Note: Any songs/music and/or performance "inspirations" used will be posted at the end.

An eight year old Ruby Rose walked around the Patch Snow Festival with her left hand holding the solid grip of her father, Taiyang, and her right hand holding the firm grip of her older sister Yang. A dark red coat bundled her tiny body in warmth as snow continued to fall in the town.

Despite the cold and snow, people were walking around chatting with each other. Smiles were seen everywhere, the smell of cooked food filled the frosty air, the cheerful laughter of both children and adults echoed, and overall everyone was enjoying the festival. Ruby herself had a huge grin as she walked between her blonde family as they took her to different stalls and games.

Taiyang himself had a satisfied smile stretched across his face. He was so glad that they decided to have a family day out like this. Yang just started her training for Signal Academy, which has been rough on his oldest. It was also rough on Ruby as she was slowly losing her older sister due to Yang having other responsibilities, leaving Tai to have to get out of his rut.

Yang was smiling as well. She was happy that despite everything happening, she could spend time with her family. It was hard being both the mother and older sister for Ruby, but with her dad's mood like a flip of a switch between awesome dad and mopey widower, she had to make sure someone took care of them.

This was exactly what the Xiao Long household needed.

"Ooh lets go to that stand!" an excited Ruby cried out. She pointed over to a hot beverage stand that had a bit of a line to it. However the crisp air flecked across their face along with the individual snowflakes as the wind brushed pass them. Yang and Tai only had to look at each other to agree to it.

After getting in line and waiting for a few minutes, they finally got to front to see what they were serving.

"Hello Tai," the older gentleman at the counter greeted. Ruby and Yang perused the menu as Tai kept with the small talk. Eventually, the girls were ready to order. As they were ordering however, the stall owner said something that got everyone's attention. "Oh yeah, Tai, you aren't going to believe who the Mayor got booked for the festival today!"

"Who?" the blonde questioned. The older gentleman handed the orders to his barista and turned back to his customers.

"Trope de Arc." Tai's eyes went wide as shock replaced his stoic look.

"Really? Do we know what they'll be doing?" The stall owner shrugged.

"No clue. All I know is it is Christmas related." Tai rolled his eyes.

"Yeah I figured that. I meant details."

"Oh. Then no I have no idea." A ring brought the stall owners attention to the back. He grabbed the drinks and handed them to the girls and pointed his head to the left of his stall, in the direction of the stage the mayor had set. "Although you can go check. I'm pretty sure they're gonna start soon." Tai smiled and nodded his head.

"Yeah that sounds fun." He looked over to his precious daughters. "What do you say girls? Want to see a performance?"

"Yeah!" Ruby squealed. Yang nodded her head enthusiastically as well. With that the family marched their way over to the arena in the middle of the festival.

The stage was a standard wooden stage in the middle of a circular clearing. Around the clearing was some metal scaffolding holding lights to shine on the stage. Out in front of the stage was a mixture of benches that were connected to some dust heaters to help the guests, and benches stay warm.

As they reached their seats, they could see a bunch of people already sitting waiting for the show to start. Tai also saw what looked to be a camera being set up to record the performance. Yang and Ruby continued to keep their eyes glued to the stage, waiting for the performance to begin.

A couple of minutes pass and more and more people fill the seats and the girls finish their drinks. Soon, Ruby felt a weird feeling in her tummy.

"Dad?" Ruby asked. Her father looked at her with a confused look in his eye. "I have to go to the bathroom." Tai sighed internally. He should've expected this. Still what is supposed to say to that? No? What kind of a parent does that?

He stood up and grabbed his little rose's hand. "All right lets go sweetie." Ruby followed suit and before they left Tai turned to his oldest. "You'll save our seats right Yang?"

"Of course dad!" Yang said with a smile. With their seats saved, the two went on their way to find one of the bathroom stalls.

