Wow... Look at how many guests have gathered!

The staff even said this is more people than they were initially expecting.

Some apparently became interested in watching after we asked them about making lanterns with us.

Gotcha. I guess that ended up being a good way of advertising it.

That means we were able to help!
Let's do our best when the moment comes!

Yeah!

Thank you all for your patience.
The Christmas show will begin momentarily!

Oh, it's starting.

“Hmph...! Hmph...!”

“You seem to be training harder than usual today. But this is our big day, so be careful not to get injured, okay?”

“Yes, I'm being careful.
But I can't seem to stay still. After all, it's Christmas Eve!”

These are the Santa Clauses...?

Looks like it...
They're wearing red suits and hats, but...

They all seem way too buff...!

I've never seen such burly Santa Clauses before...

Oh, look...! The one on the right is a member of the Phoenix Stage cast!

You serious? How can you tell?
His beard and hat are covering up most of his face.

Haha. Nothing gets by Kohane!

“Those scoundrels are likely going to test us again this year by trying to prevent us from delivering our presents. But we shall overcome...!”

“For the sake of the children!”

“Yeah!”

“Alright, we're set to take off.
Let's fly, my trusty reindeer!”

“Yes, I'll pull my hardest again this year!”

“And my red nose will light up the night sky...!”

Wow, his nose is actually glowing!
That's really cute!

Tsukasa and Emu are playing the reindeer...!

Yes, that suits Tsukasa very well since carrying the presents is a very important job...

“Alright, let's go deliver these to the children!”

“Arrrgh! M-My branch...
The lights wrapped around it are so bright...!”

“I don't think any of us were expecting Christmas tree monsters to appear...!”

“But it seems that they're weak against flashing lights!”

“Grr...!
How were you muscleheads able to wrap these around us so nimbly?”

“Heh. That's because the children are going to love seeing you all gussied up...”

“We're doing this for them!”

“For the children...
Alas, we must admit defeat...”

“The trees are running...!
Way to go, you guys!”

“Yes, this is why we carry around lights for different kinds of trees.”

“But many trials still lie ahead.
Stay frosty, my trusty reindeer!”

“Roger!”

“Wait, Santa!”

“You shall not pass...
Leave those presents and flee!”

“These presents are for the children.
We are not about to let you have them.”

“Fine. Then, we will take them from you...
Pummel them with snowballs, everyone!”

“Here comes the snowstorm!”

Wow, look at all the snowballs...!
This is so cool!

“Grr... So many snowballs...!”

H-Hey, that looks like...!

Kusanagi's backstage making all the snowballs. I know she's using that machine, but she's churning out a ton.

“No... I can't move forward at all...”

“Don't give up!
This is when you need to curl up your fists and...!”

“Do this!”

“What...? He's punching them to pieces?!”

Cool!

Go, Santa, go!!

“Oh, I can hear the children...!”

“Yes, so we can't afford to fail here.
We must keep moving forward... For the children!”

*Roar*

Go, Santa!

They're so strong!

Yes, to think that they could punch their way through that storm of snowballs...!

(Alright... So far, so good.)

(The climax is coming up soon.)

(After the lights go out, the staff will guide the guests down the slope and light the lanterns.)

(We'll all need to work together in unison, but I'm sure...)

“Oh, I'm starting to see some lights!
We must be approaching the city!”

“This is it, trusty reindeer! The home stretch!”

“...”

“What's wrong? Why have you stopped?
Your nose has even gone out.”

“Huh...?!
The city's lights just all went out...!”

“Wh-What's going on?! We won't be able to see where all the houses are... That means it's going to be impossible to deliver these presents!”

“He...”

“Hehehe... Hahahahaha!”

“What's so funny?”

“You really are muscleheads!
It was so obvious that you wouldn't be able to find the children's houses if all the lights went out!”

“No, you didn't...!”

“Hehehe... Delivering those presents is going to be impossible now. So, hand them over!”

“Grr... We were so close...!”

The lights have gone out...
This is the signal to take our lanterns down.

Alright, everyone, please start making your way down the slope!

Okay!

Please form a single-file line.
Also, it's very dark, so please watch your step.

(Despite having to make a drastic change, everyone's moving along like this was the original plan...)

(People who make shows really are amazing...!)

Hehe. I'm getting kinda nervous...

You got your lantern?

Yeah! This is so exciting...!

(Okay, it looks like everybody is in position.
All that's left is to...)

“Hand over the presents already!
Honestly, what's the point of holding on to them?”

“It's not like they're going to reach their recipients now!”

“But... But!
We have to deliver these...!”

That's our signal! One, two!

“Hey, look towards the city...!”

“There's a path! Made of light!”

Wh-Whoa...! It's so pretty!

“No! None of the lights should be working...
Who's behind this?!”

“Santa! Over here!”

“Those are the locals...
They're using lanterns to indicate where their houses are!”

“They're trying to help us.”

“Let's go!
We need to get these presents to the children!”

Oh, they're skiing towards us...!

“S-Stop!
Those presents belong to us...!”

“Hah hah hah hah!
You'll never catch us! Not with those puny legs!”

They're acting while skiing...?

Yeah, that's amazing...!

“The wait is over! And thank you all for your help! We have your presents right here!”

Wow...!
It's really Santa Claus! This is amazing...

“We can feel your collective desire to see us from all the way across the sky.”

“So, thank you for believing in us.”

Santa...

Wow...
They really heard our wishes...!

Um, Santa...
Will we get to see you again?

“Yes, next year... I promise to return no matter what.”

“So, until then, be very good!”

We will...!