact that we hang lights and have no tree, not to mention that terrible Christmas hat you had for the skull last year... Wasn't a difficult leap."

John blinked. "Think it's a friend?"

"Could be an enemy," Sherlock allowed, turning away.

"Huh. Well, they could be doing worse things than trying to be cheerful," John said.

"Trying to kill us with kindness... with holiday cheer," Sherlock said, wrinkling his nose.

"You know I'm going to be getting the decorations out maybe next week?"

"Don't remind me," Sherlock muttered dubiously under his breath.

OH YEAH it's Christmas music time of year again. Radio stations and convenience stores are playing the music, so BOO. YAH. Two weeks into November. Hey, it gives me something to do between fighting a cold and counting down to Sherlock (66 days until the American premiere! Like, 30 ish days until the BFI premiere [lucky people]). I also realise that this version of Deck 221B is WAY longer than the original song, but I did that on purpose. And this is SO totally not season two compatible now! Oh well... The point is the carols.

I do not own Sherlock. I do not own Deck the Halls. Basically, I own nothing except my creativity. Thank you.