Thankfully, it wasn't too long to find one, and there wasn't a line to use them so Ruby got right in and did her business as Tai waited patiently outside. As time passed though, he heard a commotion coming from nearby. As he turned to see what it was, Ruby got out of the stall to block his view.

"All done!" Ruby said with glee. Just as she said that though, there was a thunk on the door she opened that caused her to jump and yell. She grasped to her father's pants and peered around him to see the bathroom stall's door slowly close as a blonde boy who was clutching papers in his hand is seen laying on the ground.

"Jaune!" a feminine voice called out. Tai looked up to see a blonde woman around the age of seventeen ran up to him. Out of the boy's hands flew a couple pieces of the sheets which caused the older girl to panic. "Quick grab those!" she called out to Tai.

The retired huntsman did his best to catch the few papers that blew away as the older girl tried to help the little boy up. However he wasn't quick enough and one of them blew past him just out of reach. He gasped as he missed it, but soon saw a red blur chase after the sheet.

"Ruby wait!" Tai called out. However just as he did, the girl had caught the sheet and stopped right in her tracks with the paper clasped tightly in her hands. She looked at the paper with wide yes, a hint of pride shining in them, mixed with surprise.

Again, Tai called out to his youngest breaking her out of her trance. She went back over to her father and handed him the paper. Tai swung around to see the older girl nursing a bump on the little one's head.

"You gotta watch where you're going dummy," she scolded.

"You told me we had to hurry!" he requited. The older girl rolled her eyes and grabbed the papers from Tai's hands. Afterwards she shook Tai's hand with a relieved look on her face. "Thank you so much mister…?"

"Tai."

"Thank you so much Mr. Tai. You are a life saver." The older girl turned to the blonde boy who was rubbing his head. The boy looked up at the girl and Tai saw her nudge her head at Tai.

"Ah! Y-Yes, thank you for the help!" the young boy squeaked. Tai put his hands up and had a soft smile.

"It's no problem. Are you sure you're okay?" Tai asked his fellow blonde. The boy nodded his head and stopped rubbing his head. "Good. Anyway, you should thank my daughter, she got that last sheet for me." Tai placed a comforting hand his daughter's shoulder. Ruby dug her face into his pants a little more when the older blonde looked at her.

However the girl smiled and bent over a little bit and stuck her hand out. "Hi, I'm Saphron, what's your name?" Ruby shuffled nervously before Tai gave her a reassuring squeeze.

"It's okay," he said. Ruby swallowed her fear and stuck a hand out to shake Saphron's.

"I-I'm Ruby…" she squeaked.

"Ruby! That's a pretty name." Saphron gave a warm smile that seemed to calm Ruby down a bit. "Thank you for helping us out Ruby." The two let go and Saphron turned to the boy called Jaune. He looked over at Ruby and he himself shifted nervously before approaching them with a awkward hand out.

"Uh.. H-Hi, I'm Jaune," he greeted. Ruby shifted nervously again before shaking hands with the boy.

"Ruby…" she muttered. Tai couldn't believe it. Someone who was just as awkward as Ruby! The reason he was happy was that he was afraid Ruby would start thinking it's weird that she was socially awkward. He was trying to get Ruby out of her shell, but at the same time, he understood that he couldn't force her. Having someone who was just as awkward as her showed her that she wasn't alone.

"T-Thanks Ruby!" the boy thanked with a grin. Ruby smiled a little bit at his grin as it seemed to be infectious. Tai wished he had a camera to take a picture. It was too cute.

However, the shy smile on the boy's face turned to horror as he remembered why he was running in the first place. "Crap! Mom's going to kill us!" He grabbed Saphron's hand and began to drag her. Not before the both of them thanked the two again for their help and waved goodbye.

Ruby and Tai waved goodbye to the fleeing blondes. Tai felt a sense of pride as he saw Ruby's smile. He always adored that smile, and it usually only comes out near him, Yang, and Qrow. It very rarely came out around strangers.

