" It's Christmas! It's Christmas! It's Christmas!"

" Quiet Misa! You're going to scare Santa away and wake dad up if you keep doing that!" Mello said as he and Misa crept in the shadows of the dark hallway.

" I forget, why are we the only ones doing this?" Misa asked.

Mello rolled his eyes. " Because L kicked me and said if I wake him up again he'll kick me in that place, Matt was in some weird dream that I guess involved Mario and Luigi and him and Near too cute to even wake up."

Misa squealed, " Near-chan always looks cute when he sleeps!"

Mello shushed her, " Be quiet!" He gasped, " You hear that?" Both of them were silent and the sound of faint bells jingling was heard. Misa's face lit up, " Sa--!" Mello interrupted her with his hand, " Be quiet and let's go!" Misa and Mello padded down the halls and silently came to an abrupt halt when they heard a thud and some jolly chuckles. Misa and Mello looked at each other, nodded, and tip-toed the rest of the way. When they made it to the living room, they hid behind the sofa and they saw the jolly old man in the fur-trimmed suit for the first time in the flesh.

" Sa-Santa Claus…" Misa whispered. Mello was too in shock to even speak. He is real! He can't wait to go back to school and rub it into Nolan's (1) face and tell him that he is real!

" Ho, ho, ho! Shouldn't you kids be in bed?" Both of them snapped out of their thought and daydreams and both of them hesitantly looked at each other. " Please don't tell me he's behind us?" Mello said through clenched teeth. Misa nodded stiffly. Both slowly turned around and nearly jumped.

" I-It's you!" Misa exclaimed.

The jolly guy in the suit chortled, " Well of course! And you young missy must be little Misa Amane." Misa nodded quickly. " And, you young man, must be young Mihael Keehl, am I right?" Mello nodded slowly in awe. " But how do you know my real name?"

" I know all the little girl's and boy's names! I know when you're awake, I know when you're asleep, and I if you've been good or bad!"

" Um excuse me Santa," Misa said, " But that seems a tad stalker-ish…"

Santa gave whole hearted laugh, " Well I guess so. Well anyways, you two haven't answered my question."

" Well, it's kinda complicated…" Mello said as he stood up and plopped down onto the couch.

" Well you mind if you give me the shorter version?" Santa asked.

Mello sighed, " Well, there's this guy in my class, his name is Nolan by the way, and he really knocked the Christmas spirit out of my brothers! When the class had it's Secret Santa exchange, he gave L nothing and told him that weird people don't get stuff for Christmas, he stepped on Matt's new goggles he got in the exchange, and when Near came to our classroom with a Santa doll, he shoved him to the ground and told him that Santa wasn't real and that he don't know jack! And also, he pelted Misa with snowballs when she came to get us! I got really mad and I shoved into the snow after school! I didn't mean to do it but I had too! So I said that I'll get proof that he's real and get my brothers into the Christmas spirit again before Nolan came took it!"

Santa nodded in an understanding way, " I see, well I knew that Nolan was acting very naughty this year but to ruin Christmas for other little kids? Well that's is just bad." Mello nodded, " Yeah and he's a big poopy head!" (2) Misa frowned, " Hey you didn't tell me that!"

Santa laughed and his big round belly shook, " Well Mihael,--"

" Can you call me ' Mello'?"

" Well sure, Mello. I can really tell that you care for your brothers and sister, am I right?" Mello nodded.

" Well, that just shows the love and maturity you have towards the people you care about the most. That's pretty impressive for one your age." Mello grinned, " Thanks Santa!" Santa chuckled, " Don't mention it Mello, just try not to get too tough. And you Misa," he looked at Misa, " You keep defending your younger brother Nate and don't get into too much trouble." " Alright Santa!" Misa replied. Santa laughed, " Well, I should be getting going, I'm late as it is!" And with the touch of his cherry red nose, Santa disappeared and glowing dust swirled its way outside. Misa and Mello ran to the window and saw the bright red sleigh , pulled by eight magical reindeer, flying out of their sight. " Bye Santa!" Mello and Misa said in the exact same time. " Hey what about Rudolph?" Misa asked. " Eh, he's just an urban legend." Mello replied.

" Mello? Misa? Ugh… What're you doing up so late?"

Mello and Misa turned around and saw Light slouched over, the wall supporting helping him stand. He rubbed his half-lidded eyes and yawned, " Go back to bed. It's three in the morning."

" Dad! We saw Santa! He was here! He's real!" Mello exclaimed.

" Yeah, yeah, and the tooth fairy is in my room right now. Now go to bed you two. Now"

Mello pouted, " I don't like your tone mister. I have the feeling that you don't believe me."

" I don't know go." Misa and Mello groaned and began to walk to the hallway. " I never get to have fun." Mello muttered. " Yeah, yeah." Light scoffed. Santa? Heh, as if.

" A LUMP OF COAL?!" L looked into Light's stocking and saw even more coal in there than in Light's hand.

Mello carefully placed his new air soft rifle down and went over to Light. " Hah! Dad's been naughty this year!"

" There's a note in here!" Near had smudges of coal all over his face and hands as he gave Light a carefully written note.

" A note from Santa?" L asked as he took a bite out of a candy cane. Light unfolded the note and read inwardly.

' Light, I know what you did. Expect more coal for the next couple of years!

- Santa Claus

P.S.- When will you tell the kids of what you did to them?'

Mello read over Light's shoulder and looked confused, " What you did to us?"

Author's Note: Ha! Ha! Attemptive cliffy. XD Lol, yeah this was supposed to have been up last week but Christmas got way too busy for me. XD Lol, Anyways, as of the next chapter, Life Note is going to turn into a collab story between me and BlackRose159 ( my lil' sis…XD) Yeah, I offered her if she wanted to collab, since she helped me with the scenes sometimes and honestly, both of us make up funny stuff than rather me by myself. XD Wish us luck! Lol, also, I've been thinking about starting a LxMisa multi-fic, yeah it's going to be some abuse on LightxMisa side cause really, doesn't Light look like that type that will hit or abuse a girlfriend? Well, that's just my opinion, so yeah, that's about it so…. Have a safe and happy whatever holidays are left and please review! ^^ Oh and I don't own Death Note.

(1) Nolan is an OC in my cousin's one-shot she wrote that goes along with this story that should be up soon! ^^

(2) Yes, Mello has to talk like a five year old at some point in here….XD