Spreading The Christmas Spirit

Spreading the Holiday Cheer
Chapter 2
Christmas? What's Christmas?

“Uh...” He said as he looked at the mare in the doorway`, before a pink blur shot above her like a bullet to look over him, and at his side, and his back. Bouncing all over the pink blur moved all around him as he saw the purple mare walk in the door followed by her other four friends.

“Hi!” The pink blur finally stopped moving to stare at his face, less then a foot away from his face. “I’m Pinkie Pie, Most ponies just call me Pinkie though. Who are you? What’s your name? What are you? Where do you come from? Oh do they cake there? I hope they have cake, or pie. Oh Brownies are good to but not as good as cake.” A sudden gasp of breath from the motor mouth of the cotton candy pink mare had a smile on her breath. “Think of yummy a Brownie Cake would be!”

“My name? It’s...” John started before stopping trying to stand again, Pinkie push a pillow from the bed under his stomach with a quick kick as he stood up fully and stayed up with slightly shaky legs. He couldn't say his real name, it wouldn't make sense in this world, looking at himself and doing a quick bit of thinking he smiled a bit and said, “Er...It’s Blitzen, Comet Blitzen.”

He tried to give an honest smile, and not try to think about how he made himself sound like two of the reindeer that pulled Santa’s sleigh. He knew that the ponies didn't have Christmas, only something slightly like it in their winter months. They looked at him and then up at the hole in the roof, he followed their gaze and saw it wasn't a gaping hole, it was a near perfect out line of his curled out body including his antlers.

“You must have taken quite the fall to make such a large hole, how ever did you get so high up with no wings?” Rarity said shaking her head and keeping her refined tone of voice. She looked at the hole and then at him again.

“Yes...I did fall a good way from the sky, I kind of fell on my way to my...Job. That’s it, I fell on my way to my job.” He said quickly nodding with a smile, it wasn't technically a lie. “In fact I just sort of ran out of the magic I had to land me safely somewhere and started falling so I had better get going soon...Don’t want to be late...”

“Oh no don’t rush. I’m sure they won’t mind.” Twilight said with a smile, “Where do you work? I haven’t seen a Reindeer since Princess Celestia had a few come by talking about the three days of pure sun in the north.”

“Oh...well I work for Santa, he’s my boss from the North Pole.” He said starting to nod as he thought back thinking of it and shaking his head a bit. “See my job he said was to come travel somewhere and then start spreading Holiday cheer. Get everyone excited for the holidays, that sort of thing.”

“What the Hay is Christmas?” Applejack asked flatly as she was looking at him with less curiosity and more of a distrusting gaze.

“Well...Christmas is a big holiday celebration. Most of the month is dedicated to as it takes so long to get to it. Everyone being more charitable to those who need it in the winter months, everyone making all kinds of foods for all sorts of Christmas Parties, and not to mention everyone’s friends get together to exchange gifts with Santa coming Christmas Eve to give everyone who was good gifts under their Christmas Trees.” He said in a wistful voice smiling a bit, feeling if he were floating five feet off the ground.

“Did you say food and Parties?” Pinkie asked bouncing a bit herself with a smile.

“The Holidays must make people feel so good for giving so much to one another and those they don’t know.” Rarity said with a smile nodding to herself.

“Not to mention what you said about Gifts. When is Christmas and how do I sign up?” Rainbow Dash asked as she flew toward him and floated right in front of his face making him pull his neck back a bit.

“Now I’m sure he’d explain what it is if you’d get out of his dern face Rainbow.” Applejack said grabbing her friend by her tail pulling her back a few feet.

“Well...anyone can be apart of Christmas. You just...you know celebrate it, decorate for the holidays. Spread the good will and you know...stuff like that.” He said grinning a bit sheepishly. “Though I guess I’ll be showing you how to...do all that.” He rubbed his chin with his hoof carefully.

“Of course darling, and I’m sure everyone in Ponyville will want to be a part of this...Christmas as well.” Rarity said smiling and nodding, “And it probably has wonderful clothing traditions as well. New designs and the like.”

“Oh...that sounds really nice.” Fluttershy said, John held back a squee of adorable love for the soft spoken mare. She was as adorable as many bronies though and just as shy.

“Well...Yes it does. I could start telling you all about Christmas maybe after we get something to eat? I left home early this morning and haven’t eaten yet...” He said honestly and rubbed the back of his head as the others laughed a bit.

“Sure, we can go to Sugar Cube Corner and you can show Mr and Mrs Cake how to make some Christmas related food.” Twilight said nodding, her wings folded against her side with a smile as Pinkie gasped a bit.

“Oh sure! We can make Christmas Cookies, and Christmas Cakes, and Christmas Smoothies!” The Pink mare as she grabbed the Reindeer who simply blinked before feeling himself be yanked what felt through nothing down the stairs. He was able to look up it as he felt his hooves skip down each step as the five mares and the purple Dragon watched the two from the top of the stairs.

‘I think my Job is going to be more difficult than I thought...” John thought as the pulling finally stopped at the front door, letting him pull away from the mare as she bolted out the door suddenly pulling a lamp instead of his neck. ‘At least this will be more entertaining.’

“Did Pinkie just take another Lamp?” Spike asked as he hurried down the stairs followed by the girls.

“Yep. Hold on...” He said as he suddenly grabbed the cord still connected to the wall and pulled it making it rush out the open front door. “So...where is...Sugar Cube Corner?”

“Down the street.” Spike said as he started putting on little boots, he also quickly put on a hat, coat and scarf. All of it stood out against his purple scales but at least he had something. Rarity and the rest seemingly thought such a quick leaving was normal and quickly put on their winter outfits.

“Do you need to borrow a coat?” Twilight asked as he zipped up her own coat with her lavender magical aura.

“Uh...” John started and stepped outside a bit to feel the weather, he didn’t feel much of as he thought he would and looked back inside. “I should be fine. Maybe I’ll pick one up later.” He said stepping outside and was quickly followed by the mares and the diminutive dragon. Stepping aside to let the girls lead on with Spike riding on Twilight’s back he noticed something on one of the branches closest to the ground of the tree.

He walked over and grabbed it with his odd hooves, they weren't hands by any sense but very basic grabbing motions and picking things up wasn't that hard. He pulled it off and looked it over, it seemed like a rather plain hand bell on a dark wood with a silvery metal bell with a bit of holly around the bell connecting it to the wood. Looking it over he saw something written into the wood on what seemed like a smoothed out plaque with the words burnt into the wood.

“Make sure to Spread your Holiday Spirit, you’ll learn that good will is always memorable when someone needs a helping hoof.” said the burnt in writing with a more eloquent ‘S.N.’ under the writing.

John looked at it and saw how it was hanging from the tree was a small hook just big enough to hook around the branch. He looked to see the girls walking even farther away and hooked it to one of his antlers and hurried off down the street. Every bound he took made the bell jingle, bringing a smile to his face as he remember the old man who he was talking to him before he fell into Equestria. Thinking of how he had given him this ‘job’ which was the best present a man had ever given him.

It seemed like Saint Nicolas had given him his present this early this year.