Ruby Meanwhile had a warmth enveloping her body. Those two were so nice to her, despite the fact she basically hit the boy in the face with the door. Not only that, the fact that she was able to catch the paper her father missed was still fanning her pride a bit. She hadn't expected to catch that piece of paper, but apparently her feet were faster than she thought.

After that eventful incident, Tai grabbed her hand and they made their way back to their seats. There was one thing was buzzing in the back of Tai's mind. He could've sworn he's seen those two before.

They eventually reached their seats, and got comfortable. The curtains were drawn, which they weren't previously, and they could see lights shining on the stage. Tai heard Ruby tell Yang about what happened, which caused a laugh to erupt from his eldest. It also prompted his youngest to pout and playfully punch her for laughing at her misfortune.

In the middle of the hitting however, everyone heard voices erupt from the speakers. A hush fell on the crowd as everyone heard the voices whisper. No one could pick up exactly what was being said, due to many of them, but they were able to catch glimpses of it.

"Move over you're crowding!"

"Cali is the sound set up?"

"Guys…?"

"Sweetie is everything good?"

"Shh be quiet!"

"I'm so excited!"

"Guys calm down!"

Eventually a fierce voice erupted from the whispers causing them to stop.

"Everyone be quiet!" the voice yelled.

"Sorry mom…" another voice quietly apologized.

"Thank you honey," a male voice beamed. There was the sound of a throat clearing, four clicks, and a bunch of voices harmonizing together. The stage lights turned brighter and eight Shadows were shown to be behind the curtain as the first song began.

"Deck the halls with boughs of Holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la~ "

A couple of voices sang the lyrics while others hummed in the background acapella style.

"Tis, the season to be Jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la~
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa la la, la la la!
La la la!"

All of the voices meshed and harmonized very well giving that holly jolly spirit of the season. No one couldn't help but put a smile on their face.

"Troll the ancient yule tide Carol
Fa la la la la
La La~
La~
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The singers held that last note for a solid measure. All of a sudden, a piano began to play the familiar fast tune of "All I want for Christmas" as six of the silhouettes dash off to the sides, leaving only two. The piano played some filler notes, and out from the curtains came a blonde woman around Tai's age if not a little bit older. This woman was Poppy Arc.

She began to vocalize as the Piano continued to play some filler notes and more instruments joined in. As she walked forward she placed a hand on her throat to make sure she was keeping her voice in tune. However what most people noticed was the sweater she was wearing.

It was one of the ugliest Christmas sweaters Tai had ever seen. It was bright green with a snowman in the middle of it, with red and blue flecked all around the sides. The sleeves were green all the way until they reached the wrist where it then turned red. The snow man had a smile on its face, and in red letters exclaimed "All I smell are carrots!" It was both the dumbest and funniest thing Tai has ever seen that he couldn't help but laugh.

Finally the piano played the notes to continue on the verse, and Poppy began to sing and sway.

"I don't want a lot for Christmas,
There is just one thing I need!"

Out from the curtain comes a brown haired man with another ugly sweater and a big grin on his face. If Tai recalled correctly, this Was Michael Arc, Poppy's husband. His sweater was a candy cane themed one with red and white striped on the torso, and green sleeves. He began to approach the woman as he sang his verse.

"I don't care about the presents!
Underneath, the Christmas tree!"

As he sang his part, the curtains opened wide to a living room background, complete with a fireplace, eight socks with different names stitched in them, a big pine tree with colorful presents underneath, to which the man was pointing to, and a couch and other chairs all across the stage.

The two looked at each other and held their hands together as they sang the next verse.

"I just want you for my own!"

They pulled themselves together so that their foreheads were touching and the smiles and look they were giving each other was filled with love… love that made Tai's heart squeeze as it reminded him of Summer.

"More than you could ever know!"

They broke apart again and whilst Michael sang the next verse normally, Poppy added a little swing into hers.

"Make my wish come true!
All I want for Christmas…"

Poppy shoved Michael to the side a bit and took over, which caused the man to roll his eyes with a smile on his face.

