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Thanksgiving is already over, and in Unikingdom, as a rule, everything has already been prepared for Christmas in advance and so quickly: garlands are hung on the roofs of all houses, shops, lampposts, trees and even hydrants, all fireplaces in the houses of citizens are lit, ingredients for Christmas dishes are bought and of course there are Christmas trees, the largest which be on the parade square. And, although there is also a large Christmas tree in the UniMall, but alas, it cannot be compared with the tree that the Unigang found, since last year they wanted to put "The Last Tallest Christmas Tree" in the Mall, but because of it everything broke and burned down. Therefore, Dr. Fox made sure that "The Tallest Christmas Tree" stood in another most prominent place, and so-called "The Tallest Christmas Tree 2.0" – in the Mall.

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In other regions, preparations for Christmas come a little later, but later than everyone else, Frowntown is fully prepared for it, and this is not due to the fact that citizens cannot hang every skyscraper with a garland. In fact, the residents of Frowntown (especially the authorities and their elite) should not believe in magic, but there is a holiday in their metropolis at the state level, which implies that it must be celebrated, and therefore do everything possible for a festive mood (which is mostly absent due to the terribly low temperature). The residents themselves mostly do not believe in Santa, and some simply do not know whether he really exists or not, because he brings them their desired gifts, which is not at all like the "gifts" of Frowntown authorities. But there are those who believe in Santa, and there are those who were personally acquainted with him....

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It was time for dinner in one small apartment in Frowntown, their gray and tall owner had already prepared everything for a hearty dinner, he was so impatient to eat it all without his roommate, but he continued to restrain himself, realizing how much it was especially important at the moment, and in principle. Brock suddenly thought about whether to take off his new Christmas apron or not – when suddenly the yellow, short, second owner of these apartments came out of the "office" and asked a question before reaching the dining room:

– "Is everything ready?" – Master Frown asked, taking hold of the right frame of his glasses. There was tension in his voice.

– "Yes, honey, help yourself!" – Brock answered and immediately went up to him and squeezed his shoulders with his hands, admiring from top to bottom at his beloved person.

Brock noticed that even despite the uncomfortable situation, Alan continues to work hard in order to finish the labors. But lately, Frown now has a blockage at work due to debts incurred due to the expectation of a child and other tantrums caused by concern about him. But Brock didn't like the fact that Frown was exhausting himself in every sense and he was trying in every way to balance it somehow, so as not to harm the child.

– "I won't, honestly!" – Alan took off his glasses, pulled away from Brock and sat down at the table so that his stomach wouldn't squeeze. – "And in general, I formed such bags two days ago and they STILL haven't gone away, do you see?"

Brock sighed with relief and his mood returned to what it was before. – "This is progress, dude, heh!" – and boldly went to sit down opposite Frown.

Brock noticed how Frown managed to put a delicious salad for himself and how he ate it at the same time with greed and pleasure, and then he wanted to reach for the box of orange juice, when suddenly Brock decided to push that he did not suffer. Brock didn't want to offend Master Frown by doing this, he just didn't want to allow any fatal outcome if he suddenly decided to reach out himself, knowing what distance between him and the juice. 

And Brock said it anyway. – "Don't thank me!" – To which Frown answered, without expecting it. – "Yes, I get everything, Brock." – Frown pours orange juice into a glass and continues. – "However, this is not the first time I have been through this...I understand your concern, the baby will be born soon, and now it has become noticeably larger..." – and decided to drink the juice in one gulp, after which they were surrounded by silence.

But then Alan broke the silence...– "And yes, I like your new apron!" – and Brock seemed to wake up, noticing a mutual compliment from a friend and they both blushed and laughed right now.

The guys finished dinner, Brock took the plates, glasses and an empty salad bowl and washed it, and immediately decided to ask Alan a question, taking his hand and stroking the "bulge" with it.

– "And how do we hide "it", did you come up with? Dr. Fox will probably rest or prepare everything for the holiday, or....."

So they stood for a while, and then, remembering the time, decided to go to bed, believing that it would be wiser in the evening.

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9.00 PM, Unikitty's Castle

Almost immediately after a successful Thanksgiving celebration, before falling asleep, the entire Unigang set alarm clocks for midnight to decorate the entire Unikingdom. But no one in the castle heard or ignored the alarm clock, and therefore the robot assistants of Dr. Fox started an alarm in all the rooms where all the members of the Unigang were sleeping, and they woke up. However, Dr. Bunny and her little sister Bonnibell were either the last to be woken up, or because they live in Frowntown, they arrived at the designated place later than everyone else. In any case, it did not affect their collective work in any way. With one exception – they slept for only three hours, and Dr. Bunny only celebrated a little with Unigang and returned home, because there is no Thanksgiving in their homeland with Bonnibel, but, with all this, they respect the traditions of others. Everyone took on one or another responsibility: Hawkodile, Dr. Fox and Puppycorn went in search of the "tallest Christmas trees", Unikitty, Richard and Coco decorated all the high places – from the skating rink to the sleeping with the snow-covered top of the volcano, and Dr. Bunny and Bonnibell did small work and watched Mark, the son Dr. Fox and Hawkodile.

