Alright. The story for our Christmas show is pretty much all there!

Yup!

Oh, I almost forgot!
I have to get that thing ready♪

Huh?

Hm? Where did Emu go?

I don't know.
I think she ran off to get something.

I wonder what...? Oh, she's already back.

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

What the...? She's got a whole cart loaded with boxes...

Phew! Okay, I'm back!

Emu, what's with these boxes?
And what do you have to get ready?

Hehehe! It's something special...
Ta-daa♪ Christmas decorations galore☆

Oh, nice!
Is that what you've got in those boxes?

Yeah! The mascots and I put these up every year, but you're all invited to join in this year♪

That's a lot...

Look, Nene! Aren't they cute?
And these come in all sorts of adorable colors!

Yeah, they are.
I don't think I've seen any like these before.

If the choice is ours, we can try to find decorations that match our Christmas show's theme to give it a more festive atmosphere.

Good idea! Okay, let's get decorating!

Yeah!

It's looking good, but we haven't even looked at the last two boxes Emu brought.

Oh, these are for somewhere else♪

Somewhere else?

Wh-When did that thing get here?!

Well... This Christmas tree must be at least two stories tall.

Oh, wait. This might be an artificial tree.

That's right! We put it up every year, and we wouldn't be able to put spinning light-up decorations on a real tree so...

Hmm... Decorating a tree this big is going to be a lot of work, but it's right at the entrance to our stage. It needs to stand out!

Shall we get started?

Yeah!

I'm starting to think we've bitten off more than we can chew...

Why's it so difficult?
I can't get these lights in the right place!

The tree's so big, it's hard to get them in the right place.

The length of the cables adds to the difficulty.
Poor Tsukasa getting tangled up and all...

I almost tied myself to the tree...

By the way, how did you decorate this tree last year?

Um... I was busy decorating the stage, so the mascots took care of the tree. I don't actually know how they did it.

BUUUT! I have an idea♪

Really?!

Yup! I'll climb up to the top with the lights and twirl them off round and round!

Hmm, okay. That might work.

How did that make sense to you?!
Please explain it so normal people can understand.

Um, you know the twirly ribbons they use for gymnastics? I hang out at the rhythmic gymnastic club at school, so I know how to use them too!

Okay, now I think I get the idea. You'll sit on top of the tree and twirl the cord like a ribbon...

Using centrifugal force to wrap the lights around the tree. It's brilliant, but we should shorten the cord for the sake of ease and safety.

But it's an electrical cord. You can't just cut it with a pair of scissors.

Hehe. I always carry my tool kit with me.

Right... Of course you do.

Since it's a fake tree, it won't matter if the lights are wrapped around a bit tight.

I can't really picture it in my head.
But it's not like we have any better ideas so...

Yay!

Phew, I made it to the top!
Commencing Operation Twirly Lights!

Wheee!

Wow! Even after trimming them down, the lights are still pretty long. Look at them go!

But can Emu actually get them around the tree?

Ready...! Steady...! GO!

H-How?! She's getting them all to wrap around! And look nice too!

Alright! Here goes another one!
And... Wheee!

Look at that! This is spectacular!
I mean, she's doing a pretty decent job.

Hahaha! The show must go on! Wheee!

It's not so she's twirling a ribbon, but more like she's whipping the tree and tying it up...

Yeah, huh... But she has to hold tight or it'll end up like the way we did it earlier...

Hehe. Maybe this is a little unwholesome for kids to see.

Wahahaha! More! MORE!
WHEEE!

Wow! That was so much fun!

This goes with our Christmas show perfectly too.

It does. All that's left to do is put on a good performance and make sure our audience has a good time.

Yeah.

Hehehe! This is gonna be amazing!