The X[-Mas] Files
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This is a parody of the Santa Christmas as imagined told by the X-Files characters.
"At the Scene of the Crime"
MulderWe're too late! It's already been here.
ScullyMulder, I hope you know what you're doing.
MulderLook, Scully, just like the other homes: Douglas fir, truncated, mounted, transformed into a shrine; halls decked with boughs of holly; stockings hung by the chimney, with care.
ScullyYou really think someone's been here?
MulderSomeone, or something.
ScullyMulder, over here -- it's a fruitcake.
MulderDon't touch it! Those things can be lethal.
ScullyIt's O.K. There's a note attached: 'Gonna find out who's naughty and nice.'
MulderIt's judging them, Scully. It's making a list.
ScullyWho? What are you talking about?
MulderAncient mythology tells of an obese humanoid entity who could travel at great speed in a craft powered by antlered servants. Once a year, near the winter solstice, this creature is said to descend from the heavens to reward its followers and punish disbelievers with jagged chunks of anthracite.
ScullyBut that's legend, Mulder -- a story told by parents to frighten children. Surely you don't believe it?
MulderSomething was here tonight, Scully. Check out the bite marks on this gingerbread man. Whatever tore through this plate of cookies was massive -- and in a hurry.
ScullyIt left crumbs everywhere. And look, Mulder, this milk glass has been completely drained.
MulderIt gorged itself, Scully. It fed without remorse.
ScullyBut why would they leave it milk and cookies?
MulderAppeasement. Tonight is the Eve, and nothing can stop its wilding.
ScullyBut if this thing does exist, how did it get in? The doors and windows were locked. There's no sign of forced entry.
MulderUnless I miss my guess, it came through the fireplace.
ScullyWait a minute, Mulder. If you're saying some huge creature landed on the roof and came down this chimney, you're crazy. The flue is barely six inches wide. Nothing could get down there.
MulderBut what if it could alter its shape, move in all directions at once?
ScullyYou mean, like a bowl full of jelly?
MulderExactly. Scully, I've never told anyone this, but when I was a child my home was visited. I saw the creature. It had long white shanks of fur surrounding its ruddy, misshapen head. Its bloated torso was red and white. I'll never forget the horror. I turned away, and when I looked back it had somehow taken on the facial features of my father.
Impossible.
MulderI know what I saw. And that night it read my mind. It brought me a Mr. Potato Head, Scully. It knew that I wanted a Mr. Potato Head!
ScullyI'm sorry, Mulder, but you're asking me to disregard the laws of physics. You want me to believe in some supernatural being who soars across the skies and brings gifts to good little girls and boys. Listen to what you're saying. Do you understand the repercussions? If this gets out, they'll close the X-files.
MulderScully, listen to me: It knows when you're sleeping. It knows when you're awake.
ScullyBut we have no proof.
MulderLast year, on this exact date, SETI radio telescopes detected bogeys in the airspace over twenty-seven states. The White House ordered a Condition Red.
ScullyBut that was a meteor shower.
MulderOfficially. Two days ago, eight prized Scandinavian reindeer vanished from the National Zoo, in Washington, D.C. Nobody -- not even the zookeeper -- was told about it. The government doesn't want people to know about Project Kringle. They fear that if this thing is proved to exist the public will stop spending half its annual income in a holiday shopping frenzy. Retail markets will collapse. Scully, they cannot let the world believe this creature lives. There's too much at stake. They'll do whatever it takes to insure another silent night.
ScullyMulder, I-
MulderSh-h-h. Do you hear what I hear?
ScullyOn the roof. It sounds like ... a clatter.
MulderThe truth is up there. Let's see what's the matter.
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Chris Cleeland
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