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Author's Note: Hello everyone! How are you? Hope you're doing well and you're holiday season is going smoothly. Today I have for you a new Christmas story that was originally going to be in Stocking Stuffers but it was getting to big, in planning alone, to be a Stocking Stuffer. The story will have 2-3 chapters, it is JH with RK as well and interactions between Jackie and Red and Kitty and Hyde. I really hope that you all like it! Sorry that it's being posted so late BUT if the story catches the attention of a lot of readers I will post the next chapter in the next two days, either Christmas Eve or early Christmas Day. Also a special thanks to MistyMountainHop, who helped me with the decision of making this story separate from Stocking Stuffers. Thank You, Lisa! And a big thank you to all of you readers who have stopped by to read, I hope you enjoy it and if you have a few moments to spare please leave a review with your thoughts, I'd really to hear from you! The next chapter is nearly ready to go! Thanks once more for all of the wonderful support, hope you like, and as always, please, Enjoy!

My True Love Gave to Me

"It's only three more days till Christmas, it's practically here!" Jackie Burkhart announced as she breezed into the Forman kitchen.

Her announcement had been full of joy and happiness but was not met with a mirrored reaction. Instead she received three different grunts and groans from the three men occupying the room. Red and Eric sat at the table in their usual seats across from each other while Steven sat in his spot between them beside an empty chair that was usually reserved for Kitty.

"Watch it," Eric told his family, "if we're not careful she might start singing that song she and the other Whos sing around the tree."

Hyde looked at his best friend. He didn't look at all amused by his comment, however, his smile made a quick appearance when he saw Jackie defending herself by pinching Eric's upper left arm.

"Ow!" his yelp fell onto deaf ears.

Placing her hands on her hips, Jackie tuned her attention on the men sitting around the table and trying to figure out why they weren't excited about the upcoming holiday like she was. This was Christmas, after all. A major holiday not some made up one like Abor Day.

"I can't be the only one who's excited for Christmas," she tried to reason with the group. "It's Christmas. A time for peace and love. Being together with friends and family…"

"Come on, Doll, we all know you're most excited for the all the gifts," Hyde pointed out this reminder.

"That goes without saying," Jackie shrugged, she wasn't going to argue with the truth. "But it's not just the gifts I'm getting that I'm excited about. I'm excited to see what everyone else gets as gifts too. What Michael and Brooke are getting Betsy…maybe not what Eric is getting Donna because it'll probably just make her mad."

Eric's brows furrowed with offense, "Hey!"

"Oh and I can't wait to see what Mr. Forman got Mrs. Forman," Jackie continued, ignoring Eric's cry and grinning at the oldest man at the table.

Red heard the statement and looked up from his plate of breakfast to find Jackie beaming at him. He returned her smile with a scowl before digging his fork back into his eggs.

Despite being ignored twice, Eric was able to find Jackie's comment more than a little entertaining.

"I bet he gets her a satin scarf," predicted a smirking Eric.

Hyde joined in on Eric's snickering when the comment was said while Red slowly lowered the utensil in his hand and raised his head to glare warningly at both of his sons. The snickering lessened but silent little smirks remained on their lips.

"I don't get it," Jackie shook her head. She didn't understand what Steven and Eric found so funny or even why Red seemed so irritated by their laughter.

Leaning back in his seat, Hyde gazed up at his still standing girlfriend. "For the past seven years or so Red's gotten Mrs. Forman the same Christmas gift. A satin scarf."

Jackie's eyes widened and her hand flew to her heart—you'd think she had just found out that Red had forgotten Kitty's birthday, again. "Oh, poor Mrs. Forman!"

The boy's snickering seemed to catch a second wind as did Red's anger, only this time it was directed more at Cindy Lou Who and not so much at the jesting Jingle and Jangle.

"No 'poor Mrs. Forman,'" Red argued his voice gruff with his annoyance. "A scarf is a good gift. It's a practical gift."