"Oooh… IIIIs~
Yoooouuuuu!"

The two came back together on that last note. As they did, two kids come from different sides of the stage with annoyed looks on their faces. One of them was a blonde girl that seemed to be in her early teens wearing a red sweater with a Santa hat on, and a brunette on the other side who looked to be a little bit younger wearing a green sweater with a red scarf.

Samantha and Dakota Arc.

They began to push their parents to the back of stage hoping to get them out of the spotlight. Their mother broke through their grip however and got one final note in.

"Yoooooouuuuuu!"

It was a very high note, with a bit of swing mixed in at the end. With that she left the front stage and retreated to the props behind after getting her final curtain call, which caused a little bit of the audience to laugh. The two sisters looked at each other and shook their heads, and then approached the front of the stage. The music switched from the previous song to "Jingle Bell Rock." And the two sisters faced the audience, with bright confident smiles.

"Jingle bell, Jingle bell,
Jingle bell rock!"

Dakota, the brunette took a step forward and spread her arms out as her sister took a step back.

"Jingle bells swing,
And jingle bells ring!"

Her voice was a little lower than her mothers, but still in tune with the music. Samantha and Dakota then switched spots with Samantha taking a more closed approached compared to her sister as she crossed her arms, but get the confident smile on her face.

"Snowing, and blowing
Up bushels of fun."

Samantha's voice was very low compared to her sisters. It wasn't baritone or tenor deep, but it was getting close to that range. The two sisters looked at each other, their grins grew wider, and they faced the audience.

"Now the jingle hop has begun!"

The music switched to a heavier more techno beat but still in the style of the song. The sisters then began to dance in perfect synchronization, almost as if they were connected by wires, as they sang their next part.

Tai took a glance at his daughters to see an impressed smirk on Yang's face, whilst Ruby was bopping along to the beat, which caused the blonde to grow a joyous smile.

"Jingle bell Jingle bell,
Jingle bell rock!"

The two sisters danced a couple steps back as Dakota sang her piece.

"Jingle bells chime
in jingle bell time!"

The two put their backs together as Samantha sang her part.

"Dancing, and prancing
in jingle bell square…"

They separated and spread their arms broadway style, but kept each other's fingers touching and so they were reaching out to the audience. As they began to sing their final part, Tai noticed a boy approach them from behind. A very familiar blonde boy.

"In the frosty air!"

As they sang their last part, the blonde boy shoved their arms open like he was entering through a gate and the music shifted once again. the two sisters went to the fireplace in the back as the audience got a look at the boy in front of them. As they did, some of the audience began to laugh as he was wearing a black sweater with green reindeer prancing on a red zigzagging road. Along the road was green pine trees as well. On his head was a green Santa hat.

"Dad isn't that him?!" Ruby nearly screamed out as she saw the young child. Tai didn't need to think about who Ruby was talking about.

He was the one Ruby and Tai ran into.

He was also Jaune Arc, one of the half of the Twinsanity Couple of Trope de Arc.

He held his arms out like his other sisters, but he was still facing the audience as he sang his verse.

"Oh the weather outside is frightful!"

His voice was a bit higher for a male's singing voice, but it made sense as he was still just a child. He then brought his arms in and crossed his chest almost as if he was hugging himself.

"But the fire is so delightful."

He gave a small shrug as a blonde girl around his age crept up on him with an evil grin across her face. Jade Arc, the second half of the Twinsanity couple. She was wearing the complete opposite of Jaune. She had a white sweater on with red reindeers and trees, with green zigzag roads. She also had a red Santa hat on.

"And since we've no place to go…"

Jade popped up next to her brother, much to his surprise and chagrin. Despite that, they both sung in complete and beautiful harmony.

"Let it snow
Let it snow
Let it snow!"

Jade playfully pushed her brother's face away as she took over. As she did she teased Jaune with a smug look.

