"Wake up Dan!" Phil said as he opened the door to my room. "It's Christmas! Time for us to open presents!"
For the first time in three years, I didn't groan and mutter, "Bah humbug." in the Scrooge way that I always did. I actually laughed, especially when I saw Phil wearing a Pikachu onesie.
"Use thunderbolt!" I teased as I got up and out of bed.
"Use flamethrower!" He said, pointing to me wearing a Charizard onesie.
"It's super effective!" I said, tackling him down to the ground and hearing his little high-pitched scream that he always did when he was scared or anything like that.
"Get off me or no present for you!" He teased, trying to shove me off.
"Fine." I teased back, groaning to make it seem like I was really upset. "But only because I want the present."
"Well, get up and let's open presents." Phil said, standing up and extending his hand out towards me.
I smiled and grabbed ahold of his hand. He violently pulled me up.
"Can you not break my arm off?" I asked, failing to hold back a laugh.
"No promises." Phil said as he began to lead me downstairs.

*****

"Open it!" Phil said excitedly, shoving my present, which was wrapped in wrapping paper covered with our faces on it, in my face.
"Okay, I guess I'm going first." I chuckled as I began tearing off the wrapping paper. "I thought you were going to buy new wrapping paper."
"I forgot."
"Classic Phil."
"Open the box!" He cried, ignoring my statement.
I chuckled as I opened the box and moved the sparkly white tissue paper. Inside the box was a green sweater with a black Santa on it.
"Do you like it?" Phil asked. "No, wait. Do you love it with all of your heart?"
"Yeah." I said, feeling a blush forming on my face.
"Well, after I open my present, you can change into it and Operation Give Dan The Best Christmas Ever Shall Commence!"
"Well, the sooner you open your present, the sooner that you can get on your operation." I said, placing the present that I had actually put effort into this year, despite being in my usual Grinch mood at the time.
"Okay! I'm opening it!" Phil said, beginning to tear at the snowflake wrapping paper that I had picked out just for me. "I love the wrapping paper! It's so Christmasy!" He said this as he tried to smooth out the crinkled paper.
"I picked it out just for you." I said proudly.
He smiled as he opened the box identical to mine.
"Oh my goodness!" He cried, holding up my present of an ugly Christmas sweater. "I've been hoping for one of these ever since you first started hating Christmas!"
"Does that kind of gift-giving deserve a hug?" I asked, holding my arms out.
He nodded and threw himself on top of me, hugging me tightly in his arms. I smiled, enjoying my first hug in a long time as I tightly embraced him. The fact that I was hugging him and not anyone else made the hug a million times better.
"Thank you so much Dan." He said with a big goofy grin on his face as he held it up and smiled. "This is the best Christmas present that anyone has ever given me!"
"I'm glad you like it." I said. "There were so many to choose from."
"Well, you made a good choice." Phil said. "I love the black. And the snowflakes. And the houses. And the fact that the alien ship is taking all of the presents."
"What don't you love about it?"
"Nothing." He said, giggling. "Now, let's get changed and have the best Christmas ever!"