Red's glare hardened and was directed straight at his son as soon as he heard the echo of the words 'a practical gift.' Eric smiled back at his father but not even the corners of Red's mouth made any kind of twitching movement. Jackie was still feeling quite a bit lost.

"You see Jackie, we've tried to talk Red into getting Mom something else for the past few years," Eric informed Jackie, if only to briefly escape the sight of Red's angry stare. "But every year he says the same thing. A scarf is a practical gift."

"Well it is. And gifts should be practical. Even Christmas gifts," Red shared his thoughts on the custom of gift giving. He seemed firmly set in this belief and way of doing things. "A scarf is practical. A blender is practical. For some people a foot in the ass is practical."

Eric did not miss the fact that as his father listed that last example of a practical gift his scowl had deepened as his enraged stare fell on him once again.

"And that's my cue to leave," Eric stood up from the table and after depositing his dirty plate into sink, disappeared into the basement.

By now Jackie had taken a seat in Kitty's usual chair, right next to Steven. Her mind was still on this newfound information. A scarf wasn't romantic, a satin one wouldn't even keep her warm, and most importantly scarves were totally out of fashion right now. Jackie just couldn't believe that Mrs. Forman was having to get the same boring gift year after year. Nobody deserved that. She had to help fix this.

"Mr. Forman, you have to get Mrs. Forman a different, better gift."

"I don't have to do anything," Red barked back. He just wanted to get back to his eating his breakfast.

"You do if you want your wife to know that you love and appreciate her," Jackie was firm in her words; she was not backing down even if it was against Red Forman. "Because I'm sorry, Mr. Forman, but a satin scarf is not going to do that."

For a brief moment Red's anger was consumed by guilt. He did want to get Kitty a gift that told her how much he appreciated everything she did, how much he loved her…but he was sure that a scarf would do that! Red was convinced that he had a good gift for his wife and continued to defend it.

"Kitty loves the scarves I give her," he admitted to the petite woman, this time his voice was not as gruff and his frown was gone.

Jackie titled her head to the side, "Does she? Does she really?"

Red pulled his scowl back into its place, "She wears them all the time."

"Does she? Does she really?" she asked again, sounding just as unconvinced as before; she couldn't recall ever seeing Kitty wearing any satin scarf.

"Would you stop doing that?" Red growled with annoyance but Jackie merely shrugged in response.

"Gotta side with Jackie on this one Red," Hyde, who'd been silently enjoying his breakfast and the exchange before him, finally spoke up—his words making his girlfriend ecstatic but his adopted father was another story. "Never really seen Mrs. Forman wearing any of the scarves you've given her. She uses 'em though. Think last week I saw her using one when she was dusting the den."

At hearing this revelation, Red's heart sunk. He knew that Kitty didn't wear the scarves he gave her for Christmas as often as he said she did, but he assumed she kept the aside to wear on special occasions. Or she's worn them and he'd just forgotten. But to hear she was using them to clean their home? Sure, it helped back up his point about a scarf being a practical gift but maybe it wasn't as good of a gift as he thought.

"You should ask Steven to help you pick out another gift for Mrs. Forman," Jackie suggested to Red then placed her hand over her boyfriend's arm. "He's a great gift giver."

Hyde's smirk diminished at the information Jackie had shared and when Red saw this his own smirk came about.

"Is that so, Steven?" he asked, he really know about this side of his adopted son.

In a Zen manner, Hyde stared back, "No."

"Oh Steven, don't be so modest," chided Jackie before turning back to Red and continuing to gush about Steven's gift giving talent. "Steven gives the most romantic gifts. He's given me some of the sweetest gifts I've ever gotten."

The use of Hyde's Zen was doing nothing to conceal his emotions from the older man, Red could tell that the young girl's raving was embarrassing him. Steven didn't like certain sides of himself being revealed to other people, Red understood this—Kitty had put him in similar situations plenty of times before. However, being on this side of the situation, Red couldn't help but egg it out a little more.