"When we finally kiss goodnight,"

Jaune opened his mouth with his tongue out and pointed at it to gag and caused a couple of chuckles to arise from the audience. Jade then put the back of her hand to her head and pretended to look faint.

"Oh how I hate waiting out in the storm!"

She then put her arm to her mouth and did an adorable "sneeze" into it. She then wrapped her other arm around her brother and gave him a big hug which caused the boy to roll his eyes, but also smile.

"But if you really hold me tight!"

Jaune wrapped his arm around Jade and they both faced the crowd one more time.

"All the way home, we'll be warm!"

The music took another shift slowed down a bit, and went back to regular Christmas music. As it did the twins ran to the back of the stage and joined the rest of their family, and two people came from the sides. One was an older gentleman with… a literal candy cane cane. As in, the cane itself was in the shape of a candy cane, colors and all. He was wearing a suit but it was decorated like an ugly sweater with reindeer, colorful stripes, pine trees, sleighs, the whole nine yards. He also was wearing a fedora with mistletoe strapped to the side of it.

Azure Arc, the one who started the troupe.

On the opposite side of the stage was the young blonde woman that Ruby and Tai ran into when they went to the bathrooms, Saphron Arc. She was wearing a green strapless dress with white fur coating that wrapped around her shoulders. She wore reindeer antlers, and around her waist was a red sash that was tied like a Christmas bow.

The two began to approach the middle of the stage, with Saphron starting to sing.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas,"

Her voice was softer compared to her siblings. She also began to sway back in forth as she walked over to the middle. Azure, her grandfather, swayed with her, and sang the last word after Saphron. The two stopped when they reached the middle and swayed together as they sang together.

"Everywhere we go…"

Saphron sang the next verse.

"Take a look at the five and ten,"

As she said "five and ten" she held up her fingers respectively to the lyrics. Azure nodded to his family at the back of the stage as they flashed some of the ornaments to the crowd and sang the next verse.

"Glistening once again!"

Azure tossed his candy cane up in the air and twirled it, whilst Saphron put her hands to her chest with a big happy smile on her face as they sang together.

"With candy canes
and sliver lanes aglow!"

Azure pounded the cane to the ground.

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!"

Saphron took a deep breath as Dakota handed her some bells. Saph shook the bells a bit as she sang the next part.

"Soon, the bells will start!
And the thing that will make them ring,"

Azure took a step forward with his verse.

"Is the Carol that you sing,"

The two wrapped their arms around each other as they sang the next verse.

"Right within, your heart!"

As they held the final note, the five females of the family approached them and went on Saphron's side of the stage. Jade got between her grandfather and sister, shoved them apart, and sang the next verse as the beat dropped to a more techno feel.

"Santa Baby!"

As she shoved them apart, she pushed her grandfather to the side where Jaune and Michael were as the three of them looked confused as to what the girls were doing. Poppy then went in front of them with a smug look on her face and sang.

"Slip a Sable under the tree, for me!"

Saphron got a wicked smile on her face and placed her hands on her heart again and pretended to swoon whilst fluttering her eyelashes at the three generation of Arc men. The three of them had their mouths open aghast at what the girls were doing.

"Been an awful good girl."

Dakota stuck to the back but had her arms crossed. She leaned in a bit as she sang her part.

"Santa Baby!"

Finally, Samantha gave a smug shrug as she walked to the front of the girls.

"And hurry down the chimney tonight!"

All the girls looked at each other, than the boys, and they all did the "Come at me" motion with their hands as they all sang together. As they did, the guys recovered from their shock, and Michael and Jaune looked at Azure who was formulating a plan.

"And hurry down the chimney tonight!"

As the girls sang their final verse, Azure began to chuckle evilly, and cocked an eyebrow at them as the music shifted tone and speed again.

"You're a mean one… Mr. Grinch!"

Jaune and Michael looked at each other, and got smug looks on their faces as Azure began to sing. Michael approached the girls with his arms crossed and sang his verse as deep as he could. As he did he lifted his foot and pointed at it.

