well... all i could say is... AWESOME! haha and PS its not really crappy

Let's see. Where to begin.

On the one hand, you remind me eerily of the original Myz, especially his work in An Ultimate's Legacy, and particularly the Christmas section. The inspirations are obvious, and several sections had me smiling and giggling just like he did.

There are many critiques I have however, and I hope you can apply them, edit this fic, and make it even better for future readers.

First, try not to begin so many paragraphs with "the." It gets really repetitive, is not pleasing to the eye, and is just lazy. "The" should begin paragraphs as little as possible, because it demonstrates a lack of creativity on the part of the author.

You misspelled "criticize."

You needn't be so formal... this is a comedy fic. "Suit their recipients"? What the hell? That's not very Christmassy. Correct formatting and casual writing can go hand in hand.

Your reference to the decline of the series and especially Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) was brilliant, and I applaud your sense of humor.

Shadow as Santa... classic. Didn't see that coming, and it worked surprisingly well.

However, the recurring motif is that Shadow was OC. Of course, he was throughout Ultimate's Legacy as well, but by that point, he'd already undergone the emotional journey to "soften" him. Here, you just kind of said a few hours passed, and he'd rethought his position. Draw it out more... make him question his thoughts and feelings... struggle with the meaning of the season.

"Yep, you guessed it." Generally, it is seen in bad taste to address the reader directly.

"The author desperately..." What? Is this a parody? I know it's a comedy, but you can write something funny without breaking the third wall. That's my point in Sonic the Parody... the things I show in that fic are inexcusable.

You want the illusion that the story you're telling is real. When you admit it's just a story, and that you're the author, that destroys the reality you've worked so hard to create. Even in a humor fic.

Speaking of which, if you are going to break the third wall and refer to yourself... don't call yourself names... especially cliche... three times.

Cliche is the worst insult an author can be given. You've equated yourself to trash. If you ever want your readers to respect you, you need to respect yourself. You can make cracks at yourself without stooping to the level of calling yourself names outright.

There's a right and a wrong way to go about making fun of yourself. The wrong way is to admit you're uncreative outright.

Avoid putting years (2008) in stories, it makes the story feel outdated after that date has passed by... and it's not interesting any more.

Which is why you also have to be careful about product placement... PS3's and Xbox 360's... anything that can prove the era from which your story comes.

Your goal should be a timeless story that can be enjoyed by anyone... which means language that is both poetic and understandable... jokes that come from a variety of genres.

In short, your humor was very good, very much in the style of Ultimate's Legacy, and I quite enjoyed it. But it is possible to write a funny fic that YOU, the author, take seriously, because that's your job... to not be amused... to be mature.

The whole time I wrote Sonic the Parody 2, I didn't even chuckle. Because the story has a message, it's making an almost "political statement" about the community. Your story needs to be more than comedy fluff, there needs to be some sort of reader fulfillment other than giggles.

This can be making fun of something... mostly Sega in your case... or alluding to "the true meaning of Christmas." However, despite how profound the underlying theme of the fic was, you handled it in an irreverent manner... particularly Shadow's powered form.

You can't seriously mock the "power of love" and at the same time, plug "the true meaning of Christmas" use mistletoe, and then mock yourself for doing it.

You show great potential to be a wonderful author. But I suggest you take some time to develop your techniques and learn from the mistakes Myz made... he's not the epitome of literature.

Don't contradict your own message... it marginalizes it.

An exciting fiction, and I hope to see your enormous improvement in the future. A better fiction than many another Christmas fic I've read, you show great promise.

Keep at it. You're destined for greatness if you'll hone your craft and heed my advice.

~Myz

That entire thing was gorgeous. :D My favorite thing in this story I've never ever seen anyone use in a fanfic is how when they kiss just slightly and instead of it jumping into a full make-out session, or just a "They sat there for what felt like forever.", you used the idea of him Chaos controlling (Or running super fast,) and just disappearing and leaving Rouge flabbergasted. Genius. :) I also loved how innocent Shadow was with the misletoe. Poor Shad. ~

-T.M

Ugh, Shadouge... JOKING!
I can't believe I haven't reviewed this yet! Silly Arcy!
This was so good! I just loved every second, and that bit with Shadow not knowing what mistletoe was - classic. I love it!
You've got a serious typo problem though, and you seem to have forgotten to use apostrophes, but that's my only criticism!
I really enjoyed reading this, and it is not crappy! It's great!
xX

This fic wasn't crappy at all! It was pure brillance! I loved it!
The ending was great! I didn't expect Shadow to do many things, but that's the beauty of writing fanfiction. ^^
Keep up the nice work! ^^

Great Christmas Special. I guess Sonic finally got his revenge.

Very amusing christmas special, well done.

10/10

BTW, (damn, I always send a review when I'm not finished) almost about every guy in this story was a pervert XD
And it's dedicated to me? Aw, you shouldn't have ^-^

Aw! This was so cute ^-^
I loved the Shadouge you added in here :)
This was not a "crappy fic" it was great! I haven't read a story like this in awhile!