Red looked at Hyde with raised eyebrows, "Sounds like you've got an inner Romeo in you, son."

"No, I don't" Hyde was quick to shoot down that idea. "I don't do romantic gifts. I do cheap gifts."

Jackie just continued to smile. It was true, Steven didn't really give her the big expensive gifts that she was used to getting. Take the Led Zeppelin shirt he'd given her for her birthday all those years ago. He hadn't spent a dime on it but still it was her favorite birthday gift she'd ever received…well right next to the pony her daddy had bought her for her fifth birthday.

"Steven, your gifts might not be expensive moneywise but they are rich with love," Jackie reached out to touch his cheek, getting him to look at her. "And the most important, and most surprising, part about the, is that I love them so much. I'm so excited to see what you're giving me for Christmas this year."

Staring into Jackie's eyes and seeing how much his gifts really meant to her, how much she loved them, how much she loved him, the grudge like feeling Hyde had started feeling towards her faded away.

He smiled, "You should be."

She let out a little happy squeal then kissed him quickly on the lips before getting out her seat at the table. Hyde watched her walk towards the Forman's fridge then turned back around to the table's surface and Red.

"What'd you get her?" Red used his chin to gesture towards Jackie.

Looking over his shoulder to make sure Jackie was out of earshot, Hyde shrugged his shoulders. "Just something I picked up a few weeks back."

The answer made Red smirk but it wasn't a happy 'good job' kind of smirk it was a smug 'I know something' kind of smirk. When Hyde saw it he didn't feel very happy or comfortable.

"What?"

Red's haughty smile grew, "You've got nothing."

Beneath his sunglasses, Hyde's eyebrows inched closer together and he took another quick glance over his shoulder. Jackie had walked away from the fridge with a small orange in her hand. Luckily she wasn't close enough to have heard Red but she was getting too close for Hyde to say anything now.

"Mr. Forman, I have the perfect solution to your problem," Jackie was positive this would not only help but solve everything. "I'll help you! We can go shopping tomorrow and I'll help you pick out a new gift for Mrs. Forman that is a hundred times better than some boring scarf."

"Jackie, you don't have to do that," Red said; the truth was he didn't want to do that.

She was not taking 'no' for an answer, "But I want to."

"Jackie," he tried again.

"I'll stop by your shop at lunch time tomorrow and then we can hit the mall," Jackie made her statement before Red could finish his; she then turned to Hyde and smiled sweetly. "I'll be in the basement, Puddin'."

Scowling, Red watched the young woman practically skip off to the lower level of his house. Once she was gone he turned his attention to the man still seated next to him, eating his breakfast as if none of the past few minutes had happened. This made Red even more agitated.

"Why the hell didn't try to stop her?" he demanded to know.

Hyde swallowed his mouthful and shrugged. "When you know she's just gonna get her way in the end, sometimes it's not really worth puttin' up the fight."

Red's frown lessened and he found himself nodding in an understanding manner. That was something else he could sympathize with.

Author's Note: So what did you think? Yay? Nay? Love it? Hate it? Curious about what the guys will get their women? Be sure to let me know in a review!

Next chapter we'll see Jackie helping Red come up with ideas for a new gift and Hyde talks with Kitty about the his problem of finding a good gift for Jackie.

And *just in case* I don't post the next chapter until after the holiday, (I'm really hoping that I can though!) I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and very Happy Holidays!

Quick note I just wanted to make about the story. The plot of the story actually came from the show "Worst Week" a show that Kurtwood Smith was in. It was actually his character who would buy his wife scarves every year for a Christmas gift and that sort of set this whole idea off into motion. It's a very funny show if ever you get to check it out.

Until next time, thanks for reading, hope you liked, please review and lemme know what you think, stay tuned, take care, and have nice day!