"You really, are, a heel!"

Jaune ran in front of his father and lunged at the girls, which caused them to take a couple steps back as he put his hands close to his head and moved his fingers in a weird snake like way.

"Your brain is full of spiders
You've got Garlic in your soul Mr. Grinch!"

As he sang the second verse, he put his hands to his heart and gave a look of pity before turning into a sadistic smile. Both him and Michael took a step back as Azure grabbed his cane and pointed it at the girls as he sang.

"We wouldn't touch you…"

The three men then sang in harmony. Jaune had his arms spread out in a "Are you not entertained" motion, whilst Michael had his arms crossed with a quirked eyebrow.

"With a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!"

The music cut for just a couple a seconds as the three male Arcs stared at the rest of their family. Then it turns a little bit softer before the Arcs slowly lose their composure and all of them have smiles and some even laughing. Poppy began to leave the stage before turning around to face her husband with a wink.

"I really can't stay."

Michael rushed over to her and put his arm around her.

"Baby it's cold outside."

Samantha tried to leave the stage as well as she sang her next bit.

"I've got to go away."

The blonde was stopped by the eldest of the Arc siblings, Saphron. She put a hand on her little sisters shoulder as she sang her bit.

"Sammy it's cold outside."

Dakota just walked to the back of the stage and plopped down on the couch as she sang.

"This evening has been"

Azure walked over and put a hand on his grandaughter's head as he sung.

"Been hoping you'd drop in."

Poppy snuggled closer ot her husband as she sang again.

"So very nice…"

Michael wrapped his hands around his wife's as he stared deeply in to her eyes.

"I'll hold your hands,
they're just like ice!"

Jade giggled a bit as she and Jaune sat down next to the tree in back.

"I oughta say
No, no, no sir!"

Jaune leaned into his sister a bit and pushed her face as revenge when he sang his line.

"Mind if I move in closer?"

Samantha swatted Saphron's hand off and shrugged.

"At least I'm gonna say that I tried."

Saphron feigned being hurt as she put her hand to her chest.

"What's the sense in hurting my pride?"

The arc sslowly came together near the back of the stage with the props as Poppy sang her verse. As she did, a smile erupted from her face as she saw all of her kids get together.

"I really can't stay."

Michael had a grin on his face as well as he saw the family get together.

"But baby don't hold out."

Once the Arcs were all together again, they faced the audience, stood up, and sang in perfect harmony again.

"Ahh but it's cold, outside!"

The lights slowly dimmed down as Azure walked forward and the rest of the Arcs sat down near the set. Eventually it was dark except for a single spotlight on Azure and his candy cane cane. The music slowed down to just simple piano music. Azure took a deep breath and calmly sang.

"Have yourself, a merry little Christmas.
Let your heart be light.
From now on your troubles will be out
of sight."

Poppy approached the spotlight and walked up next to her father. She placed her hand on top of his on the cane and gave a squeeze as he nodded for her to continue. Poppy took a look back at her family and then at the audience.

"Through the years we all will be together,
If the Fates align...
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough!"

As she sang the last verse, another spotlight shone on the Christmas tree. There, was all of the other Arcs surround the tree, as Michael place a yellow star on top of it. In that moment, everyone in the crowd and on stage felt a warmth spread around them. Despite all the hardships the people of remnant had to face, they made it another year.

Tai wrapped his arm around both Yang and Ruby, who would usually tear his hand away as it was "embarrassing" when he showed love. Yet this time, they snuggled up closer to him as the Arcs continued their routine.

The spotlight on the tree died down, and the two singing Arcs began to walk forward and gesture to the audience.

"And have yourself,
a merry little Christmas…"

Poppy and Azure slowly began to bow as they sang their final verse. Poppy did a full, one arm in front, one arm in the back bow, as Azure only dipped his head down.

"Now~"

Tai and everyone else was about to applaud as they went quiet. However before they could, Saphron ran up to Poppy and Azure and put her finger up.