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5:20 AM, UniMall

– "See, Rick, it's uneven here?" Coco whispered to her husband Richard, who was standing over her. The princess's adviser already had a premonition of Coco's hint that "the garlands are not hung evenly enough," to which he obediently took the edge of the garland and hung it so that everything was as on the sides.

– "I'm done....." and Richard was about to rest when suddenly Coco said the following.

– "This is not the only uneven garland." – and, after these words, Richard looked carefully at all the garlands and sighed with displeasure at the fact that they still have to work and work on the UniMall until it opens

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Unigang killed 6 hours to decorate the entire Unikingdom, although mostly it was just a Castle, an ice rink on the site of a swimming pool, a ski resort on the site of a dormant volcano, a parade ground and a Mall. Beautiful First Christmas tree stand on the front square of the Unikingdom and what a beautiful Second Christmas tree stands in the Shopping Center. For Princess Unikitty, literally everything is beautiful here: shops with children's toys, playgrounds for young children, coffee shops, and also.....

– "Princess!"

– "Unikitty!"

Dr. Fox and Richard raced to her, catching their breath. Judging by their facial expressions (especially those of the scientist fox), something terrible and innocent happened. Unikitty was worried about her friends and asked:

– "What happened!"

But then Dr. Fox shouted, unable to contain her emotions – "We have an emergency! Santa, who should be sitting on this throne" – she pointed her finger at Santa's throne – "is sick! Hawkodile and I even went to him personally to check if he was really sick, because he had recently begun to cope poorly with his work, and he really was sick, and we had... HACHOO!" – sneezed at Richard, fortunately he took out his handkerchief in time, after which Dr. Fox noticed the handkerchief in his hands, blew her nose and returned it, after which she continued to say – "and we do not have a replacement, and Hawkodile and I will not be able to replace it for the WHOLE MONTH, because we will be sitting with Mark!"

– "Well, Coco and I will go on a trip, so she and I will also be absent All month, I'm sorry, Princess" – Richard justified himself, as always saying something in his trademark monotonous and boring voice.

The princess understood that it was bad, and she began to think how to get out. By that time, the rest of the Unigang members were aware of such an unforeseen circumstance and that not everyone was eager to play the role of Santa, except, perhaps .....

Unikitty came up with an idea – "Of course!"

– "Do you have an idea?" – Puppycorn asked. Unikitty hugged her brother by the shoulder and she replied – "Yes, indeed! Only now!" – the princess took the phone out of her pants pocket and began to look for the number of the one her good caller man.

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It's a weekday winter morning in Frowntown, which many people start with the most terrible thought – it's the W O R K. Many Frowntown citizens hate working mainly because of the low salaries and positions they work in. From all this, it sometimes seems that there are no well-off people in Frowntown, but, in fact, they are, they just don't go anywhere and not all over the territory of the metropolis. "Such" a resident is Brock, who works as a reporter in Unikingdom and Frowntown for hire, due to the fact that his game channel was noticed by the Frowntown TV studio (yes, they also still watch TV there!). Speaking of Brock, he was called to report, but in an unusual place. The tall man woke up, looked at the time, completed all the tasks and drove Alan's mecha car. This time he decided not to wake up his friend, which he might regret.

8.47 AM, Apartments of Alan "Former Master" Frown and Brock Rocks.

– "BROCK, FUCKIN! WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP?" – slamming the door of their shared bedroom, the former Doom Lord began to shout, holding a smartphone with one hand, and pulling jeans on his legs with the other. Brock repents of this, but in a whisper begs Frown not to make noise – "Dude, you shouldn't be nervous, remember? Besides, why am I to blame right away?" – Frown, hearing these words, realized that he was really nervous and stroked his big tummy, after which, in a whisper, but with incessant discontent, he expressed – "But you will regret it anyway-"

*A rumble behind the wall*

Master Frown did not have time to finish, when suddenly behind his back he noticed a hole in the wall that had been created by Dr. Fox from his blaster (as if a hawk fist or a warrior's kick was not enough for this) and next to her stood Hawkodile and Unikitty, who, to make him think, stiffly greeted him, which she does every day.

– "Sorry man, I can't talk to you, I have to go! Good luck, bye!" – Brock said goodbye, as if he had guessed the presence of the Unigang soon.