"Uh, does that mean it's over?" she asked.

All of a sudden Dakota blew past her elders as she held her hands up in the air in the most dramatic theatrical way possible.

"No! It's just getting started!"

The voice of Jaune could be heard from the back.

"I'm tired!" he whined.

The lights turned off as the music began to pick up speed again. Then, the lights began flashing Christmas colors as the music continued to increase in volume and into a rock-ish tune.

Michael Arc began to bop his head along to the music as he pointed out to the audience.

"You better watch out!"

Jade Arc made a weeping motion as she ran past her father to the front of the stage.

"You better not cry!"

The father and daughter duo then pointed at the audience as they sang together.

"You better not pout we're telling you why!"

Saphron got up next to them and belted out the next line.

"Santa Clause is coming, to town!"

Samantha and Azure got next to each other and continued to dance ot the ebat.

"He sees you when your sleeping,
He knows when you're awake!"

Dakota and Poppy walked in front of the to block them as they took over.

"He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake!"

Michael sang his next line as he pushed them apart.

"Oh you better watch out!"

Saphron cut him off to sing next.

"You better not cry!"

Then, Jaune rushed past his siter and began to belt out as he pointed to all of the audience.

"You better not pout
and I'm tellin' you why!"

Finally, the Arcs stopped trying to overpower each other, got in a single line, and began to dance to the beat. It wasn't really in unison, it was really a family just trying to have fun, and yet it worked. So much so, that it caused the audience to bop to the song and even clap along.

"Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa Clause is coming to town!
Santa Clause is coming to town!
Santa clause is coming to town!"

As they sang a couple of the girls would sing "to town" afterwards before getting right back in with the family again. Finally, everyone stop dancing as Poppy put a hand up, and sing a final dynamic line.

"Santa Clause!
Is coming~"

The music and Poppy stopped for a second. The matriarch then got a wicked grin on her face as she looked up at the audience.

"To town, town town!"

The Arcs cheered for their matriarch before singing one final line together. They wrapped their arms around each other and went all out.

"Santa Clause is coming to town!" The music cut out, and the spotlights stopped flashing. All that was left was a Smiling happy family waving at the audience. The crowd began to clap, cheer, and whistle as the Arcs waved to everyone in the crowd. They all took a bow as the curtain behind them began to close. The crowd continued their applause which caused all of the Arcs to motion towards the lighting crew.

They bowed again as the audience still continued to clap and cheer. Eventually the family slowly began to retreat into the curtains and the cheering soon died down. The audience soon began to leave the stage and head back out to the festival. There was still a little bit of light left before it got too dark.

As the Xiao Long family got up from their seats, Ruby couldn't stop bouncing and grinning with amazement, whilst Yang just had a smile on her face the whole time.

"That was so fun!" Ruby squeed "They all looked like they had so much fun! And the songs were fun to listen to, everyone had a good voice, the dancing and acting was fun, and I still can't believe we met two of the performers when we went to the bathroom!"

"Rubes calm down!" Yang pleaded with the buzzing girl. "You look like you're gonna pop."

"I can't calm down Yang! That was great!" The little ball of energy suddenly turned and wrapped herself around Tai's leg. "Thank you for taking us to this dad!"

"Yeah dad, this was a lot of fun." The two smiles on their faces brought one of his own as he ruffled both of their hairs. Yang quickly got away muttering how it took her "hours" to do her hair whilst Ruby just giggled at the affection.

"Well, it's still a lit bit before bed time, so how about we try to find some more food?" With a resounding "yes" from his daughters, the family moved from the theatre area to the stalls.

Most of the stalls had good sugary snack items, but Tai knew better than to give Ruby more sweets than the ones she's consumed already. Eventually though, they did find some food stalls selling actual food. The family decided to eat at the hot pot stall, grabbed their food, and sat down in the dining area. As they did though, they heard a commotion come from the edge of the food stall area.

Tai craned his neck over the tables and people to see what was going on. A group of nine people just walked into the dining area. All of them a mix of brunette and blonde, all of them talking not only amongst each other but to the villagers as well, all of them tired, and hungry, from finishing a performance.

Tai saw six figures break off from the group as three looked around for something. eventually the oldest figure waved for the other two to follow him and they soon sat down at a table. Funnily enough, the table was just two away from where Tai and his family were sitting.

Eventually the six figures that sprinted away and to the other stalls found the three adults, sat down, and began eating a chatting.

"So Rubes," Yang said as she filled her mouth with some hot pot. "That's your boyfriend whose face you smashed in right?" She was pointing to the boy of the group of nine who was currently stopping his twin from eating from his bowl of soup.

"Yang!" Ruby pouted. "Not so loud! And he's not my boyfriend!"

"Why was that your second answer?"

Ruby pouted as Yang laughed merrily. Tai couldn't help but roll his eyes at the sisters teasing. Still today was a very successful day. As he saw his two girls fight, his huntsmen sense started going off and looked behind him. Nope, no one staring there. To his sides? All clear… In front?

In front of him, two tables away was the boy, Jaune Arc, staring at him. Tai waved politely at the boy, which caused him to point at Tai. All of a sudden a hand whapped the boy's causing him to moan in pain.

"What did I tell you about pointing?" Tai heard ever so clearly. After that though, all nine heads turned around and looked at Tai, which caused the man to wave awkwardly at the Arcs.

Eventually, one of them got up and made their way over to their table, much to the shock of all of the Arcs, and Tai himself. The woman picked up her steaming sandwich, and plopped herself down across from Tai, which caused his two girls to stop fighting and turn towards the new dinner friend.

"Are you Tai?" the woman asked. Both of his girls looked starry eyed at the woman sitting beside them, whilst Tai had a look of confusion. What would Poppy Arc want with him?

"Um… yes," he answered. "Can I help you miss Arc?"

"I just want to ask, my children did thank you for helping them yes?" Tai's girls looked between the matriarch and their father multiple times but eventually Tai nodded his head. "Well then, I guess my kids were telling the truth." She turned her head over her shoulder and to her family. "For once!"

All of her young ones looked at her with the "what did I do?' look. She rolled her eyes before standing up and giving a little bow to Tai.

"Still, thank you, and sorry for your troubles. In fact you helping my children with that might have saved us a lot of trouble." She looked back at her kids and then at the three in front of her. Particularly Ruby and Yang, who continued to stare awestruck in front of the beautiful blonde woman in front of them. The matriarch smiled and turned back to Tai. "In fact, why don't you join us? Have us properly return the favor."

"Miss Arc we wouldn't want to intrude on you." She waved her hand off and scoffed.

"Nonsense I'm inviting you." She pointed her head down to his kids. "Besides, I think they really want to. Isn't that right girls?" The two quiet girls finally broke as they started to plead with their dad to join the Arcs. Knowing he was outnumbered, the father sighed.

"All right. We'll gladly join you."

'YES!" his darling little daughters screamed out. They grabbed their bowls and practically ran to the other table as Tai sighed and slowly got up. The matriarch stuck her hand out for the father to shake.

"I'm Poppy Arc, it is nice to meet you."

"Taiyang Xiao Long. It is nice to meet you Miss Arc."

"And you Mr. Long. Come, meet the rest of my family. I'm sure you'll find them interesting."

To be continued.

Song used: Christmas Medley Ft Youtube Singers. Posted by Kathy-chan.

A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all enjoyed this holiday themed chapter. And to those of you who are joining in during a different time of year, hello! Anyway, next chapter will most likely not have a performance on it as I do not want to just make this a "Jaune and fam sing songs, everyone reacts, the end" kind of a story. Whilst yes that is the main brunt of it, I do want there to actually be a story.

Aside from that, Tell me what yall think. I appreciate any reviews, comments, criticsms, etc. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you next chapter.